Service for L42A1, Enforcer, Envoy and L39A1 Owners.
Folks,
I am in the fortunate position of being able to check out the serial number listings for the L42A1, Enforcer and L39A1. As a service to those who own these riflles I am offering to check a supplied serial against the recorded documentation and to pass on what info is available, conversion date, batch size, despatched to, etc.
I'll monitor this post and answer any queries in due course.
Cheers,
Simon.
Service for L42A1, Enforce, Envoy and L42A1
Hi Simon
Doing a grand job there. If you could please my 3,
L42A1 H38335
Enforcer No 199
Envoy No E152
Thanks
Hugh
Service for L42,L39,Enforcer, Envoy
Appreciate any information on the following:
L39 UE69A186
Envoy E72
L42 H32498
L42 N 31736
Enforcer 525
Enforcer 503
Thanks, Lee
Reply to your information on Envoy E389
Thanks for your information on my Envoy E389 indicating it was sent to Sussex Police. I have made some enquiries and found out the following which may be of interest to you.
Sussex Police purchased 12 Envoys in the early seventies as "sniper rifles"and the force armourer fitted them with Parker Hale mounts and pecar scopes.
They later purchased 10 Enforcers making 22 "sniper rifles" in all.
The converted Envoy rifles were numbers E36, E45, E74, E114, E232, E256,
E260, E320, E348, E386, E389, E505.
The Enforcers numbers were 59, 188, 232, 361, 408, 453, 473, 482, 483, 494.
18 rifles were sold with their scopes to a local RFD in 1986. However Enforcers 453, 482, 483, 494 were sold to the City of London Police to be used by them as "sniper rifles" so these 4 rifles saw service with Sussex and City Police.
Can you give me any information on another of my Envoys E290 and my L42
(XL42E1) number E35634. (no its not for sale at any price)
Thank you.
Sorry Simon, a bit more on slings.
Strangely,
Thanks so much for your very informative reply.
Please excuse my ignorance, but I am a bit confused with your reference to the leather 1917 Patt (M17) slings. This is a pattern I am unfamiliar with. The sling that comes closest to that terminology that I am aware of, is the U.S., WW I, Kerr "No-Buckl" web sling, or M1917, that was a supplemental sling to the more common, leather, M1907 sling.
The sling you mention is leather, so it obviously can't be the Kerr M1917 web sling, but could we be possibly talking about the M1907, as that leather sling was also the same type as originally used on the No. 4 (T) and L42? According to the C.E.S. for the No. 4 (T) that sling is referred to as SLING, Leather, USA loop patt. Could that be it?
Thanks for your help.
Terry