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Hi Gil,

Just thought I'd pop in and let you know you're doing a Sterling job here. I still lurk occasionally but just never seem to have as much time as I'd like. Brief bit of downtime before it's...

Afraid not, I'll still be elsewhere.

Good folk of Milsurps land.

I shall be otherwise engaged for several Months so have asked Gil if he would be kind enough to pick up any future enquiries on my behalf. Fortunately he has graciously...

Sorry, that's all the information I have.

Metropolitan Police had the largest number of rifles

The Metropolitan Police received a total of 45 rifles between the 20th Dec 1973 and 22nd Jan 1974.

Die Metropolitan Police erhielt zwischen dem 20. Dezember 1973 und dem 22. Januar 1974 insgesamt...

Hallo,

Die Gewehrnummer 171 war Teil einer Partie von 12, die am 22. Januar 1974 an die Metropolitan Police geschickt wurde.

Rifle number 171 was part of a batch of 12 sent to the Metropolitan...

Gil,

Danke mein freund.


Hallo Enfield Enforcer,

Wie lautet die Seriennummer Ihres Gewehrs?

Rifle A612 was sent to store at Donnington on the 13th Nov 1970.

I've received a DM from XL39 regarding this one and the posted pic confirms that there is in fact a typo on the serial number list. We're now trying to clarify the date the rifle was issued to store...

Ron,

Rifle AS4213 was a part of batch number 67 which consisted of 4 Weapons and is recorded as being completed on the 30th June 1973. On completion it went out to Donnington.

Can't tell you...

Rifle 737 was amongst those assembled by Charnwood.

Cheers,

Simon.

Rifle 735 is recorded as going out to Bangkok Thailand on the 26th January 1983

Cheers,

Simon.

Rifle No A880 was shipped to store at Donnington on 1st March 1972.

Cheers,

Simon.

Folks,

I offered this service as a help for collectors but I never once said I would offer an instant response!

I realise it may be a strange concept to some but I have a life and a business to...

Hi Roy,

Rifle V36430 was part of batch number 45, consisting 13 weapons. The records don't list an exact conversion date and all the rifles from that batch are simply recorded as "Dec 1971". Out...

I've got a 30L0027 in the records. Part of batch number 49 consisting of 39 Weapons and a completion date of 19th Jan 1972, sent to store at Donnington.

Cheers,

Simon.

Dave,

Rifle 16583 was part of batch number 58 consisting of 4 weapons and has a recorded completion date of 16th Jan 1973. Out to stores at Donnington.

Cheers,

Simon.

Patrick,

Rifle 028 went to the Metropolitan Police on the 20th December 1973.

Cheers,

Simon.

Ron, the only serial I can find that could possibly be mistaken for the number you quote is U34973 which was part of batch 41, consisting 23 weapons, converted 15th Nov 71 and out to store at...

Kev,

Rifle R33621 was part of batch number 53 which consisted 13 weapons and has a recorded conversion date of 28th March 1972, out to store at Donnington on completion.

Cheers,

Simon.

Sorry folks, been out of the loop for a while.

Rifle A1196 is recorded as recorded as completion 29th June 1972, sent to store at Donnington.



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Stephen,

The rifle your scope was originally paired with was sent to Glasgow Police on the 30th Jan 1975.

Cheers,

Simon.

Rifle 432 was shipped to Durham Police on the 3rd Jan 1975.

Cheers,

Simon.

Russ,

L39 Serial No 084 has a recorded conversion date of 29/04/69 and was shipped to store at Donnington.

Cheers,

Simon.

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