Where did this 69 Enfield barrel come from?

[Roger Payne]

I had many, many discussions with the late Wayne Mitchell on the heavy Enfield target barrels. Wayne had started collecting part numbers and dates in an attempt to identify barrel marriages however this data is no longer available. The Enforcer and Envoy numbers are well known.....each profile is a little different. I concurr with Thunderbox on the UK "take off" barrel market. Also Enfield made a whack of hammer forged barrels.....10000+ rings a bell. It was not uncommon to see them sold to target shooters for rebarrelling projects. Fit up was and is not difficult. Ron

PL is really the one to answer this, but as others have said, EFD made rather more heavy profile 7.62mm barrels than they immediately needed for L39's L42's Enforcers etc. Many of the surplus one were used to make up heavy barrel target rifles. The barrel shown at the beginning of the thread is a standard L39/L42 barrel, but with the early DDE (Design Department at Enfield) project number on it rather than the CR Ministry of Supply number which was applied, IIRC from 1970 onwards. Note this particular barrel is of 1969 vintage. As mentioned previously these barrels are worth hanging on to these days if in a good condition., especially if you have a somewhat worn L42.....
ATB