Enfield Help

[Peter Laidler]

Hey Beery, good point. Gendarmerie and Police in Austria have an equivalent in England. First, there are the 'real Police' that you can talk sense to and then we have the 'traffic Police' that are, well........, er....... the opposite! You get my drift

[villiers]

These weapons have an interesting history. The British and U.S. occupying forces created fairly secret weapons dumps in collaboration with the Austrian authorities for the eventuality of a Russian take-over when the Allies left. These, mainly obsolete weapons were to arm Austrian resistance fighters. A number of these weapons caches have never been accounted for. Obsolete Allied weapons with Austrian Gendarmerie markings turn up regularly as well as Gendarmerie marked Lugers that are now a collectors´ speciality.

[havanadaydreamer]

I have to say that I'm very happy so far with the rifle. I didn't realize when I bought it that I'd be trying to track the history like this. It's almost a DIY history detective search. That's how I found this sight. I'm very interested in war weapons. I do plan for this to be my first of three (or more) Enfields and one of many WWII weapons. It is the start of a collection. Anyone happen to know where I can get a sniper Enfield? Other than the one currently on gunbroker for $7K that is.

[smellie]

I think The Bug has bitten you, friend, and you now are in for a terminal case of Enfielditis.

Same bug bit me almost 50 years ago and I'm still suffering the effects, flipping up bolt-handles at gun shows, always wishing I had a spare $20k in my pocket.

So far I have come up with a couple of prizes: PH converted LM II with a Parker barrel, s/n 0019........ an awful junker that turned out to be an SMLE 1945 factory RTF with an ALUMINUM forestock........ few things like that. But no $7k snipers. One of those will have to wait until my tales of Sidney the Profound are sold. (Sidney: semi-retired wizard with 4 wives, living, right now, in Saxon England. He sailed with a friend called Bjarni Herjolfsson, has a good friend named Harold Godwinsson. And a Cat who is a personal friend of Bast. Well-connected, one might say.)

But the Enfield Bug never goes away; it can only be endured.

And enduring it can be a LOT of fun.

Welcome aboard!
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