Long Branch No. 4 MK 1 (T) with Alaskan No. 32 TP Scope

[stencollector]

Two turned up in the hands of the Northern Rangers about ten years back, when the CF was dredging the depots of No.4s, having sold or given the war reserve stocks to the USA to give to the Mujaheddin in Afghanistan, so the story goes.

I talked with the LCMM a couple years ago about those. He said the depot informed him they still had them, so he issued them to the rangers. He told me they complained that the scopes were not graduated in Meters.

The #4 Enfields in CF service have now been given the code of 1B, which means they are being removed from service. The majority of the parts are also being given that code, unless those parts are also used on the Cno7 rifles. I would have to check and see if that applies to the few sniper setups that are still in service. Hopefully, on their withdrawal, they are offered to museums. I noticed the remaining EAL survival rifles are also now slated for disposal . There are still a little under 200 of then in the CF, although most are in the depot.

[limpetmine]

My philosophy is that if it is that rare & it is genuine then I buy it (so long as the price is acceptable to me). If a better example comes along subsequently you can always buy it & move on your original purchase.

Mine, too. Which is why I don't stress about bore condition, never have. I want a good bright bore, but if it doen't have one, I use that fact to get the price down some.

[CMichaud]

I talked with the LCMM a couple years ago about those. He said the depot informed him they still had them, so he issued them to the rangers. He told me they complained that the scopes were not graduated in Meters.

The #4 Enfields in CF service have now been given the code of 1B, which means they are being removed from service. The majority of the parts are also being given that code, unless those parts are also used on the Cno7 rifles. I would have to check and see if that applies to the few sniper setups that are still in service. Hopefully, on their withdrawal, they are offered to museums. I noticed the remaining EAL survival rifles are also now slated for disposal . There are still a little under 200 of then in the CF, although most are in the depot.

Hey Rob

Any chance you can get some pics of the EALs held in depot before they disappear?