When is an Enfield not an Enfield?

[stencollector]

I believe some have identified that as a stylized maple leaf actually, though it looks more like a combination of the two - which could well have been the idea - after all it was the with the C Broad Arrow.

My money says it is a broadarrow. It appeared almost 15 years before the styalized maple leaf that is on our present flag. They were still using maple leaf logos that looked like real maple leafs thru the 50s.
It would be interesting if someone was able to go to archives Canada and find something definitive on what it represents.

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Deactivating No7 rifles is terrible...

Why don't they just sell them off for profit and procure the rubber/ plastic training M16 shape rifles for Cadet drill purposes.

They took away anything that looked like an assault rifle form the cadets back in the 90s. There was a .22 caliber version of the C7 (Canada's version of the M16) rifle manufactured or proposed to be manufactured for the cadets in the late 80s, early 90s. With the anti-gun climate, they did not make it to the units.

Yes, it is a bit of a crime that these beautiful rifles (the Cno7) were converted to drill purpose. It will keep the ones that are out there high in value since there can be no release of serviceable rifles ever. No doubt the present Liberal government would quote UN arms reduction as a reason why 75 year old 22 rifles have to be destroyed. There is talk of some of the no4 Enfields presently in the Ranger program being sold or gifted to their users if they have appropriate license. However, the DND museum I am with made a request for some no4 rifles, and are only being given deactivated examples.