Ranger 303 rifles

[303carbine]

The reason I ask is because I met a Canadian Ranger that has his No4Mk11 Enfield, he is willing to sell to me with all the accompanying paperwork and pics of him with the rifle.
He already has his new C19, I hope to get pics soon as he gets back up north, i hope to get the rifle about a week later.

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[mrclark303]

The reason I ask is because I met a Canadian Ranger that has his No4Mk11 Enfield, he is willing to sell to me with all the accompanying paperwork and pics of him with the rifle.
He already has his new C19, I hope to get pics soon as he gets back up north, i hope to get the rifle about a week later.

Enfield Mk2 you say ... sounds fishy to me, I thought they only had Long Branch No4's issued?

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Let me set the record straight.......
Rangers are not able to buy their old service rifle, they are being "gifted" them as long as he/she wants to keep it. They must have a valid firearms licence or else "no dice". Our patrol here in Dawson went thru this exercise about 4 months . Out of 33 Rangers..... they all were interested in keeping their Lee Enfield, mind you there were a few that had neglected to have in their possesion a up to date firearms licence (expired) or it was in the process of being renewed. There seems to be a small grace period for those in that situation. Those who could not produce a current valid licence......their Enfield Rifles were taken away (but with the possibility of being gifted them at a later date once a valid licence is produced) but at the same time receiving the new C19. Those who were still in limbo meaning their fingerprints and paperwork (not firearms licence) was not up to date did not receive the new C19 and retained their Lee Enfield as their service weapon till that was squared away.....when paperwork and fingerprints are up to date they will be issued the C19 and will be gifted the Lee Enfield as long as they have a valid firearms licence
Hope this clarifies .

Many thanks for the clarification, will the gifted rifles be allowed to be sold on at some point Bros?

[browningautorifle]

I met a Canadian Ranger that has his No4Mk11 Enfield, he is willing to sell to me

I wouldn't eat that one...

Let me set the record straight.......
Rangers are not able to buy their old service rifle, they are being "gifted" them as long as he/she wants to keep it. They must have a valid firearms licence or else "no dice". Our patrol here in Dawson went thru this exercise about 4 months . Out of 33 Rangers..... they all were interested in keeping their Lee Enfield, mind you there were a few that had neglected to have in their possesion a up to date firearms licence (expired) or it was in the process of being renewed. There seems to be a small grace period for those in that situation. Those who could not produce a current valid licence......their Enfield Rifles were taken away (but with the possibility of being gifted them at a later date once a valid licence is produced)

Thank you Bros, that makes it clear for them. I knew the Gummt' wouldn't sell them to the public...

will the gifted rifles be allowed to be sold on at some point Bros?

Once they own it and all dies down I should think it will be like any #4. Be wary of those that smell gold and stab you with a "Story" about "This is a REAL "Ranger" rifle"... So pay me HUGE...

You need to understand the lack of care most of those rifles received. Many were issued new and turned to junk by the next year's camp. Every damage you could possibly mention.

[stencollector]

Enfield Mk2 you say ... sounds fishy to me, I thought they only had Long Branch No4's issued?[COLOR="black"]

As Englishman.ca mentions, we bought several thousand no4mk2 in the late 90s to supplement the existing stocks of rifles. I heard form a weapons tech friend in Edmonton around 2005 that they were doing in inspections on several thousand more rifles which he indicated to be of Indian manufacture, however when I talked with the LCMM on this subject a few years ago he did not know about them. One of the two is mistaken.

I remember when I first got into the regular force in the early 80s, about 300 no4s came from base supply over to us at base maintenance for destruction. The bolts came over about a year or two later for the same fate.