Enforcers in action

[enforsore]

The bow street runners had single shot muzzle loading pistols.
The ram rod was removed so they only had one shot !
Inspectors had Pistol, ramrod and more ammo !!!!!

[enforsore]

Here is that picture!!

[Thunderbox]

Here is that picture!!

If you could pin down exactly which number this Met(?) Enforcer was, I wonder what price the rifle would be worth with such provenance...?

[Simon]

I was thinking the same thing but the Met had a total of 45 Enforcers so it might be a little difficult, although perhaps not impossible, to pin down exactly which rifle it was.

The Met received the following shipments

12 Rifles on the 20th December 1973
21 Rifles on the 11th January 1974
12 Rifles on the 22nd January 1974

Cheers,
Simon.

If you could pin down exactly which number this Met(?) Enforcer was, I wonder what price the rifle would be worth with such provenance...?

[enforsore]

I have a list of Met Enforcers as of 1984
with serial numbers and scope numbers, and a list (1) of the ones that were broken.
I have 46 ? on my list supplied by the Met
wonder where they got the other one from !!!!!!!!
Unless the broken one (crack in rifle body) was sent back.

[PrinzEugen]

Just came across this interesting - to me at least - item. Probably nothing new to most people here but I thought it might add to people's knowledge - from the Metropolitan Police Authority minutes from 2002 about the Met's firearms equipment and training.
The current sniper rifle is the Steyr SSG.

MPA: Committees: MPA reports - 28 Feb 02 (10a)

To edit - you're looking for appendix 3.

[enforsore]

I think they have changed some since 2002; in 2005 when they 'nicked' (arrested for our foreign friends) the 21st july attempted bombers there was this photo of a Met rifle officer with what looks like an Accuracy international Ae or Aw rifle.

[Kev G]

Why has the dipicted 'sniper' got a bloody gas mask on

[Peter Laidler]

We need to clear this up. The Police might use snipers rifles but they are not snipers. Good shots or even marksmen yes - but snipers, NO

[enforsore]

I think they are refered to as rifle officers within the police.
I seem to remember that they had filled the block of flats with CS Gas.
And i presume he didn't want to be crying as the building was 'off gassing' and had to take a shot at the same time.... Just a thought