Strange Enforcer

[Gnr527]

Alan

For all the reasons for and against Enforcers they still were Lee Enfields, they do have a chequered story, they aren't very numerous.

Like them or not, interest in them will only increase and it would be nice to have a definitive text on them (even {or particularly!} if it does become the subject of much debate).

With so few I suspect a pretty good list of genuine items will evolve.

Write your book

PLEASE

John

PS I suspect you have most of my information on them but will happily send a pendrive of them.

[Gil Boyd]

Alan,
I would agree with John and others, write the book, and I would certainly buy one, because I am sure we will learn a great deal from your research about this outstanding, albeit little used rifle

[Cold_Zero]

Enforcer 706 Posted:

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=47277

[PrinzEugen]

I'd be especially interested in all the stampings/marks on the Enforcer and what they all might mean. There's quite a few of them on different rifles which don't seem to stand for anything to the lay user - have we ever spoken to anyone involved in the Enforcer program? We need the police sniper armourer equivalent of Mr Laidler!

[Peter Laidler]

.I know the Intelligence Corps Major, Major George Xxxxxx that was head of the MoD advisory board for the Enforcer programme. And I know this might upset some, but, not my words you understand........... He told me that at the time the Enforcers were approved by the Home Office for supply and delivery to the UK Police Forces that the No4T's that were issued should be withdrawn. This was because there was no such beast as a Police sniper. There were Police 'good shots' and there might be Police 'marksmen' but the only snipers were Army snipers (I suppose he meant Marines/RAF etc etc too) who had been on the sniper courses. This was because there was no 'standard' to ascertain or to quantify the veracity of their description. There is an ACPO Firearms inspector, an ex REME Armourer Warrant Officer. He lives in the midlands so is conveniently placed to do his nationwide job. He was a regular visitor to Warminster and it was he who told me that there was absolutely no tampering beyond approved maintenance/cleaning/accessorising permitted.