Enforcers like buses in the UK?

[desperatedan]

So you wait forever to find an Enforcer for sale and then 3 come along at once!

Enforcer numbers 089, 295 and 741 have just popped up for sale with a dealer here in the U.K. As is to be expected they're not getting any cheaper (priced from GBP 2495 to 2995)!

Given the investment required to own one nowadays I'm still doing my homework, researching and learning before taking the plunge. As you know this means that you can come across the same rifle a number of times when looking into histories etc and what now seems odd with Enforcer 089 is that when is was last sold (I believe by a very reputable guy here in the UK) it was highlighted by him when he sold it that the fore-end had been inlet with a (non-standard) accessory rail.
Whats worrying me is that 089 is now being offered for sale by someone else with no mention of this and closer examination of the pictures show that the fore-end is a different one from the original when last sold. Even allowing for the inclusion of the top for the PH sight and a Harris bi-pod the price inflation is eye watering!

I'm not in any way suggesting that the current vendor is at fault here, my point is that I think I'll stop searching and stick with my nice old original Maltby no.4 for which I do know the provenance (my Father).

I do love the knowledge base that is the Milsurps site!

Kev

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[Gil Boyd]

Well Dan,
If you wish to own one of the the "very few Collectables" that were converted for Police Use that you list, and becoming as rare as rocking horse ****, sort out which one is geographically akin to you:
089 was owned by Colwyn Bay Police HQ Firearms Unit issued to them on the 12 March 1974
295 was owned by Durham Police Firearms Unit issued to them on the 13 January 1975
741 was owned by probably Thailand Police issued around the 10 December 1982 but that is just a professional guess, as it is not written in the log, but follows some of their previous numbered rifles.

Price.....................is what you find and on checking it is not shot out or badly looked after. Good Luck mate, if you buy a good one, it will see you out, and NEVER, let you down!!!

[PrinzEugen]

Where are they being sold chaps? I'd certainly recommend owning an Enforcer - a really rare gun, quite unusual in many ways (by that I mean for a 'service' or 'official' weapon it's interestingly set up), and very accurate.

Edit - ah yes found 'em. Always seems to be expensive on that site for anything - but he does seem to have access to interesting weapons... Don't think I'll bother asking how much the L98 is - I know I won't like the answer!

[bigduke6]

PE, I didn't know the L98 was released to the civilian market ???? I,m guessing it was a one off or made up from bits ? does anybody know ?

Would be a nice rifle to own but after owning a straight pull in the past........ I,ll be keeping my bolt actions.

[Peter Laidler]

A whole run of Cadet GP L98 rifles were exported to Canada where they were originally allowed but then........... Anyway, the whole story is in Steve Raw's book The Last Enfield. There are a few on the PR circuit. Alas, the A2 variant (of which I was on the design team.....) is prohibited. Don't worry about the straight pull action Big Duke. This one isn't a hurried conversion as per the other usual culprits, this was designed to operate properly. There were problems but these were usually down to the over complicated cranked cocking system (easily corrected, simplified AND reliable) and the modified rail retention system. And I wasn't on the design team of that one but did design out the flawed cranked cocking handle and even more flawed 'primary extraction' system - that was nothing of the sort! That was an unnecessary frill - if not a complete and costly fraud.

Here endeth the lesson............

[Res]

Could someone please say where these are for sale?