Lee Enfiled Enforcer 766

[Thunderbox]

Looks like whoever is making these needs to sort his engraving jig out a bit.....

[spinecracker]

The engraving is a little wonky and the safety is incorrect for an Enforcer, and will foul with the PH5E rear sight when installed. Alan de Enfield came up against the safety catch issue when he was working on his clone. Apart from that, it looks in very nice condition

[Brian Dick]

I sold sn. 767 last year. It came from the Charnwood Ordnance collection auctioned by Bonhams in 1998 if memory serves. It was assembled at C.O. but with all original parts as far as I could tell. It was unique too being a Savage 1/3 receiver/body. I still have 733 which is also a C.O. assembled rifle and 331 which is a matched and complete "as issued" Kent police rifle. I was told that Charnwood Ordnance bought the remaining incomplete barreled actions and spares when Enfield was closed and the Pattern Room was moved to Nottingham.

[DanL96a1]

I don’t know a lot about these but I was on the understanding this is an original, and not a reproduction of an Enforcer. I have had some teething problems with it, but as it was never “regulated”, and was straight-out of the box I was expecting some problems with it. I hope that when this is sorted and the wood dry’s I will be able to test it on the range. I will post the results.

[Thunderbox]

"Regulated" was just a term Fultons used to indicate they'd worked on a target rifle - it has nothing to do with commercial or military rifles. All Enforcers would have been factory inspected and tested before dispatch; in any case there is little to go wrong, so long as it was properly stocked up in the first place.

[spinecracker]

From what I can tell, the Enforcers made by Charnwood Ordnance were from parts obtained from RSAF Enfield when it closed down. The parts are genuine Enforcer parts, just assembled by a different company. Your rifle was not issued to a police force, so this is a further distinction. I have no idea as regards the differences, if any, in quality control between Enfield and Charnwood, so I will not make any comments that will come back to bite me in the posterior. I will say that I prefer to own an Enforcer that has seen service with a police force, even if it was only to shoot stampeding livestock.

[Brian Dick]

Some of the noticeable differences are the "newish" condition, no matching telescope and lack of a serial number on the bolt body and forend. Other than that, they are what they are and still rare as rocking horse manure.

[DanL96a1]

Hi All,

Just an update on Enforcer 766 this has been lovingly, put back together after some TLC. Thanks to Mr. Paul Burke, who helped restore the scope. All is looking as good as new. Just wanted to say thank you for all your advice, and help in regards this fascinating rifle. I hope that next week I will be able to do some range, testing and I will post on the site the results. I have enclosed some pictures in the link below:

http://s837.photobucket.com/albums/z...20766%20Built/

[spinecracker]

Can't wait for the range report. If she shoots anything like my prior Enforcer, you will be a very happy man.

Brian, is Enforcer #331 still in your possession? Mind if I ask if it is in your private collection or for sale? I'm in the process of trying to get an Enforcer registry up and running (poor Mr. Stevens lost his database and isn't going to start again), and I am getting nowhere fast lol.

[Brit plumber]

It looks like it was proofed in 1988 or 89, with a barrel date 1974 its sat around in storage for a while. Lovely looking piece.