L2A4 sterling

[Lee Enfield]

Why was he blessed to have this series of guns named after him? Guns are nice,

He is described elsewhere as Managing Director, so I assume he was a member of the Sterling group's Board of Directors, and the manager at the same time. Rather an influential fellow within the company I would suspect.

[Peter Laidler]

By the sounds of it Can14, there's a nice little book that you ought to be reading. It's all about the Guns from Dagenham. It will have answered all of the questions that you have raised and MANY more.......

[Brit plumber]

I've been lookin for your book for years now Peter, the only books I can find available are in the $500 + range. I wish they would do a reprint. There's obviously a market for them. Do you retain the rights to the book or do Collector Grade have them?

[Peter Laidler]

Collector grade have them. Why not suggest another reprint especially in the light of the recent heavy upsurge in interest. The affable Blake now has a lot of new info too especially relating to the L34 that was restricted first time around.

[Lee Enfield]

Looked at registrations and that is what they call my British L2A3s. Some numbers KR43422 KR43424 Have others but you get the point

When we had access to the registry data I noted that there were many L2A4's registered in Canada...I still have hope that some of them ARE L2A4's rather than the typically ineptly miss-described items usually found, such as yours seem to be.

There certainly should /could be real L2A4's in Canada...the original tool room guns and the manufacturer test samples assembled at CAL with CAL, Enfield, Faz & Sterling componants.

Could there be some at CARDE?

[browningautorifle]

Collector grade have them.

I can find them here at the annual gunshows with book dealers, new. Every so often I'll upgrade and buy a new addition to the library that way. They're still expensive though, just not as bad as on Ebay...

[Peter Laidler]

Numerically, there were 6 different variants of the L2A4 as defined. The only one I could see really taking off was the simplified Canadian casing with the remainder coming from the UK. The casing was really simple in manufacturing terms because it came already exactly punched with all the holes and slots from Accles and Pollock for just over £1 per 1000 casings which was an easy target.

Just need to clarify that..... the punched casing cost £1+ a few pence EACH if Sterling purchased 1000 or more. Which they were constantly doing

[Vincent]

The affable Blake now has a lot of new info too especially relating to the L34 that was restricted first time around.

OoooooH! I would love to read more about the L34.

The new OSS (Operators Suppressor Systems) flow through suppressor uses the same concept as the L34’s spiral diffuser. It has some other advances, but the basic concept is the same.

[can14&]

There are some Canadian L2A4 registered, because some came with the KR guns and went to Ontario.
This post has renewed my interest in my Sterlings, They were just up on the shelf. Now, to find all the
other stuff that came with them. Sterling had a good sales pitch, spare barrels,slings,magazines,etc
Never know "when you need a piece of kit" The Crown (of Canada) , saved these guns because we
can't shoot them anymore, so spares are in a box somewhere. Sterling sent me a small box of instruction
books also.

[Peter Laidler]

I have a feeling in my bones that these supposed L2A4 guns you speak of were in fact L2A3 guns incorrectly logged down as L2A4's. I could be wrong of course but..........