Need help identifying where my new enfield is from.

[Alan de Enfield]

The rifle body I used in the photo's to demonstrate the difference in the draws is actually an Enforcer body, & like most of the Enforcers I have seen, shows signs of originally starting life as a Faz Mk2, although I know bodies of other origins were used on occasions.

Not sure if I understand you correctly Alan, but are you saying that RSAF Enfield did or didn't produced new-made No4 Mk2 bodies specifically for the first lot of Enforcers? As intimated above, I had always assumed that most were (probably) new unissued Faz Mk2 bodies that were just milled out in the mag well & cleaned off of the original manufacturer's markings. But that is an assumption, I admit.

My research showed that Enfield initial supply was from their own 'old stock' (Mk1) that they found 'in the back', subsequently they went out to market and bought up 'old stock' from Fazakerley (Mk2), and then when they still failed to souce enough they actually went on the 'open market' and bought up second hand rifles, irrespective of manufacturer or 'mark'.

The rifles were stripped down and the actions rebarrelled and proofed to 19 tons.
They were given their serial number at this stage.

Quite a number of the rifles being re-barrelled were scrapped off (by Mr J Killern who was the foreman of the asembly shop) as being 'unsuitable' (presumably too worn ?)

The barreled action & magazine was then supplied to Parker Hale, who (as Enfield had closed the wood workshop) sourced forends & handguards from Colin Moon (Brighton) and the Butts from Sile (Italy)
Scopes (when added to the order) were sourced by PH from Pecar (Germany).
The scope mounts were standard PH models
The bipod was a standard Harris model.
The rear sights were standard PH Mauser PH5E with a modified mounting bracket to suit the No4 action and renamed PH5E/4

PH assembled the complete ensemble and supplied it back to Enfield for despatch to the Police.

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[Surpmil]

My research showed that Enfield initial supply was from their own 'old stock' (Mk1) that they found 'in the back', subsequently they went out to market and bought up 'old stock' from Fazakerley (Mk2), and then when they still failed to souce enough they actually went on the 'open market' and bought up second hand rifles, irrespective of manufacturer or 'mark'.

The rifles were stripped down and the actions rebarrelled and proofed to 19 tons.
They were given their serial number at this stage.

Quite a number of the rifles being re-barrelled were scrapped off (by Mr J Killern who was the foreman of the asembly shop) as being 'unsuitable' (presumably too worn ?)

The barreled action & magazine was then supplied to Parker Hale, who (as Enfield had closed the wood workshop) sourced forends & handguards from Colin Moon (Brighton) and the Butts from Sile (Italy)
Scopes (when added to the order) were sourced by PH from Pecar (Germany).
The scope mounts were standard PH models
The bipod was a standard Harris model.
The rear sights were standard PH Mauser PH5E with a modified mounting bracket to suit the No4 action and renamed PH5E/4

PH assembled the complete ensemble and supplied it back to Enfield for despatch to the Police.

Interesting that the same practice wasn't followed with the No4(T) to L42 conversions, if only because near-new No4(T)s were plentiful enough on the civilian market, and unlike whatever regular No4 rifles were purchased for the Enforcer program, their accuracy was already proven.

Presumably it was felt there were enough on hand?