1969 Envoy on Gunstar.

[Thunderbox]

Envoys were not made in numerical order. Envoy E84 was made with a D69 action but was produced on 28th Sept 1971.

So, even if you have a low number ENVOY, it doesn't automatically mean it was an early one.

D70 dated actions were not used until much higher numbering.

Its been said that Enfield made up a batch of Envoy-marked receivers (possibly 800 or 1,000) and then just built them up as and when. Hence the numbering not correlating to the assembly/sale date.

They had to mill off the "Envoy" markings when they came up with the Enforcer and built the first batches using unsold Envoy receivers - ie the ones with the milled ovoid area.


Does anyone have the Enfield data? Presumably there were about 6-800 Envoys built and sold, 200-odd Envoy receivers built as Enforcers, and then about another 500 fresh receivers prepared for Enforcers.

[Roy W]

451 Envoys made and dispatched

The lowest number is E.1.
The highest number is in the low 500's
Many gaps in the numbers, not made up.

[Lance]

Here is my well-used example that has been adjusted more than once. For some reason, a very unskilled person wanted the barrel completely free-floating but on the plus side I was able to get a little history on it. The letter from Fulton also gives a few more serial numbers from its batch.

[Surpmil]

It's ironic that Monte Carlo butt stocks were proposed by Long Branch - S.A.L. in 1944, successfully trialed in the UK, then never adopted for the No4(T) or L42, and even ignored while this similar butt was being fitted to the Envoys and Enforcers.

To say nothing of the improved forend.