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Extremely rare R.S.A.F Enfield Palma Match Envoy
This Rifle was on the winning British Shooting Team 1970
One of only 70 ever made
The Palma Match, or World Championship of Long Range Rifle Shooting is the most prestigious team event in our sport.
With individuals trialling and teams training for years in order to compete, it is small wonder that a Palma badge from a competitive nation, let alone a medal, is a highly sought after item.
Shooters have competed to earn this honour since September 1876, when the Great Centennial Rifle Match was held on Creedmoor rifle range in New York State
The Palma Match or World Championship of Long Range Rifle Shooting
was won by the UK Shooting Team in the 1970 world Championships held at the NRA Shooting grounds, Bisley
Second was the USA Shooting Team and third was Canadian Shooting Team.
The 1970 Palma match International course of fire consist of a total of 45 shots fired for record. The match starts at 800 yards there is an unlimited amount of sighters and 15 shots for record are fired in 22 minutes.
After shooting has completed, all shooters then move back to the 900 yard firing line.
This Palma Match Target Rifle was on the winning UK British Shooting Team that won the 1970 Parma Match International Competitions beating the USA International Shooting team.
Only 70 rifles were build for the 1970 event for the British Shooting Team by Fultons of Bisley.
This will be of great interest to the Lee Enfield Collectors as only a total of 526 Enfield Envoys were ever built by R.S.A/F Enfield in 1969.
This rifle serial number E292 is one of only 70 out of 526 ever built so from a collectors point of view this is a very rare Lee Enfield to own.
We understand there were only two owners of this rifle, one being the UK National Shooting Team (1970) and the last owner who was a Lee Enfield Collector not a shooter.
We have inspected this rifle and it looks like the barrel was manufactured yesterday not back in 1970. Almost un-used other for the 1970 Parma Match International Competitions.
Fully matching numbers from the photos as you can see.
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Fully match numbers
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This Rifle looks like the day its just left the Enfield Factory Yesterday
£2150.00