I found this online, please educate me, I thought the LB safety was "fishtail" This rifle is a 1942 Long Branch No 4 Mk I*, did the fish tail come later in production?
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...afetykk0-1.jpg
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I found this online, please educate me, I thought the LB safety was "fishtail" This rifle is a 1942 Long Branch No 4 Mk I*, did the fish tail come later in production?
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...afetykk0-1.jpg
I believe the fishtail safeties came later, like 49-50 or so.(my 49 has one) I've seen wartime LB's like in that picture...Quote:
Originally Posted by Oatmeal Savage
Someone else may know better though.
There were at least three patterns of safeties made at LB. I agree that the slipper style was the last version.
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo.../lb4full-1.jpg
Picture is of a longbranch with the proper LB marked early safety about 1942
sorry I dont have a better picture