Originally Posted by
bearhunter
cantom, I just emailed you some pics of my 94L1xxx, 1950 Long Branch No4 MkI*. It has a beautiful dark blue on all of its metal, other than the magazine. It still has cosmo on it and other than a few tiny storage dings, is minty. That makes it a bit later than 93L. It could also mean that the stamped dates on the rifles don't really coincide with assembly. I suspect just about any date after 1945 could be found with either parkerising or blue. Just luck of the draw.