Waisted front sight protector on 1941 Long Branch

[Cantom]

I just bought a 1941 Long Branch No 4 Mk I. The front sight protector looks like a normal LB one. Does anyone know what serial number approximately the waisted front sight protectors were on up until?
Does anyone have a LB marked waisted front sight protector they'd sell me?

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[Lee Enfield]

Yeah, I need 2 myself....

[pazv54re]

Count me in for one as well. For my 1941 LB No4MK1

[Badger]

Here's an interesting (somewhat related) thread about an exercise in restoring a No.1 MkVI that also required a "waisted front sight protector". The owner had it built from scratch by Scott Stonehill, who also makes those special screws for Parker Hale sights if you ever need them.

Restoring a No.1 MkVI Enfield

Regards,
Badger

[tiriaq]

I suspect that Mk.I rifles that remained in service were retrofitted with standard pattern foresight protectors. It would seem that many, if not most surviving Mk.I rifles have the later pattern guards, and non-hinged bands as well. If a rifle does have a waisted guard, the question arises - is it the one originally on the rifle, or is it a restoration? Have never heard of a serial number cutoff when the waisted protctor was phased out.
Were Savage Mk.Is ever fitted with the waisted guards?

[Skippy]

Anyone want to post a comparison pic of the waisted protector with the usual one?

[tiriaq]

Wish I could. My Mk.I got FR'd. Think along the lines of a P-14.

[stencollector]

The Cdn parts manual (CFTO) shows them all. My camera is down right now, or I would show a pic, and my scanner hasn't worked in years.

[Cantom]

The Cdn parts manual (CFTO) shows them all. My camera is down right now, or I would show a pic, and my scanner hasn't worked in years.

Here's a pic someone posted on Jouster and another that was emailed to me. This pic confuses me...it looks like a one piece sight base/protector. I see no separate parts there...is this the case?
BTW, look at the top pic- looks like the hinged front band on there! Interesting early gun no? Apparently a No 4 Trials rifle...

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[stencollector]

Remember that the troop trials Enfields had many parts which were unique only to those rifles, and many of their components cannot be described as typical to anything but the trials rifles. I had one of these (also converted to sniper) and it was not hard to see why they were supposed to be condemned...replacement parts were quite special.

One thing that was interesting on mine was that the cruciform bayonet (which was for the earlier production rifles) would not fir onto my trials rifle.


The Canadian parts manual shows the waisted type front sight base as the typical two part assembly. It does show a one piece type front sight base (non-waisted), but does not give a NSN, so I am not sure if it ever became anything more than a drawing.