A never fired 1943 Long Branch no4?

[ssj]

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Seems a bit of a stretch?

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[browningautorifle]

They test fired them at the factory for one thing. Machine rested to zero them. Peter can explain the process more accurately.

[Paul S.]

"Never fired" ---- by the seller ----- maybe.

[Beerhunter]

No one in their right mind would buy that rifles, fired or no, based on those dreadful pictures.

As has been said, of course it has been fired. The British and Canadian soldiers were not used for on the job testing. :-)

[ssj]

Considering 1943 would have been on the change in the war ie Axis still might have won, I find it incredible that a gun made in that era would have been unfired and not hard pressed into service, hence I wondered.

Pictures are awful as well, yes, doesnt add up.

[Homer]

Wouldnt quantities of arms have been kept in reserve. Hard to imagine every firearm off the line was immediately issued to a unit.
I'm not making any suggestions either way with this gun....

[mmppres]

well here is another auction that says un issued
http://www.gunauction.com/buy/129813...-wwii-unissued

[browningautorifle]

Hard to imagine every firearm off the line was immediately issued to a unit.

They were all test fired and sometimes that wasn't as simple as that. Zeroing could take more than a few rounds, even though they were in a machine rest. These have all been fired. That's what his claim is, never been fired. Not unissued...that's what we object to. Lots have seen little handling, all have been fired.

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un issued

Lots and lots of handling marks on that one. The M10 cleaning rod is out of place too...

[CINDERS]

Been down that road and concur with the comments all weapons have been fired, proofed ~sighted and I bet they used more than 1 round to zero the weapon and away they go and who knows what has happened in the years.
My 21 Lith has a new forewood in the white and I brought it supposedly unfired? yep lotta copper came out when I placed some Copper Killer through it.

To be fair we would all like to get one unfired but I guess even the ones at the Lithgow Museum have all had a round through them otherwise they would not be there.

Sorry bloke but unfired not likely!

[Peter Laidler]

LIke the bloke who bought a 'one owner' car from the internet here recently. Found out that it was an ex Police car. One owner, yes, but a zillion crap drivers who had thrashed it to death!