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    Longbranch 1943

    Hi,
    Jut got a Longbranch and noticed on the reciever, the rifle has FTR
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    Factory Thorough Repair...a trip to the rebuild shop.
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    yup.. and guess rifle has been restored since I canot find any c broad on the stock. The wood set looks beat up tho.. see what its stamps behind trigger group on butt stock

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    Possibly, but as Peter Laidlericon and some others have pointed out, these went through the giant workshops overseas and all rifles got rebuilt with current parts regardless of issue. But considering the condition of the receiver, it may have been re-built here in Canadaicon and re-parkerized. Maybe restored to military from sporter...might need to see more for us to tell.
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    It was FTRd at Fazakerly, it wouldn't necessarily have Canadianicon property marks.

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    It's an early, (possibly wartime?), Fazakerley FTR. Post war (F)FTR markings are usually complete with the date it was done.

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    If it was post 1944 Britishicon FTR, it would be painted/baked on top of the phosphate finish. The phosphate looks clean and the engraving is finished over so I wonder if it was FTR'd again at CAL post WWII as the Parkerized finish would suggest. Speculating of course but the Canadians didn't paint them. It looks like a late CMk.3 sight on it which is correct for a post WWII CAL FTR. Does the bolt match?

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    here is more pics. yes, bolt match but I can see its been double serial (same number) on bolt and on the mag. Butt socket has Englandicon stamp on, Normally, LB doesnt have that stamp right ?
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    That's a nice looking rifle...no problem there. And no, Englandicon was a later marking.
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    What you've got there is a rifle that had its bolt replaced, probably during FTR as the number was added by electric pencil. Then at a later point someone restruck the SN on the bolt handle with stamps over top of the electric pencil SN. Notice the file marks where the original rifle number was erased. At least they used a Long Branch bolt as you can see the "LB" stamp under the first "5" of the serial number.

    The "(F) FTR" marking would have been "in the white" originally so the rifle has been refinished since then, or at least the lettered area has been.

    Butt is UKicon production also.

    From the wear and the date that rifle may have had an interesting war!
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    Thanks for your inputs Surpmil

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