LongBranch 1955

[bros]

We can't see your complete serial number, so:
Several possibilities:
1. Extra digit added accidently or on purpose
2. Miss interpreted serial number, eg) Lxxxxx would be a BSA series serial number that someone "corrected" by adding the "0" prefix
3. A totally made up serial number

Yeah Lee Enfield I'm wondering why I get stuck with all these anomalies? Anyhow ....that's were I'm at with it, either 1 or 3.....I guess we have to leave it at that.
By the way the bolt is numbered the same way!!

[rgg_7]

Can you post a picture of the number on the bolt. It will give us another clue to what you have. Ron (Canada)

[Lee Enfield]

Can you post a picture of the number on the bolt. It will give us another clue to what you have. Ron (Canada)

I'm more academically interested in whether it's a 1950's CAL marked bolt. Being solid knob it's not an original 1941 LB bolt.

but really it won't tell us anything that we don't already know:

It is a .303 Caliber match rifle set up for DCRA/PRA/UK NRA Service Rifle "B" (non factory sights) competitions sometime between 1958 (barrel date) & approx. 1964 (when 7.62 really took off).

[Warren]

Before you even call it a match rifle (other than it is sporting the sight and a trigger guard swivel) is there ANY evidence of bedding?
The NORMAL lateral hardwood pegs are not in the forend and what is the barrel lift?
Can you see any evidence of accurizing through the magazine well.
Take the handguards off and you should be able to see some accurizing under the barrel behind the front sight as well as the chamber region on the forend.
Many such rifles were made up for guys shooting at military bases with unnumbered receivers which were plentiful in the 50's and 60's up to mid 70's.

[bros]

Before you even call it a match rifle (other than it is sporting the sight and a trigger guard swivel) is there ANY evidence of bedding?
The NORMAL lateral hardwood pegs are not in the forend and what is the barrel lift?
Can you see any evidence of accurizing through the magazine well.
Take the handguards off and you should be able to see some accurizing under the barrel behind the front sight as well as the chamber region on the forend.
Many such rifles were made up for guys shooting at military bases with unnumbered receivers which were plentiful in the 50's and 60's up to mid 70's.

Warren: I did as you had mentioned. Took the hand-guards off, no evidence of bedding anywhere including mag well. I did the same with another to compare...a properly marked DCRA 7.62 Canadian Arsenals Conversion that sports the conversion # as well in the various places...no evidence of bedding anywhere. I did happen to read later that CA did not bed the rifles they converted......that info came off the Net though.......

rgg 7 .....browningautorifle helped me out with pictures.....I will see if he would be so kind as to help me out again and try and get the serial #'s on the butt-socket and bolt posted

[Lee Enfield]

Warren: I did as you had mentioned. Took the hand-guards off, no evidence of bedding anywhere including mag well. I did the same with another to compare...a properly marked DCRA 7.62 Canadian Arsenals Conversion that sports the conversion # as well in the various places...no evidence of bedding anywhere. I did happen to read later that CA did not bed the rifles they converted......that info came off the Net though.......

rgg 7 .....browningautorifle helped me out with pictures.....I will see if he would be so kind as to help me out again and try and get the serial #'s on the butt-socket and bolt posted

The earlier the target rifle, the less allowable alterations from standard service were allowable.

[browningautorifle]

I will see if he would be so kind as to help me out again and try and get the serial #'s on the butt-socket and bolt posted

Here's the pics as requested...

[Warren]

In my opinion the bolt has been scrubbed and re-numbered.

[rgg_7]

I'm with Warren on this. Who every put this together chose to apply a serial number to both the bolt and receiver of their choice. I can see the LB on the bolt near the firing pin and the file marks going in the opposite direction of the original milling marks. It has the CA on the receiver with the SAL mark, both of which are correct. It's unique...don't see many 1955 receivers. Ron (Canada)

[bros]

Thanks for all the info guys...so it seems like since the bolt was scrubbed, the barrel receiver were new, there really were no parts to carry over from a 1941 rifle for this build....so it kinda remains a mystery why and whoever did this chose to use a early serial #......heck it's not even really a LB serial # given that it's 5 digits after the prefix L. Safe to say then it was more than likely not built by Canadian Arsenals?