Ishy screw in Long Branch No. 4?

**Anzac15** · 06-12-2011 10:59 PM

Has anyone encountered an 'Ishy' screw in a Long Branch No. 4? Have just acquired a very nice 1943 FTR'D IN 1953 LB , and the darn screw is right there! First time I've seen one in a LB.

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**Bindi2** · 06-13-2011 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by Anzac15

Has anyone encountered an 'Ishy' screw in a Long Branch No. 4? Have just acquired a very nice 1943 FTR'D IN 1953 LB , and the darn screw is right there! First time I've seen one in a LB.

It may well be an English screw put in by Peter the Pom not Indian at all.

**Bear43** · 06-13-2011 10:15 AM

As many of us, myself included, have learned here that screw was not only put in by Indians. And yes, I have seen them on Long Branch rifles before.

**Peter Laidler** · 06-13-2011 10:34 AM

Just take the screw out and plug the hole as per a previous thread. Use a matching wood and match the grain and after a dose of linsed and a week of use, you'll never notice where it was

**Anzac15** · 06-13-2011 12:25 PM

Learn something new everyday, don't we? Thanks!

**ickmann** · 06-13-2011 04:12 PM

Have one on my '44 LongBranch. Had the nastiest, dark varnish finish on it. Stripped it down with citri-clean, applied some furniture wax and now she looks beautiful.

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