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Thought I'd share some of my recent pick-ups.
First, a picture of a Canadian
soldier with a .303 cartridge belt. $5 dollars at our local militaria show.
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Next, a very nice Long Lee, all-matching and complete with clearing rod. Missing the dust cover, but I have a spare LEC I bolt I can cannibalize for the cover.Attachment 66702Attachment 66703Attachment 66704Attachment 66705
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That 'cleaning rod' looks suspiciously like a 'GAUGE, Armourers rod' that we Armourers used to attach to our bore gauges. Have a look along the length for the usual gauge marks.
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And the best for last, a 1945, M47C, No. 4T. V -Prefix with matching scope. I found this just a few miles from home. It includes the lens covers, sling and an early scope tool. It came with a copy of the original receipt from Klein's dated 1960. The whole rig is in amazing condition.
Peter - No gauge marks on the cleaning rod.
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Nice find husk, IIRC Kleins had these guns for somewhere around 64 to 69.00 in the early 60's. Seem to remember they raised the price a few bucks later, if only I excelled in foresight rather than hindsight.
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing. But you need to remember that minimum wage in 1961 was $1.15 per hour. Even if you were making a little more than that, $60.00 was a lot of money then.
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Can we have a look at the other end of the 'gauge' cleaning rod and the length. I am sat with one in my hand and I ain't convinced!
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Can we have a look at the other end of the 'gauge' cleaning rod and the length. I am sat with one in my hand and I ain't convinced!
Is that the one with a collar at the thread end? if so here's one i modified to fit a Mk1 MLMCC

The only real difference (other than the collar iirc) is the gauge rod was slightly shorter & where the rod meets the head it is near flat where the clearing rod is more curved for a smooth transition to the head.
Genuine clearing rods


Looking at The OPs pic i would suspect Peter is correct but we would have to take into account any possible manufacturing differences between makers.
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I've never seen one of those before. All of the carbines I've seen to date were without.
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