1945 Long Branch (CGN Private Ad)

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I don't often see a rifle that I can comb my hair in .... :lol:

1945 Long Branch (click here)

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Seller says:

This is the nicest Long Branch I have had. It is $750.

I have never pushed the grease out of a new LB and this one is very close to new. It is a 9+ out of 10.

This rifle has been handled ( fondled more like), and probably had a couple of rounds out of it, but that's it!

It has an Awesome 5 groove barrel!
I just had to take the forend off to see how the markings and barrel date were done. It is clearly marked '45 on the barrel with a number of really nice LB proofs. I tried to take some pics but the blueing is so deep they did not create enough contrast. I have had a lot of really nice Long Branches in the past, and some of you may have had brand new ones, it's not Perfect but this is a really sweet LB!

This is not a recent import and does not have any extra import or foreign marks. It's just one heck of a nice Canadian rifle with a like new 1941 Woods (Toronto) Canvas Sling.

Actual shipping will be charged.The price is $750. EMT is preferred.
Please contact me for questions, pics, etc. Thanks Paul

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Regards,
Badger

Seems expensive for a gun that's varnished or tru-oiled.

Must be the cosmolene glistening. Nice Mk. I rear sight.

Except that a 1945 dated gun should have a CmkIII stamepd sight...???

Too many exclamation points in the ad for me.

For $750, it should be an exceptional rifle. With shipping that's scaring $800. The sight isn't right, although that isn't really significant, except that it means that someone has worked on the rifle. Now if it is a LB sight, that would be nice, even if it is a replacement.
The description is a bit florid. A superior piece can stand on its own. "Just the facts, Ma'am".

It's not proper for that rifle, but it most likely is a real LB sight though I can't see the markings. The rear sight looks to be the earlier small-aperture Mk1 sight - almost all LB Mk1 sights are of that type. It's super-rare to see a brit Mk1 sight that doesn't have the larger diameter battler aperture, so odds are it's LB. But again, it's been put on that rifle to make it look prettier - no way it left the factory in 1945 with a sight that hadn't been in production for almost 4 years.

It has definitely had the wood coated in SOMETHING other than linseed oil, and it isn't cosmolene. Just my $.02 worth!