Canadian Armorers

Are there any Canadian Military Armorers in the Milsurp membership?I am a Longbranch/Essential Agencies Ltd.enthusiast and would like to hear a professional perspective on the much sought after version of the C No4 Mk1.

Has no one asked this question before. Longbranch/Canada is the Lithgow of AU. the BSA/Faz of the UK,the Savage of the USA. I appreciate the history much more than my personal collection could ever offer me. Without the history,the men and women that actually defended our countries in time of war and peace,this would be a waste of time.

The other possibility is NZ armourers, lots of LB guns here in NZ.

You won't find much about EALs from Long Branch. The company EAL bought parts and did the finish machining themselves.

I was under the impression EAL procured whole rifles and converted them. I guess the parts list would follow, not all rifles coming from the military are necessarily serviceable, even though they are in use at the time of disposal.

As far as I know, EAL bought new metal parts from Canadian Arsenals (Long Branch).

Reworked to their own specs., then assembled with stocks made in house.

E.A.L. bought parts from Canadian Arsenals and they were reworked by S.T. Francis and Son of Toronto Canada. From what I was able to find out, when I wrote the EAL story, EAL bought actions, barrels and parts and Frances assembled them at his shop. Stocks were apparently made by a company in Toronto who's name escapes me right now but I did not have it when I did the EAL story so that is why no mention in the story published on the net and in Stratton's book. The stock maker was located at the end of Downsview airport and I'll see if I still have some of my old notes around. The stocks were new made and not converted military stocks. EAL was LESS THAN HELPFUL when I contacted them in person and the time of day is about all the help I got from them. Most of the story was from the "good old boys" in Toronto who used to hang around Francis' gun shop. Only one is still with us today.
Apparently this whole E.A.L. affair was a real hot potato at the time as Canadian Arsenals was fighting to stay alive yet actions, barrels and parts were going out the (back) door to a private contractor when CA could have been making the EAL rifles.
There was a .22 Hornet model made as well but less than a dozen were manufactured from what I can find out. I have only ever seen two, but have a few parts of one.