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Do any 1946-48 dated Long Branch No4s exist? Has anyone seen one?
I have seen #7s dated '46 & '47?, but never a No4.
Trying to establish serial # range & totals of 1949s.
claimed lowest '49 is 89L (believed from Stratton) I have personally observed a 90Lx as dated 1945 (outside the No4T series)
Low seen 91L0
91L1
91L2
91L250x
High seen 91L54xx
Lowest 1950 91L7 (no other info)
Info from personal obs & clipped from CGN ect.
Cross posting at CGN
I've never seen a 46, 47 or 48 LB No.4 - sorry.
I don't believe they exist, but it doesn't hurt to ask.Quote:
Originally Posted by Claven2
I have seen a '47 dated No7 which was assembled as a .303 (the fellow who bought it had a LB no4 w/a .22 bbl, so he just swapped bbls).
I have a 1949 LB S/N 91L2XXX.
I have a 43 and a 49. I've been looking for any Long Branch rifle to buy in good shape, not many for sale apparently.
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Originally Posted by Lee Enfield
The '49 that the Army lets me play with is a 91L54xx.
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Originally Posted by Lee Enfield
I wonder why Long Branch was making Enfields in 1949? There must have been many thousands of WWII rifles stockpiled, they were as common as dirt...was it just to keep the factory running and operational? I don't think they knew the Korean war was coming up in a year then did they?
You are right to ignore the LongBranch 4T serial numbers. They were made in a reserved batch of serial numbers, so their production may not fall in with the then concurrent production serial numbers of regular rifles.