Long Branch serial number listing

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Originally Posted by PEI Rob

20L3702 1942 N04 Mk1*, CDN MK3 sight, aluminum butt plate, all matching except mag but it is a LB mag, C broad arrow and serial # marked wood, grooved and beautiful color of course , Non FTR, sling

I put on a LB No4 mk2 Spike Bayo, does the bayo scabbard have markingsÉ Wondering if LB made scabbards and marked them.

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What country is this LB Located? Im trying to get an idea of the history behind the S/N 20Lxxxx

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Originally Posted by Gunny Hooch

Submitting my Long Branch

1942 No.4 Mk 1* Long Branch
S/N: 20L5382
All matching including Magazine
Grooved hand-guard
Bright & Shiny and Great Rifling bore.
Somewhat Gray color butt plate (Aluminum ?)
Original Web Sling, Marked/Dated S.S.H.Ltd 1942
Long Branch marked Bayonet & Scabbard

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Do you have any history on the S/N 20Lxxxx? I'm trying to find out how mine got to Australia. Even minor details may help to build a bigger picture.

I`m not sure if I posted mine but here's my only no4 mk1*:
LB 1942 No4 Mk1* 9L5855
numbers matching, non-FTR marked

1942 No4 Mk I* 22L1075 Long Branch
1942 No4 Mk I* 15L1675 Long Branch
1942 No4 Mk I* 13L6825 Long Branch

What I have collected so far here in NZ,

factory year serial number model
LB 1942 17L5994 no4 mk1*
LB 1L4131 no4
LB 1942 5L5105 no4
LB 20L0184 no4 mk1*
LB 1943 23L4037 no4 mk1*
LB 1942 18L3376 no4 mk1*
LB 1942 17L4740 no4 mk1*
LB 1942 17L7719 no4 mk1*
LB 1942 15L6968 no4 mk1*
LB 1942 14L3712 no4
LB 1942 21L0940 no4mk1*
LB 1942 18L2816 no4mk1*
LB 1943 50L9451 no4 mk1*
LB 1942 17L1350 no4 mk1*
LB 1942 17L6872 n04 mk1*
LB 1942 18L1880 no4m1*
LB 1943 25L0317 no4 mk1*
LB 1943 24L6837 no4 mk1*

Just picked up a 1950 No. 4 Mk 1* serial number 92L5931. It is still in cosmoline and in mint condition. Not a scratch or dent on the stock, which even has a new rack number painted in white. The blue is spectacular with no visible flaws. Even the numbers on the ladder sight are in white. The bore looks new and until today when I took possession was coated in cosmoline. Tomorrow I start the long process of getting it cleaned up and ready for the range.
Keith

1943 22L4754 all matching NZ marked. 1950 95L3695 Matching with lined out mag with matching # added.

No.4 Mk1* Longbranch 1950 95L7177

Hi all,
I'm new here.

Found this place via a Google search while looking for info on Long Branch serial numbers.

I've just bought a near mint 1945 No4 Mk1 T, serial no 9078313.
Would love to find out more about it
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...68773808-1.jpg

No.4 Mk1*, Long Branch, 1942, 3L9712, Micrometer type rear sight, Beech buttstock, walnut forestock numbered to rifle, Brass butt plate, non grooved walnut handguard.

My first Long Branch, also my first Enfield, is serial #12L0098. Walnut buttstock & fore stock, and what appears to be Birdseye Maple grooved hand guards. All matching with Mk III micrometer sights, mirror bore two- groove barrel. No range report yet, wood still curing after BLO treatment. Can't wait til range time!!!
derf