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Nice looking rifle D-BOMB - you wouldnt feel bad about shooting it.
Several months ago a Longbranch Nr 7 was on a UK site at £3500 - BUT it was 'minty' (complete with box and all fittings) - as it came out of the factory. It went off the site fairly quickly so must have gone for a good price. Too good to shoot??
" If I was a rich man ----" but I'm not - and I consoled myself with my ersatz Nr 9. - these .22 trainers are hugely enjoyable to shoot.
I dont know how many you have across there but I cant see them depreciating anytime soon.
John
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D-BOMB
Anymore input guys?
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The serial number is rather higher up the butt socket than I’d expect to see. Also the numbers don’t look as deeply struck and have more of a hand done appearance. The greenish hue to the receiver in the pictures suggests it has a park’ed finish where in ’44 you’d expect blued. This could of course just be the lighting. The lack of a serial number on the bolt is odd to be sure. I’m not quite sure what to make of this one. It doesn’t look like an original serial number was ground off of the lower part of the butt socket. Possibly a post war arsenal or unit level rebuild? Maybe but why no serial number on the bolt?
