It followed me home today - honest !!!

A poor little semi-abandoned Longbranch No4 Mk1*, woodwork has been adjusted with an axe, barrel is full length but the bayonet lugs have been ground off and its been smooth bored to .410 with a brass bead on the barrel tip.

It just had to come and be rescued - anyone got a barrel surplus ?

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSCF0033-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSCF0034-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSCF0035-1.jpg


Whats left of the forend was 'packed' with vinyl / leatherette which presumably is the new bedding material ?

Email me or PM me.

I see that Bubba modified the mag release catch also.

Wow, she sure needs love...

Oh! the horror!! the humanity!! :yikes:

Could make a reading lamp out of it:lol:
Or I could send you a reading lamp for trade:thup:

Cary

Would think that they'd be known as something else there? :lol:

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Would think that they'd be known as something else there? :lol:

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You're right, Bubba is particularly American, but the name brings forth the same mental imagery even for us. Here in Britain we have a much more general noun for them, and it begins and ends with T and contains an A and a W.

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Originally Posted by harry mac

You're right, Bubba is particularly American, but the name brings forth the same mental imagery even for us. Here in Britain we have a much more general noun for them, and it begins and ends with T and contains an A and a W.

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Oh I get it now,I need more coffee.:rofl:

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Cary

I wouldn't bother "restoring" it unless one has 90% of the parts already on hand.
If it were mine, I'd toss my spare No4 sporter wood on it and use it as a smooth bore. I have a CadTechnic scope mount doing nothing and that would probably go on it too. Then reload round balls in 410 brass cases and use the thing for a pumpkin buster.

I'm pretty sure that would be illegal in the UK - a shotgun firing 'slugs' is classed as a 'firearm' and would need to be on my FAC (Firearm certificate), as a shotgun its on my SGC (Shotgun Certificate)
There is a maximum pellet size to be classed as a shotgun - I could be wrong but I thing its SG or maybe AAA size.

Although my son has a BP 50 cal on his SGC the only difference is that the 410 would be fired from a 'cartridge'

Tricky one that !!!!

Too bad as a 410 with three roundballs does make a quite a show on late season vegetables.

If you do restore it, wouldn't you also have to reclassify it as well as have it proofed?

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Too bad as a 410 with three roundballs does make a quite a show on late season vegetables.

If you do restore it, wouldn't you also have to reclassify it as well as have it proofed?

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If it was restored as a 410 then it would stay as a shotgun and would not need re-proofing.

If it was rebarreled as a 303 then yes it would be re-classified as a firearm.

The strange thing about prooving is that legally you dont need have a gun proofed - if you sell it then it must be proofed. If you give it away or use it yourself then it doesnt need to be proofed.

I had a very heated exchange with our local Constabulary Firearms Licensing department over several weeks when I built my Enforcer Clone :

1) You are not a gunsmith so you cannot build a gun - yes I can
2) If you buy a barreled action and put 'woodwork' onto it you will have to have it re-proofed. No I wont - the Proof house request wood to be removed for proofing.
3) Legally you need to have the gun proofed before you can use it - no I dont.
4) You will not be allowed to use an un-proofed gun in public (ie at a range) - yes I can

I eventually won all of the arguments - it helps to read up a little before tackling those Civil Servants in 'authority'.

http://www.gunproof.com/Proofing/proofing.html

"Always know all you say, but never say all you know"

Ah the joys of dealing with the plod in the UK. Yes if you want to be an enfield 'collector' over here, it pretty much must be in slightly butchered shotgun form unless you're a firearms dealer, or are persuasive enough to somehow prevail upon your local firearms officer that having ten 303 slots on your ticket is perfectly reasonable and justifiable. (shotgun licenses allow any number of guns, storage space permitting I believe)
Point two above re putting woodwork on a barrelled action is absolutely ludicrous - can they really have thought that to be the case or were they just being deliberately obstructive?