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Thanks for this lead. Here's any interesting story ( see pics at: Enfield Rifles ) Whitaker Special: Enfield No4T Target Rifle
£495

This is one of the 117 Target Rifles manufactured by (Bert)...

Well, at least I learned I was not hallucinating. There was a post a year ago:
https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=52060&p=325714&viewfull=1#post325714
which stated (FWIW):
"In the current...

I really don't know, it's not mentioned in Without Warning, but I seem to recall someone on Milsurps spoke to someone years ago who did state they were sent in air cargo. Does anyone recall this...

The available information from Savage/Stevens production came from a hand written note in the archives:
A hand-written document in the file drawn up in 1946 on receipts of smallarms from the USA ...

These are excellent questions Bruce.
1. Apparently quite a few Snipers (of all types were sold or scrapped minus their scopes. How many is still being debated.
2. It is plausible, but not yet...

I'm putting myself into the role and mindset of the Production Manager in Long Branch in 1944. Here's what I'd guess he is thinking at this point:

"Damnation! Why did we ever take on this awful...

Not sure it really matters. If it was produced in 1945, Marshall's production report would have excluded it from the 71.

This is a pretty safe assumption. There's certainly evidence to show that...

Congratulations Kev, you've got a beautiful sniper.

Absolutely yes. Problem is so many snipers have taken leave of their scopes, brackets, and transit cases. Whenever they are together,...

We still love you Peter.

This kind of code cracking is the work of Sherlock Holmes, Scotland Yard, and the Enigma Machine crew at Bletchley Park -- lots more questions than answers until the...

Absolutely yes. I'm more than happy to send anyone my data base (it's in Excell spreadsheet format, so you will need to give me your email address.). Also, I'll meet with folks when possible --...

I must concur -- this thread is a bit confusing to those just interested in the conclusions, not the data collection. I'm going to suggest that anyone who has "number crunching" data just send me a...

Thank you Colin, and pardon me if I've confused anyone. Yes, for the 1945 range, I was thinking of yours.

Here's what's in my data base (always being corrected!)
- highest known 71L series dated...

Thanks Cold Zero
There are actually some Serial Numbers here that expand the range of what we thought were known numbers.


As LE has noted earlier, it's getting clear there are a number of 1944...

Thanks for the insights LE.


I have a hunch solving the enigma must first start with Production numbers (to get an accurate number of Snipers produced), then back the scope numbers into...

No, unfortunately Marshall's report does not list scopes. The Report is referenced as:
Marshall, T.H. (1946) Small Arms Limited 1940-1946 (A partial history). Heritage Mississauga Research Files.
...

Thanks Peter -- this info conforms with all the evidence. What the Production Reports indicate are also illuminating:
Date-------Scopes-------Notes
-------------Produced
Yr...

Thanks LE. Have we seen any in the 80L 8084 - 80L 8099 range? StenCollector's chest indicates the 80L series probably went to 80L 8099. As we all know, the receiver serial numbers are confusing...

Thanks Vincent. Can you get a picture of his? The serial number is important because it tells us how to date the gun, as there is a very incomplete data base of serial numbers. Also, can you query...

Thanks StenCollector. Hope Justin Trudeau gets sidetracked on other issues and the Englis HiPowers just sit in the warehouse for a while -- great pistols with a great heritage and story of how they...

Thanks StenCollector,

The Sherlock Holmes in me thinks there are a lot of clues on this chest that might tell us something. It's obviously been repainted at least once, maybe twice, by the...

This is a very intriguing insight I had not heard before. Was the UK storing guns in abandoned coal mines after (or during) the war? A coal mine can fill with water. Perhaps many were damaged and...

LE - your question of whether anyone has seen " any 71L block serial numbers below x200?" is a very intriguing one.

I have been running a spread sheet linking Marshall's Production report...

I remember those days. I was 12 years old in 1959. My father bought me a new baseball glove (outgrew the old one) for $12.95 USD. He saw a barrel with guns in it, poked around and pulled out a full...

These certainly seem to be "missing" serial numbers; interesting hypothesis if the Canadian Army retained these -- this represents nearly 250 "missing" Snipers. If in the possession of the Canadian...

Thanks so much for this insight and makes eminent sense. Those who have experienced manufacturing production systems certainly know the difference between very small batches (one-off bespoke),...