Quick Lee Enfield question...

[Skippy]

Which manufacturers used the grooved rear handguards, and in what years?

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[Claven2]

All makers used them randomly throughout production. There is no specific year for them.

[Skippy]

Interesting, thanks.

[Skippy]

Did Long Branch use brass or steel buttplates?

[Claven2]

Longbranch started using zamac zinc alloy buttplates and switched to steel late in production - ie, post-war. They didn't use brass (gunmetal) buttplates.

[Skippy]

Thanks again Claven.

[sdh1911]

Claven2 qualifies as a walking milsurp encyclopedia, he's my favorite resource. On the hand guards I have a very early Savage w/o grooves and a slightly later Faz that does, can't figure it out. SDH