C No7 Mk1 1946 Butt Plate

[Bearclaw]

Can anyone please advise me which is the correct butt plate. I have seen pictures of the the pressed steel plates which seems to be the most popular and the cast alloy, if both were used which is the correct to the 1946 manufactured guns.

Myles

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[Badger]

Check this MKL entry ….

It's made of zamak, like most Long Branch rifles…

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1946 C No.7 Mk1 .22 Longbranch (cick here)

Here's a 1944 ......

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1944 C No.7 .22 Caliber Training Rifle (click here)

Regards,
Doug

[stencollector]

The Cno7s were all steel plates as far as I have ever seen. Now one must never say never when it comes to Enfields, but I will say that I have never seen brass or zamak on a Cno7 factory gun. Anything goes on the post factory/post service put togethers mind you. It is also possible that a buttplate could have been replaced in service with an earlier version, but the steel buttplates were pretty hardy and the Cno7s were not subject to a lot of abuse.

Doug: Those photos look like the regular steel plates with some of the bluing worn off.

[Badger]

Doug: Those photos look like the regular steel plates with some of the bluing worn off.

You may be right partner, sorry about that guys ....

I was in a rush and only took a quick look at the photos and saw the light color. I'll check the actual rifles in the vault, but upon second close up look of the pics, I think they are steel.

Regards,
Doug

[Brian Dick]

I've only ever seen the steel buttplates on the C No.7. I think they were installed on all Long Branch produced No.4 and C No.7 rifles starting at some point in 1944. That doesn't mean they wouldn't use a box of zamak pot metal plates if one was in the system.

If you need a steel one Myles, I've got a few left that are new in the factory wrap.

[A square 10]

mines brass 1945 - never say "never or always" - i believe this to be 100% original

[Brian Dick]

An uneducated guess would be that the brass one is a replacement as the Canadians never produced brass buttplates for the No.4. It could have been installed when an original zamak plate was broken. An Armourer would use what ever was in the parts bin. Many collectors install the brass plates because they look nice too compared to the pot metal or steel plates.