Originality. A few home truths

[Brian Dick]

I have 2 '42 date Long Branch No.4Mk.1* rifles in the same condition and one Savage Mk.1*, all NZ owned. I have another South African owned Savage that's new except it was thrown around after being surplused and sports the handling marks in the woodwork to prove it. A damned shame but it's still a very nice rifle. One of my favorites is a well used but nice condition LB Mk.1* made in 1943 that's also NZ owned so they did use some of them but many were left unused and stored until released to the commercial market in the 1960's and later.