A 1944 No 4 T Longbranch Homage

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Hi All, My first post here but I have been a longtime "lurker". I purchased a very sad No4 last year, I was told at the time the barrel was OK but on closer examination the barrel was pretty bad.

Obviously a steady diet of corosive ammo combined with years of neglect. I wanted a shooter and decided to go the No 4T replica route. I spent the latter part of last year gathering the parts as well as a new stock from the UK. There is still some fitting issues to sort out wit the fore end especially the front wood and the required pressue with the barrel.

Pads have been fitted by another forum member and we (my brother and I) fitted a used but excellent condition barrel. Please note there are still a number of issues to sort out and the final refinishing of the metal which will take place soon.

This wont be passed as a legitimate "sniper" rather a faithfull restoration / saving what was effectivley something unusable.

Can I say thank you to all of those members here that contribute a massive amount of knowledge, to Peter Laidler and the gems he has posted here as well as the other members who have some very helpful information.





All of the parts with the exception of the pads are Longbranch, I have fired this rifle but achieved nothing near what it is capable of yet, please feel free to pass comments any feedback is appreciated.

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