New here, a couple of true unicorns is what I believe that I have!

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J-5550-16's photos of his two very unusual Long Branch rifles. Both have one piece stocks and lightened bodies. The J-5550 serial number range was used for the experimental Long Branch lightweight rifles. They were not adopted an the UK went with the No. 5 Mk. I ("Jungle Carbine"). Both rifles have triggers hung from the body (similar concept to the British No. 4 Mk. 2 rifles), one-piece stocks and are in civilian sporter configuration and both have a Schnabel bump on the front of the fore-end.

Top rifle is serial number J-5550-16 with bolt # 14. This has a mid-war type "L" two-position back sight.
The bottom rifle has no serial number and has a target back sight.

TOP RIFLE - J-5550-16


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BOTTOM RIFLE - NO SERIAL NUMBER

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I have also posted these photos on my web site at https://captainstevens.com/military/...branch-rifles/ There are further comments there and I shall update it as we learn more about these two interesting rifles.

For photos of Small Arms Limited at Long Branch (Lee Enfields, Sten Guns, Shoulder stocks for Inglis No. 1 pistols and experimental.) and Inglis also in Toronto (Pistols - Browning High Power No. 1 and No. 2, aircraft Browning Machine Guns .303 Mk. II etc.) production facilities, staff and products during World War II, I highly recommend Gary Blakeley's albums at https://www.flickr.com/photos/gblake...57626289261917
Jolley shows up I believe in quite a few photos. He is thin man with glasses and a moustache. He is show quite often escorting VIPs around the factory e.g. McNaughton, Chinese officers and Princess Alice, wife of the Governor General.

One of the photos shows a very similar rifle. "PHOTO NO.1 FOLIO NO. 14 EXPERIMENTAL WING C.A.C. SPECIAL STIVER MODEL 303 CALIBRE" so my present thought is that the two rifles shown here are part of that group.

I do not know what STIVER MODEL is at this time https://www.flickr.com/photos/gblake...7626289261917/