Skennerton vs Stratton

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B52, Short answer...Skennerton heavily researched the L-E pedigree. Lots of useful and interesting data. Stratton used previously published data and a very extensive poll of collectors to gather data. Brad

Would someone knowledgeable please state how many entries Stratton had in his data base? It was generated by responses to his request in the now defunct Lee Enfield Collector's Digest published out of Alaska. This was before email/ internet and everything was done by postal mail. A sample questionaire as included in one LECD issue mailing and respondents were expected to duplicate the form for each LE.

In my opinion and memory, the survey was flawed in that he expected the correspondent to know what model he had (greater knowledge than most had at the time) and made no provision for identifying conversions, unique markings or receivers with several different serial numbers.

I was suprised that he made no statistical analysis of the data but that lends support to my contention that he did not have sufficient data points to work with.

Sadly he is gone and we may never know the details. My comments are not intended to take away or disparage the service he has provided to the collecting community but rather to put things in perspective.