No4 MKI Longbranch markings ??

[Peter Laidler]

Bead blasting and phosphating does tend to round the edges of the earlier pantograph engraved markings - exactly as shown in Enfield Traders photo. Once theyve been through the system a few times, I've seen them beadblasted almost clean

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[limpetmine]

I have a 1943 Long Branch that is virtually un identifiable save the serial number. If you hold it up to the light JUST right, you can make out the receiver markings.... which is one reason I think some, (not all) of the 1943 receiver markings were different than the others; a stamp wouldn't fade to nearly nothing as a engraving does. With '43 being the highest year of production for LB, stands to reason they might want to speed up the line somehow.

Bead blasting and phosphating does tend to round the edges of the earlier pantograph engraved markings - exactly as shown in Enfield Traders photo. Once theyve been through the system a few times, I've seen them beadblasted almost clean