Question on Long Branch #4 (T)

[Roger Payne]

To me this thread highlights the difference between 'original' (as in 'the day it left the factory when assembled), & 'genuine'. It is a perfectly good LB 4T that has been through British service rework post-war, & it is genuine, but it is not in 'original' (as it was first assembled) condition. Does it matter? I guess that depends on the individual. I suppose the market tends to reflect a preference for 'as first issued' rifles, & they do fetch a premium; but then maybe they couldn't tell the tales this one could.

Apart from anything else, the suncorite will come off with meths & LB parts are not so difficult to find, if you did have a mind to 'restore' it.....!

As an aside there were 4-5 90L rifles in the batch we bought back in 1997, so they were all accepted into service with UK forces; some had been suncorited & others not.

ATB