I have an unnumbered LB No. 4 Mark 1*, 1944, absolutely new and unfired. Wood and metal finish both are to the highest standard I have seen on any military-type rifle, wood is carefuly matched (obviously from the same blank). Odd thing is that it has the late "Britishicon" type safety, original to this rifle.

I was thinking possibly a display rifle for all those War Bonds drives. It certainly wasn't Andy McNaughton's rifle, carried ashore by his cute secretary at Juno Beach! You know: the one that took the breechblock out of the 88 just before it could land a round on Monty's half-track......

All joking aside, I DO have the rifle and it is absolutely the prettiest LE I have ever encountered.

I'm not a dealer of any kind, but I have seen and handled a lot of rifles. In just-short-of-50 years at this, I have encountered TWO LB Number 4s without numbers....... and the other was somewhat ratty (I am being polite).

But we will wait until the Registry goes. The unregistered firearms in Canadaicon number in the millions, not in the thousands; of this I am certain.

As to mine, it is registered; they sent me one of those stupid little stickers for the thing, along with stickers for a dozen or so others..... and no way to tell which sticker goes on which rifle...... and 10 years in the old slammer if you get it wrong. Typical Canada: coddle the criminals and walk on the law-abiding suckers who won't shoot back.... and then they wonder why so many Canadians no longer feel any patriotism or loyalty. You can't beat people into loving their country.

But the rifles exist. I just don't think they are as common as some folks would like to think.

And the rifle shown in this thread is just SO perfect for a very-early rifle....
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