Re: Canadian FTR SMLE Rifles

[x westie]

Prior to the Second World War, did Canada have the facilitiies to maintain its SMLE rifles{Factory Through Repair} , or did the SMLE's have to shipped back to the UK

Thanks for your interest

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[barbarossa]

Yes, SMLE's were repaired in Canada during the interwar period. Matter of fact, some SMLE components in short supply, such as stock furniture, were manufactured in Canada. They had trained Canadian military armorers who could handle any of the required repairs quite competently so no need to load them on a steamer and ship them back to the UK for refurbishment.

[Surpmil]

Long Branch made No1 barrels. I have one downstairs, sporterized.

[No4Mk1(T)]

"sporterized"

[P-07ShortLee]

such as stock furniture, were manufactured in Canada

Didn't they use a different wood instead of walnut? I thought they tried to use some hardwood before settling on the birch used on LB No 4s.

[x westie]

Long Branch made No1 barrels. I have one downstairs, sporterized.

My question was about maintainence of Canadian SMLE rifles was prior to the Long Branch factory going into production, the factory never got into production until 1941, Canada had no small arms factory after the Ross Rifle factory was closed in WWW1

[Peter Laidler]

But Canada MUST have had Army Ordnance Base Workshop facilities and these would be able to undertake all the usual FR work. Maybe not the FTR which includes metallurgical testing on the body too