71L block Long Branch sniper question

[Lee Enfield]

As of today I've got 116 Long Branch No4MkI*(T) serial numbers on my list.

There are a few interesting aberations.

The most well known is the 71L0 and 74L0 ring serial number mixups. They must have been assembling and marking serials on the rings for both blocks at the same time...

71L0 (conventional T) rifles with 74L0 numbered scope mounts, and 74L0 (T.P.) scope mounts with 71L0 serial numbers, and scope tins numbered that way - No18 tin with Alaskan TP serial number and 71L rifle number, No8 tin with 74L rifle but No32 serial numbers.

Luckily a TP scope & mount won't function in a No8 tin, while a conventional No32 mount and scope won't funtion in a No18 tin.

One of the owners confirmed that his rifle was marked 71L0XxX while the tin and rings were marked 74L0XxX...and his scope matched the butt stock...

The downside is that it's convinced some people that T.P.s exist outside the 74L block