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Jim, I took one and sent it to Doug to post for me since I'm electronically challenged. The flaws are external and purely cosmetic as the small one on lawrence_n's is. It's downright ugly to be honest but they don't hurt the function of the rifle in any way.
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Reason: Edited to add pic to post for Brian....
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Thank You to Brian Dick For This Useful Post:
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11-27-2014 04:39 PM
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Well Brian, yours and his don't really resemble each other. If you take his pic and enlarge to 250, it looks vastly different. I still say it's a circle in the disfigurement. Even Warren sees it...and I can see a second circle at 11 O'clock from the big one. Warren asked if it could have been a mount for a T...? Check one of yours...is it possible?
Interesting rifle you showed us by the way, early cocking piece and late trigger guard. Made in '41? What's the whole poo on that one?
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The Long Branch is much better finished than the Maltby but the principle is the same. It still looks like a low spot/flaw in the forging to me. The Maltby '41 was imported from England
10+ years ago. It's exactly as I got it with some packing grease still present. Whether it was assembled later using the flawed early body or upgraded by an Armourer at some point is anyone's guess. It's matching and "as issued" with a mix of British contract parts. All the pertinent assemblies are serial number matching including the magazine. It also has the serial number of the rifle stamped on top of the wrist of the buttstock like many Maltby rifles I've examined over the years. Note the early Mk.III fabricated rear sight. It obviously didn't see hard service before it was stored away. It intrigued me because of the flawed receiver. That's why it's still here.
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I noticed the later sight too...and an early cocking piece...late trigger guard. Classic serviceable tagged rifle.
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Shows how great the need was in 1941 that such a body was passed fit. In the first 10,000 of Maltby production I assume.
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Ah, looked like 10073 at a glance.
“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
Edward Bernays, 1928
Much changes, much remains the same.
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