Longbranch

[bros]

Well I just purchased one of the rare....a 1941 No4MK1 Longbranch!!! I do not have it yet as the cheque to the seller is still in the mail. The pictures I received were not great so one has to have a little faith in the seller's description!!! A #'s matching sporterized 1941. Wood and barrel are chopped. I got it for the local going rate of sporterized Enfields, so not much invested yet. Will have to find proper wood and maybe a Criterion barrel....I guess it won't have that much in the way of collector value but it's still a 1941 and not many around, should be a real nice shooter when done. How in Canada does reputable work to Enfields?? Thanks in advance for your input!!!!!!

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[tiriaq]

Serial #?

[bros]

Serial #?

Serial # is 0L7027.

[ssj]

What you could do is find a military barreled gun say a common no4 mk2 and do a barrel swap so you keep the "military" thing going

[stencollector]

I believe I saw that one on gunnutz. I was a little too late. For a barrel, find a 42 LB donor rifle with 5 grooves. While it won't have the serial on it, it will be as correct as you are going to find....many of the 41s had 42 dated barrels. The low cut wood will be around as well.

It will be interesting to see if the bolt is truly matched to the rifle or if it has been FTR'd (as so many of them were) and given a new or recycled bolt.

[Lee Enfield]

It will be interesting to see if the bolt is truly matched to the rifle or if it has been FTR'd (as so many of them were) and given a new or recycled bolt.

Quick and dirty way is that the early bolts have a hole in the bolt knob, similar to a BSA.

[bros]

I believe I saw that one on gunnutz. I was a little too late. For a barrel, find a 42 LB donor rifle with 5 grooves. While it won't have the serial on it, it will be as correct as you are going to find....many of the 41s had 42 dated barrels. The low cut wood will be around as well.

It will be interesting to see if the bolt is truly matched to the rifle or if it has been FTR'd (as so many of them were) and given a new or recycled bolt.

I did pick it up on Gun Nutz....was real surprised that I got it, if I remember correctly it had about 170 views already!!!

[CODFan]

Best of luck with the restoration.

I recently embarked on a similar (but slightly less complex) journey with a LB No4 MkI.

https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=50475

In the end I was able to find all of the correct bits and pieces with help from this site.

Enjoy.

[Peter Laidler]

Depending on how chopped the barrel is and how it shoots as it is, you could consider sleeving the muzzle end with a short section of unserviceable barrel. A join just under the foresight block lugs will accurately align the bayonet lugs and by skimming out the rifling plus a couple of .002 or 3" of the sleeved part would make such a repair almost unnoticeable. It's save a LOT of work and the rifle would be more in keeping that a rifle with a new barrel............

Where there's a will, there's an easy way I say

[bros]

I will try to submit pictures...when I actually receive the rifle, cheque is still en-route to seller.