Another No4 Mk 1 T accounted for.

[Lee Enfield]

Not a surprise, I've never seen a picture of a Canadian sniper in the WW2 ETO (European Theater of Operations/"North West Europe") where the rifle was not identifiable as being of British conversion...

Can anyone point out a photo of a Long Branch No4 T sniper in wartime Europe?

Not counting training in the UK....

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[Sentryduty]

Not a surprise, I've never seen a picture of a Canadian sniper in the WW2 ETO

One of the unusual aspects of the PPCLI museum is the manner in which our 1200 or so firearms were added to the collection, according to the accessioning records I reviewed years ago, they came from donations, estates, police seizures, etc and only a number can be traced to official former DND sourced loans.

I had hoped this one might have been a LB because of the variety in our collection, and I couldn't remember from when I last handled it. We may have more than one, but I will have to tour the vaults myself later this spring or summer to be sure. I did verify the firearms holding accounts with the RAdjt back in summer of 2012 but that was a huge undertaking and tempo distracted any joy from the task. I recall we only hold 1 or 2 Ross rifles and they are both barely better than relic condition, which is rather sad.

[Seaspriter]

Thanks Sentry Duty. Very nice to see a sniper from 1943 that is still mated with its original scope. I don't suppose anyone kept track of the history of this sniper, but perhaps your friend in the museum would like someone on this site to construct a history for the future.