Questions About My 1943 LB No. 4 Mk 1*

[Maxwell Smart]

Is SMC on the magazine case, or on the follower plate?

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[WW2Buff]

Thanks, Sten.

The SMC is on the follower. Just found a broad arrow on the back rib of the magazine, so I guess that bit is British.

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It may have just gone in for a fix at one point or been picked up and gone into stores during wartime, never to be handed back. We were just discussing the return of LB rifles post WW2.

Are you CERTAIN there are no importer marks on it? They appear in strange places and can be very small and faint...?

BAR, is there another thread discussing return of LB rifles? On the importer marks, are there others besides what Stratton presents in Table 1-12? I've seen those on my Garand and Carbine and they're very prominent, no mistake...

[browningautorifle]

BAR, is there another thread discussing return of LB rifles?

It was more about Peter explaining that all CDN rifles were demanded back at war's end. There was a directive that may or may not have been followed to the letter...it's here in the LE forum...

[stencollector]

It was more about Peter explaining that all CDN rifles were demanded back at war's end. There was a directive that may or may not have been followed to the letter...it's here in the LE forum...

It wasn't all Canadian rifles that were to be returned, it was all C/l\ marked equipment including small arms that were to be returned. The C/l\ mark was a property mark. There were small arms made in Canada that were simply /l\ marked if they were made on British contract.

[WW2Buff]

Further to the S.M.C. magazine follower. I just found a small part on my SMLE Mk III* with the same mark. Part 19, the retaining spring on the right side of the action body.

Is this Singer Manufacturing Co. in Kilbowie, Clydebank, Scotland, the UK branch of Singer Sewing Machine? They did a lot of war work during WW2.

Singer Sewing Machine Factory Kilbowie, Clydebank

[browningautorifle]

It wasn't all Canadian rifles that were to be returned, it was all C/l\ marked equipment including small arms that were to be returned.

Roger that, makes sense. The other thread is still going, we should have done a whole thread about return of equipment...too.