LongBranch 1955

[bros]

They would continue the 0L serial until they Hit 0L99999, so your receiver was made into a rifle in '42.

I have never seen a Longbranch other than the one I'm holding (same as in the picture) with a 5 digit number following the "L" only a maximum of 4 digits after the "L". Did they not go from 0L9999, then to 1Lx, 1Lxx, 1Lxxx, 1L9999 then 2Lx, 2Lxx and so on. It's a mystery.
Sorry in my original post I put the serial # as 0Lxxxx where as it should have read 0Lxxxxx.

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[Lee Enfield]

I have never seen a Longbranch other than the one I'm holding (same as in the picture) with a 5 digit number following the "L" only a maximum of 4 digits after the "L". Did they not go from 0L9999, then to 1Lx, 1Lxx, 1Lxxx, 1L9999 then 2Lx, 2Lxx and so on. It's a mystery.
Sorry in my original post I put the serial # as 0Lxxxx where as it should have read 0Lxxxxx.

We can't see your complete serial number, so:
Several possibilities:
1. Extra digit added accidently or on purpose
2. Miss interpreted serial number, eg) Lxxxxx would be a BSA series serial number that someone "corrected" by adding the "0" prefix
3. A totally made up serial number

[bros]

We can't see your complete serial number, so:
Several possibilities:
1. Extra digit added accidently or on purpose
2. Miss interpreted serial number, eg) Lxxxxx would be a BSA series serial number that someone "corrected" by adding the "0" prefix
3. A totally made up serial number

Yeah Lee Enfield I'm wondering why I get stuck with all these anomalies? Anyhow ....that's were I'm at with it, either 1 or 3.....I guess we have to leave it at that.
By the way the bolt is numbered the same way!!