Info on some No 4 woodwork

[Pfosted]

I have a set of woodwork for a number 4.
I am trying to find out where it came from, and any other info.

The metal parts all say CE1967.
The wood is pretty obviously unused, with no marks on it.

Can anyone provide info?

Thanks

Information

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[Surpmil]

Long Branch birch forend and probably the handguard too. The CE1967 is the code for maker of the handguard cap. Not sure who that code is for, but Canadian Cycle & Motor Ltd. made a great deal of those caps, among other items. Could be that's even a code that was assigned to them later in the war. It seems these production codes were made more obscure as the war progressed, since if the business name could be deduced from the code that could make the company a target for bombing. Similar security protocols were likely followed here, despite there being no threat of aerial bombing.

Maltby trigger guard - a UK production rifle?

Nice set of wood if complete.

[Lee Enfield]

I have a set of woodwork for a number 4.
I am trying to find out where it came from, and any other info.

The metal parts all say CE1967.
The wood is pretty obviously unused, with no marks on it.

Can anyone provide info?

Thanks

CE1967 was said to be South African.

Forends and handguards were around approx 20 years ago

[browningautorifle]

CE1967 was said to be South African.

Here's another thread we had some years back about the exact same question... https://www.milsurps.com/showthread....59007&p=383239

[Pfosted]

That’s what I wanted to know!

The wood is currently on a 1943 Faz, with a 2 groove barrel. As noted with a Maltby milled trigger guard. Unfortunately the bolt is from a number 5.
I wonder what the wood (and rifle) are worth.

[Alan de Enfield]

That’s what I wanted to know!

The wood is currently on a 1943 Faz, with a 2 groove barrel. As noted with a Maltby milled trigger guard. Unfortunately the bolt is from a number 5.
I wonder what the wood (and rifle) are worth.

Presumably the bolt is non-numbers-matching.
What makes you think the bolt is from a No5 ?

If you are considering that it is a No5 because the bolt handle has a hole in it, so did some manufacturers No4 bolts - the difference is the size of the hole.


The NoS CE1967 furniture was available in vast numbers some 15 years ago (in the UK) I had a few 100 of complete sets of colour/grain matching with L length butts, they were packed in '3 foot cubed 'pallet boxes' and there were 1000's at a disposal sale.
If only I knew then what I know now !!

I actually sold the last 4 sets to a guy in the Klondike last year.

This was one of the last ones :

[Mk VII]

They were all Mk.1 type forends, IIRC

[Roger Payne]

I've still got a few sets. Sold most of them, & only ever fitted one set to a rifle - it was a pig, even compared to a NOS set of wartime woodwork.

[Alan de Enfield]

They were all Mk.1 type forends, IIRC

Certainly the ones I had were.

[Pfosted]

Interested in selling one more set?

I've still got a few sets. Sold most of them, & only ever fitted one set to a rifle - it was a pig, even compared to a NOS set of wartime woodwork.

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That’s exactly what mine looks like. The middle bad seemed pretty rough and thin compared to my Longbranch.