What's the earliest LB No.4 Mk1* you've seen?

[5thBatt]

Thanks for that, I wonder if those numbers are correct, or people have made the same errors as they did on this thread and referred to 1's as 1*'s and vice versa?

The 1L6926 does seem very late for a Mk1.

Likewise the 1L4072 seems low for a 1*

The search continues, as they say

cheers

Savage produced over 1 million No4s during WW2. even working 24/7 from the 1st Jan 1941 to 31 Dec 1945 (5 full years) they would have to produce over 3,800 per week, so 1L4072 to 1L 6926 is less than a week of production, they would have used more than a single production line to serialize the rifles & they would have been allocated blocks of serial numbers, the rifle would not have been leaving the end of the line in a numerical order.

[Roy W]

Savage produced over 1 million No4s during WW2. even working 24/7 from the 1st Jan 1941 to 31 Dec 1945 (5 full years) they would have to produce over 3,800 per week, so 1L4072 to 1L 6926 is less than a week of production, they would have used more than a single production line to serialize the rifles & they would have been allocated blocks of serial numbers, the rifle would not have been leaving the end of the line in a numerical order.

We are talking about Longbranch Rifles, not Savage. I don't believe production was the same per week in 41/ beginning 42 as it was in 45, so an average figure per week would be misleading

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This is the information that I have so far.....

1941 1L3851 1
1941 1L4131 1
1941 1L4588 1
1941 1L4798 1
1941 1L6926 1

1942 1L5979 1*
1942 1L6797 1*
1942 1L9659
1942 2L1037 1*
1942 2L1378 1*

So 1L5110 as a Mark 1* is low. What year is it, 41 or 42? As you can see there is crossed up dates, due to production methods used.

It's a 1942. When it gets to my hands I'll post the details.

I have 1941 receiver 1L0937 with a 42 dated barrel and 1L4698 also, 1941 receiver with a 42 dated barrel.

[Lee Enfield]

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I have 1941 receiver 1L0937 with a 42 dated barrel and 1L4698 also, 1941 receiver with a 42 dated barrel.

I have access to about a dozen LB 1941's so I will troll thru them to see if the highest serial numbers are near our target area.
1L3794 is a 1941 MkI

[Roy W]

I have just got 1L2397

1941 receiver blued
1942 Barrel - 2 groove
Button cocking piece
Hollow bolt handle matching number
Mk1 rear sight not LB marked
LB safety
all bands and foresight parts LB marked
Wood LB marked
alloy butt plate
short butt

[GeeRam]

One of the guys in my rifle club here in UK, has just recently acquired a 1942 Mk.1* number 1L8661.