Waisted front sight protector on 1941 Long Branch

[stencollector]

Remember that the troop trials Enfields had many parts which were unique only to those rifles, and many of their components cannot be described as typical to anything but the trials rifles. I had one of these (also converted to sniper) and it was not hard to see why they were supposed to be condemned...replacement parts were quite special.

One thing that was interesting on mine was that the cruciform bayonet (which was for the earlier production rifles) would not fir onto my trials rifle.


The Canadian parts manual shows the waisted type front sight base as the typical two part assembly. It does show a one piece type front sight base (non-waisted), but does not give a NSN, so I am not sure if it ever became anything more than a drawing.

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[Cantom]

Remember that the troop trials Enfields had many parts which were unique only to those rifles, and many of their components cannot be described as typical to anything but the trials rifles. I had one of these (also converted to sniper) and it was not hard to see why they were supposed to be condemned...replacement parts were quite special.

One thing that was interesting on mine was that the cruciform bayonet (which was for the earlier production rifles) would not fir onto my trials rifle.


The Canadian parts manual shows the waisted type front sight base as the typical two part assembly. It does show a one piece type front sight base (non-waisted), but does not give a NSN, so I am not sure if it ever became anything more than a drawing.

I know one guy who got a 41 LB and did find the Waisted protector for it. As for everyone else, it seems everyone's looking for them, so good luck to us all I guess...so it is a normal 2 piece setup then.

[superbee]

Hi,I e-mailed cantom a pic of my 41 LB.The second pic in his post.The waisted sight protector is LB marked,so they were issued.I found this one is Australia.
There was an auction in England that had a early 41 LB in almost new condition.It had the waisted front sight protector and hinged front band.I think the serial # was below 1000.
Eric

[Cantom]

Hi,I e-mailed cantom a pic of my 41 LB.The second pic in his post.The waisted sight protector is LB marked,so they were issued.I found this one is Australia.
There was an auction in England that had a early 41 LB in almost new condition.It had the waisted front sight protector and hinged front band.I think the serial # was below 1000.
Eric

Hey Eric, it occured to me how we can all get reasonably priced Long Branch marked units- since you have a LB marked one what if we got someone who does simple wax casting to cast us up some using the lost wax method? I guess there is a threaded hole there though but the fact that these are basically unobtainable means we have to think of something...wax casting wouldn't hurt your protector at all. They could fill the hole and it could be drilled out and tapped afterward.