Long Branch serial number listing

[limpetmine]

Here is another Long Branch serial number update. As you can see, having all the digits in the serial number make are a great help to narrowing the change over serial number on year changes. As noted, there is an overlap of serial numbers especially between 42-43 and 44-45. I have added percentages of the years production based on the serial number input.
Of 378 in the data base, there are 7 No. 4 Mk1/3's, and one No 4 Mk1/2. I know there are more Mk1/2's out there, but don't have that data yet. I've included the differences between Skip Stratton's range data and what I've observed.

1941 Mk 1 0L244
1941 M k 1 1L4588

1942 Mk1* 1L5979
1942 Mk1* 19L7875

1943 Mk1* 22L28XX
1943 Mk1*57L4906

1944 50L66xx (this looks to be an aberration, actual prefix change in the 57L range)
1944 57L6082
1944 83L842x

1945 83L3414
1945 91L9864

1949 91L0353
1949 91L51XX

1950 91L0510
1950 96L0012



PRODUCTION
Stratton............ COX..........Produced ............COX ....# in list.......%

41 0L-1L........... 0L-1L........... 10,000 ............1941 .............. 26......... 0.07
42 1L-20L...........2L-19L ........180,000............ 1942 ...............73........ 0.19
43 21L-56L......... 22L-57L......... 360,000......... 1943 ..............91.......... 0.24
44 58L-84L......... 57L-83L......... 260,000........... 1944............. 72............ 0.19
45 84L-90L.......... 83L-90L........ 79,000............. 1945............ 32............ 0.08
49 91L................ 91L................ 33,300........... 1949 ............14.............. 0.04
50 91L-95L.......... 91L-96L........... 46,742............ 1950 ..........70 .............0.19
.................................................. 969,042.................Totals 378................ 1

[Brian Dick]

I found your email right here! The additional list is on the way. Get busy.

[Baal]

16L6274 - 1943 No4 MkI* / butt plate is painted black (steel?) / non-grooved beech rear hand guard / C broad arrow marked walnut butt stock/ walnut fore-end and front hand guard / TZ 4/47 sight / DCRA conversion to 7.62mm #1390.

45L7433 - 1943 No4 MkI* / non-FTR / bare metal butt plate (alloy?) / non-grooved upper hand guard / C broad arrow & CANADA marked butt stock / Cdn MkIII rear sight / MP marked on left side of action.

[mauser98nut]

!943 Long Branch, serial no50L0216 ,No4 mk!/3 (F) FTR

[Boom-Boom]

No4 MK1* LB 1944 60L7526.

Excellent condition.

Unfortunately bolt is mismatched ( still a LB number 3L7893.

A rematch somwhere????

BB

[wilsonmaddox]

No4 MK1* LB 1944 62L9145 Butcher job on fore stock to sporterize. No handguards Butt stock may be original. Brass plate with Canadian broad arrow in circle. England import marking. No mil spec magazines. Has 2 reduced capacity (8?) from Santa Fe Magazine, made in Japan. Interesting note, it came with a repack bandoleer with strippers and ammo. Ammo headstamp indicates 1957 Iraq manufacture. Has what looks like a 4 with upside down Q.

[shooter762]

No 4 Mk1 1950 Dated 95L9264 Dark Wood Steel Butt Plate Matching #s except for magazine which is Savage. Some of the wood also is Savage marked. Bore is pristine

[albian]

N° 4 MK1* Long Branch 1945 83L1914

[drifter]

heres my # number 4 mk i long branch 1943...308..25l2162 it has the peep sight .someone had it made into a hunting rifle..i,m looking for a good scope for it

[silverfox]

48L384x 1943, No4Mk1*, Missing rear sight, Un-dated FTR, Steel Buttplate, Un-Grooved, un-serialed Savage stock, Magazine serialed to rifle.