Interesting Long Branch No.4 MK.1*

[lawrence_n]

First off, I'm blown away by the depth of knowledge in this forum. The amount of research & information available is nothing short of astounding.
I'd ask you gentlemen to confirm my speculation regarding the stamps and probable history of this rifle. From what I've read thus far, it's your run-of-the-mill '43 Long Branch with a few interesting anomalies. Condition wise, it's beautiful and the bore is conservatively 9.5/10. Numbers all match and all the furniture and metal parts are properly Canadian marked except for the brass butt plate. Oddly, it wears a micrometer rear sight which I believe was not period correct though it is Long Branch marked.
On the left side of the butt stock is a capital "R" over "REME", so would this be "R" section, Royal Mechanical & Electrical Engineers? Repair depot, maybe? There is an odd 5-pointed star on the barrel ahead of the knoxform with what looks like an "N" inside. Mis-struck Weedon repair depot mark? I'll let the pics speak for themselves. I'm given to understand that the "England" stamp on the receiver ahead of the bolthead is a US import mark, but if I'm wrong someone will no doubt put me straight on that. I've had a number of very nice Long Branch rifles come through my hands. but I haven't seen an unmolested (meaning bubba) one like this in a long time. Thanks for looking.

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