This one should be interesting

[jrhead75]

Beerhunter's on the money. If I remember my reading from the last time this came up, I believe there's a bit in the Smoot-Hawley tariff act of 1930 that requires a stamp denoting the country of origin on goods imported into this country.

edit to add...Title 19, Chapter 4, Subtitle II, Part 1, §1304 of US Code to be precise.

[drweiler]

I have several Enfields with the 'England' stamp, as well as a 'American Eagle' Luger with a 'Germany' stamp. Curious, I have never seen a Long Branch No.4 (have a 1944 and 1945) with a 'Canada' stamp, or post 68 import stamp. Is that unusual? Thank you, Don

[Brian Dick]

Most Long Branch rifles that were imported prior to 1968 will have the England stamp as they were surplused from there. There are plenty of post 1968 import marked Long Branch rifles out there too. Most were imported directly from war reserve stores in the UK and South Africa by importers like Interarms. More came in from Europe in smaller quantities through a few different importers as many were supplied to allied nations via the Marshall plan post WWII. I've encountered rifles from Belguim, Italy, and Greece if memory serves. I imported a quantity that were Greek issue and all of Long Branch manufacture in 2000-2001 of which I still have a dozen or so left. I was also luck to get a select few mint condition Savage and Long Branch rifles from New Zealand plus a few from Canada. The most recent load came from Turkey via Century Arms and some are still on the market with some distributors.

[drweiler]

Thanks again Brian. These are the two Long Branches you head spaced for me a couple of SAR Shows back. So without 'CANADA', 'ENGLAND', or a post 68 import stamp, I have two that were not commercially imported? You noted the 1944 was a bit special as it was Canadian Military accepted, 'C/broad arrow' stamped on top the knox form. Cheers, Don
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[Brian Dick]

It's hard to say. You can bet some have crossed the border in the trunks of cars driven by retirees heading for AZ or FL. Some may just not have been marked accordingly by the importers. There was a time when those types of infractions weren't a hanging offense like they are today. It's true that rifles with the Canadian ownership mark are not as common. The Canadian Army is and always was small so most wartime Long Branch rifles wound up in British Army service.