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Lanchester SMG HELP Please
Hello, Can I get some help please, I have been looking at some Lanchesters and notice that a small amount of them have a dirty great cut out of the stock just below the cocking handle.... Is this gap meant to be there??? as most lanchesters I have seen do not have it. Sorry if this is an idiot question. I do have one Lanchester stamped Mk1 and this does not have the cut out.
So can someone please educate me, as I have the option to buy the one pictured with the darker stock and green painted mag receiver, but don't want to waste my money if it is just a messed up example.
Any comments appreciated as I need to make a choice quite quickly
thanks
David
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04-29-2017 07:15 AM
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First question. Do you have the book The Guns of Dagenham? The answer is clear from the left hand photo and in that particular book. It is a late war modification to enable a safety lever to be fitted
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Here's a picture of the safety lever.
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Welcome to the forum, in answer to the original question, the gun you're looking at seems to be an excellent choice. I'd take it if the opportunity arose. As they tell you it's correct.
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Thanks for the replies,
No I do not have the book, I think I might go a hunting for that one
So the one I can get was the one on the right (shown below), missing the catch, is it ok to leave it as it is or should I try to get a catch? or should I just walk away? Are these scarcer than the ones without the notches in the wood??
The gun is dated 1943, so would the notch have been done at manufacture or retro done
Any idea where to get a catch????
David
Last edited by David H; 04-29-2017 at 11:35 AM.
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This is the Lanchester Mk1 I already have, which is why I want the other one (Mk1*) to complement it. The one I have has a feint 41 stamp which I assume is for 1941.
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You make it sound like they're common, I have a hard time with that. I don't see too many. I'd get the one you want and then work on the part. If you have drawings, which must be available...you can make the missing part. It doesn't have to be hardened and such, it's not going to war. Buy what's available and sort it out...
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To be honest I never really considered if Lanchesters were scarce or not, I guess I never regarded them as sought after, but that is through ignorance not knowledge, it is more a case or rediscovering it. Interestingly this was the first ever SMG I ever bought, so it holds a special place for me.
I do have the other reserved, so I think I will follow your advice.
David
Last edited by David H; 04-29-2017 at 01:14 PM.
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You already have a Mk1/1* hybrid - a mixture of both. They were a bit of a mix and match hotch-potch until the 3 makers got their acts together. The one you're looking at is a true simplified Mk1*......., so far as we can see! I have never seen a safety lever on its own but easily made if you really wanted one. But to be honest, you're not likely to need one on that one. It was the safety equivalent of the cocking handle modification on the Sten
Last edited by Peter Laidler; 04-29-2017 at 01:23 PM.
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As Peter has said, there were very few true Mk1 guns, your Mk1 isn't really a Mk1 but more a Mk1/1* hybrid. The only difference being the Mk1s were screwed together and (some never got welded during repairs) had a different block in the TM housing. Get any of the Lanchesters you can while you can because I'm sure you will regret it if you don't.
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