Longbranch marking ??

**bcviking** · 11-30-2010 10:57 PM

i just picked up a 1943 no4 mk1 * 5 groove barrel , it has a marking on the left side of the receiver RB 12/46 what does this mean?

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**Badger** · 12-01-2010 12:33 AM

A pic of the marking might help?

Are you sure the B isn't actually an L stamped over a B which is the Long Branch proof mark?

Regards,
Doug

**bcviking** · 12-01-2010 12:53 AM

**krinko** · 12-01-2010 01:08 AM

The second figure looks like an LB monogram to me...could this be a Long Branch repair/rebuild mark?
-----krinko

**Peter Laidler** · 12-01-2010 03:49 AM

I've never seen such a mark but there again, we wouldn't have got a LB FTR after 1946 anyway. But I think that Krinko's right

**Brit plumber** · 12-01-2010 07:29 AM

yep, looks like Repaired Long Branch 12/46

**tlvaughn** · 12-01-2010 07:55 AM

Looks like they grabbed mine off of the rack a few months before yours.

**rgg_7** · 12-01-2010 05:04 PM

The RB (actually LB) means factory rebarrel. Very nice find. A fellow collector friend has a Long Branch "T" that was done this way. Ron

**jmoore** · 12-01-2010 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by rgg_7

The RB (actually LB) means factory rebarrel. Very nice find. A fellow collector friend has a Long Branch "T" that was done this way. Ron

That ought to be easy to verify. Just check the barrel date, yes?

**Ian Skennerton** · 12-01-2010 07:39 PM

You chaps are right on the ball, and nice to validate the marking with another sharp post. The LB is obviously the Long Branch logo and the 'R' prefix likely to be a repair or refurbished indicator.
Cheers, Ian

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