.22 Long Branch Cno7 1944

[Badger]

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.22 Long Branch Cno7 1944 (click here)

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Seller says:

Funding a larger project, so some of the lesser used toys have to be sacrificed.

Offerred here is a Cno7 .22 Lee Enfield training rifle. It has the early 44 dated receiver, excellent bore, and the best wood I can find. Bedding is right on, and all parts are Canadian. The butt has a nice big C/l\ mark right next to the big number 4 rack number. It has the target swivel, and comes with a .22 chest which still has the origional WW2 paint and markings (was not repainted to the semi gloss OD like most of them), along with an origional cleaning rod, and an origional RCMP marked sling, and a bunch of origional targets, some DCRA and some cadet.

There are only two downsides to this rifle. The first is there is a small ding on the upper rear handgaurd, as shown in the photo. Secondly, and this is the big one, it has one of the recycled Cno7 receivers. For more information on this, check the following link over at the milsurps forum: Military Surplus Collectors Forums

There you will find everything you could have wanted to know, and them some by some long winded know-it-all. (me ) Note that the rifle(s) illustrated in the article are not this one. Anyway, this one does not have a proper serial number for it's type or year; whoever serialised it merely used 4 digits. Also, the bolt appears to be almost new, and unserialised (not merely burnished).

Don't let the above warnings put you off too much. This is a nice rifle and I believe anyone would be satisfied with it as a shooter.

I am working on photos now, so here are a couple to start with. I'll add more as they come out .

Asking price is $900 plus shipping. EMT works best but I can work with what you have. As always, first "I'll take it" wins over guys who want to ask questions over a period of days. Also, if you just want more photos with no intention of really buying, head over to the link listed earlier. Badgerdog takes much better photos than I can anyway.

Regards,
Badger

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[stencollector]

Looks like this one is going to a new home. It has some of the nicest wood I have seen on any Longbranch, and the RCMP sling, large C/l\ and the dislexic 4 on the butt (I think it's adhered upside down) gave it some character.

I hate parting with it, but I have had to rationalise a few of my lesser used (and one highly prized and often used) keepsakes to finance a much larger and rarer piece.

[Badger]

Looks like this one is going to a new home. It has some of the nicest wood I have seen on any Longbranch, and the RCMP sling, large C/l\ and the dislexic 4 on the butt (I think it's adhered upside down) gave it some character.

I hate parting with it, but I have had to rationalise a few of my lesser used (and one highly prized and often used) keepsakes to finance a much larger and rarer piece.

I know the feeling....

I've started realizing that it's time to do some pruning as well, but damn it's hard. In a odd way you get attached to all of their individual dents and markings and really hate to part with them.

I hope the new home appreciates and takes care of her as well as you have ...

Regards,
Badger

[Cantom]

Looks like this one is going to a new home. It has some of the nicest wood I have seen on any Longbranch, and the RCMP sling, large C/l\ and the dislexic 4 on the butt (I think it's adhered upside down) gave it some character.

I hate parting with it, but I have had to rationalise a few of my lesser used (and one highly prized and often used) keepsakes to finance a much larger and rarer piece.

I also wondered about the dyslexic 4, till I realized that it's oriented properly for when the rifle is in a rack! Point it up and you'll see 4!

[stencollector]

I also wondered about the dyslexic 4, till I realized that it's oriented properly for when the rifle is in a rack! Point it up and you'll see 4!

I don't see that cantom. Even in the rack, the base of the 4 should be longer than the tail. It would be correct if you were looking at it in a mirror however.

The butt was part of a batch of 16 sets of enfield furniture and 7 chests which were liberated out of the RCMP depot in Regina at some unknown point way in the past. The story I got form the seller was that the rifles had been striped down for disposal. I bought them form an old fella who had them stored away up in the rafters of his garage. Unusual for the Cno7s is that most of the buttstocks were Long, as oposed to short or bantam normally found. Of course, there were height minimums for the RCMP back in those days.