Trials "T" with a "T" stamp on underside of receiver

**oldhound** · 10-05-2011 06:22 AM

I have a 43 longbranch that has the letter T underside the receiver as well.

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**jmoore** · 10-05-2011 08:35 AM

Originally Posted by oldhound

I have a 43 longbranch that has the letter T underside the receiver as well.

Dang, oldhound! It's your thread (linked in post #18) that had the discussion on the No.4 magazine cutoffs . So now you're involved in this thread on two areas of interest. Any progress on posting photos?

**rayg** · 10-05-2011 08:57 AM

Originally Posted by oldhound

I have a 43 longbranch that has the letter T underside the receiver as well.

Just curious, is that a standard LB or a "T" and was the T stamp on the receiver a serif one or a standard one, Ray

**oldhound** · 10-05-2011 06:05 PM

I'll have to look. There were pictures posted awhile back, maybe a year or more ago as I was wondering if anyone else had one. Might have been on the gun nutz. Maybe somone can find that link. I don't know how to do it.
I will strip the gun later and try and get some pictures posted if it can't be found.

**oldhound** · 10-06-2011 01:02 AM

the T is different than yours. It is about 1/8 th of an inch. The rifle belonged to an uncle who worked as a quartermaster during the war. He told my father that it had been set aside as a sniper. Thats all I know.

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**muffett.2008** · 10-06-2011 05:57 AM

This is the identical T and in the same place as mine, and I'm damn sure that I have'nt got a No.4 T of any variety.

**rayg** · 10-06-2011 07:14 AM

It appears a "T" stamp found on the underside of a receiver is fairly common, Ray

**oldhound** · 10-07-2011 12:30 AM

Originally Posted by muffett.2008

This is the identical T and in the same place as mine, and I'm damn sure that I have'nt got a No.4 T of any variety.

would your rifle be a longbranch?

**muffett.2008** · 10-07-2011 05:43 AM

Yep, sure is, 1942.

**oldhound** · 10-07-2011 02:12 PM

must have meant something back then. Who knows?

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