Bubba No4 MKI sniper conundrum..ID help?

[ickmann]

Ventured out to Pennsylvania Dutch country this a.m. to rescue this puppy. All in all bubba did a fairly nice job, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not polish the markings off. Got lucky with some, but for the most part they remain readable. He did, however, succeed in removing the bayonet lug, and loosing the front pad and the ejector screw..oh well can't win them all. Here is my conundrum.. for the life of me, the B stamping looks like the Longbranch combination of L and B, but for all of my limited knowledge, all Longbranch serial numbers have L in them...right ? Or did this just apply to the MKI* serial numbering ?? I have read that early BSA Shirley MKI rifle serial #s could be prefixed with the letter B, but this stamping occurs above the date 1941 and not anywhere near the serial number. There is no T, TR, or S stamping anywhere on the receiver to follow the general sniper identification rules, but it looks to me like it is genuine. Pretty darn beat-up, abused and put away wet, but I think this is calling out for a restoration (minus bayonet lug..I am good with a welder, but not that good)

Here is the link to view some pics. If one of you smarter folks out there ( cough, cough, BADGER..) could figure an easier way to attach the pics for easier viewing, it would be greatly appreciated.

http://s31.photobucket.com/albums/c3.../darnyoububba/

Fire at will boys.


Ian

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