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    Quote Originally Posted by Lee Enfield View Post
    One of the things which seems to be not well understood is that few (if any) of the guns were originally built as 7.62 rifles.

    They were all conversions of .303 DCRA member supplied rifles...except where the (customer) supplied receiver failed proof/inspection and needed to be replaced.

    My 1955 Long Branch 7.62 DCRA is marked with the boxed 5G (or 6G) which indicated that the gun was originally fitted with a 5Groove (or 6Groove) .303British barrel.

    I would suggest from the evidence that my 1955 was originally built as a "factory" target rifle from spare replacement reciever, then converted to 7.62 when the program was underway.
    Does the bolt appear to be original to the receiver? There seem to have been quite a few loose 1955 receivers in NOS condition floating around. The one I have has the last digit of the date carefully hand-stamped.
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