1943 Long Branch No. 4 Mk 1* Oiler

**WW2Buff** · 02-23-2017 07:24 PM

I have two plastic oilers, one of which I'd like to use with my 1943 LB. I've tried searching the site and the web for info on the two that I have, to no avail.

The three I have are pictured below and include my British icon

brass bottle and pull through for my SMLE Mk III*. The brown plastic oiler is marked P.H. and has a rubber washer. The black is marked P18 inside the top and has a fibrous/leather washer. I'll use it with the steel pull through.

Where were these two made, by whom, and when(ish)? Which would be correct with my No. 4, or does it matter?

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**Flying10uk** · 02-23-2017 07:36 PM

I read online a while back that the brown plastic oiler with "P.H." in a triangle is thought to have been made by Parker Hale, however I don't believe that anyone has ever managed to confirm this information.

I think that one of the Canadian icon

makers of the plastic oiler was Dominion Plastics or similar name who made a black oiler and they had their name on the outside of the cap. I'm sure someone will confirm shortly.

**WW2Buff** · 02-23-2017 07:43 PM

Thanks for the quick response! Looking forward to more from the community - this is an amazing forum. Love 'Southwest England icon

'. Spent some fine time there in the 1990's whilst serving time with Exxon...

**Peter Laidler** · 02-24-2017 04:00 AM

Don't know about the makers but the REAL answer to the last question is that it makes or made absolutely what colour or material the oil bottle with your rifle was. What you got was what was given to you when the arms storeman gave you your rifle............ Same as the sling and bayonet too.

**Strangely Brown** · 02-24-2017 05:25 AM

I was once given to understand that the brown Bakelite Parker Hale oilers were for their own commercial sales rather than for service issue.

DCP oilers, was this the same manufacturer who made the No.4 plastic scabbard (not the Victory Plastics one) with the rounded end?

**Flying10uk** · 02-24-2017 07:55 AM

Here are 3 oilers in my collection which I understand to be of Canadian icon

manufacture and the 2 with Canadian Acceptance markings possible Canadian use.

**WW2Buff** · 02-26-2017 07:22 PM

So, the P.H. is Parker Hale? Thought they did mostly metal work, firearms...

Any info on the black P18 oiler?

**Strangely Brown** · 02-27-2017 05:39 AM

Originally Posted by WW2Buff

So, the P.H. is Parker Hale? Thought they did mostly metal work, firearms...

The P-H oiler is made from Bakelite which is a registered trade mark, Parker Hale would have had these manufactured for them.

In fact P-H put their name to many things that other people had made, spotting scopes being one of them.

**browningautorifle** · 02-27-2017 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by Strangely Brown

brown Bakelite Parker Hale oilers

Those were the ones we were issued for the FN C1s...for donkey's years. They also had a few black ones and I even have a clearish one. I think the pair on the right in the pics would be a better grab for you than the others. Like Peter states though, whatever was in inventory is what was issued...

**Flying10uk** · 02-27-2017 01:26 PM

I do also have a brown oiler similar to the example in Post 1, picture 2 but without the P.H. logo. It's conceivable that they could have been made by the same manufacturer, I guess, but no way of telling after all these years.

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