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    Help identifying a couple Long Branch No.4 markings

    Hi folks, I have a 1943 Long Branch No.4 Mk1* I purchased back in the 2000s, mainly because it was cheap. I soon moved on to other things and into storage it went. Over time, my interests having changed a bit, and having been recently obsessed with all things Lee-Enfield, I've dusted it off. No apparent FTR/refurb marks (at least that I could identify), lots of Long Branch stamps, Fazakerly magazine, and Stevens-Savage bolt head and cocking piece, but the rest of looks more or less straight. It has the war-expedient 2-position flip aperture sight. I'm mainly curious as to what army it was issued to, if any. On the buttsocket and the underside of the wrist are a few markings that look like they could possibly be the remains of a poorly-struck, mostly worn-off (or both) Canadianicon "broad arrow" - or maybe they're something else completely, but they don't seem to resemble anything else I've seen so I thought I'd ask here, where the Lee-Enfield experts seem to reside. I've included a couple of photos which I realize may be useless. In any case, thanks for your time, this website and these forums have been a great place to deep-dive on the lore of these rifles.
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    From memory, the markings on the underside of the butt grip are indeed the canadian broad arrow in C.

    The LB stamp with number beneath is an inspectors mark and number...

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    Thanks, much appreciated!

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