Is this a Long Branch forestock?

[can14&]

I have a S51 no4 T converted to 7.62x51 with a DCRA conversion number
Scope, scope metal box, in a sniper box
I thought that Long Branch did this work for the DCRA.
Wonder what the history of this conversion is

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[Surpmil]

I have a S51 no4 T converted to 7.62x51 with a DCRA conversion number
Scope, scope metal box, in a sniper box
I thought that Long Branch did this work for the DCRA.
Wonder what the history of this conversion is

Someone who thought like Mr. Whittaker of the infamous Whittaker Conversion: when building a target rifle start with a rifle already selected for accuracy (in the hope that most of the accuracy is in the action rather than the barrel & bedding)

Somewhere in the bowels of the DCRA there might be a record of which conversions were done for who, but I suspect it was more informal than that.

Whatever records SAL/Long Branch kept were presumably junked when Turdeau I closed it all down.

[Strangely Brown]

Someone who thought like Mr. Whittaker of the infamous Whittaker Conversion: when building a target rifle start with a rifle already selected for accuracy (in the hope that most of the accuracy is in the action rather than the barrel & bedding)

Surpmil, I feel your use of the word infamous is rather unjust and I would like to defend Herbert's reputation on this.

Whilst he did indeed convert some No.4T's to make his Whitaker Specials many of the rifles he utilised came from schools wanting their own issue No.4's converted to the new(ish) NATO chambering of 7.62mm to be eligible for the Bisley Imperial meeting. There is a feeling that he only used 4T's for his conversions, this is not the case.

Just for the record Bert was making his "Special" for just three short years before his early death at Camp Perry in 1976 whilst a member of the British Palma team. He was found dead in his tent one morning and had been suffering heart problems, or rather ignoring them for some years!

His records indicate that 117 rifles were converted; my research so far indicates that less than 50 survive with a number of the 4T's being reconverted back to their original specification, how many I'm not sure.
This would make the Whitaker Special one of the rarer Lee Enfield's out there!