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    Inaccurate GB listing

    I ran across this listing for an "ultra Rare Long Branch" Lee Enfield #4(T) on GB.

    ULTRA RARE Long Branch No.4 MKI T WW2 Sniper Rifle .303 British! Canadian! - Bolt Action Rifles at GunBroker.com : 911312511

    Problem is this is a BSA Shirley M47C, with sanded stock, badly refinished metal and a mismatched scope, maybe not even an original scope. So not what it is listed as at all.

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    A Collector's View - The SMLE Short Magazine Lee Enfield 1903-1989. It is 300 8.5x11 inch pages with 1,000+ photo’s, most in color, and each book is serial-numbered.  Covering the SMLE from 1903 to the end of production in India in 1989 it looks at how each model differs and manufacturer differences from a collecting point of view along with the major accessories that could be attached to the rifle. For the record this is not a moneymaker, I hope just to break even, eventually, at $80/book plus shipping.  In the USA shipping is $5.00 for media mail.  I will accept PayPal, Zelle, MO and good old checks (and cash if you want to stop by for a tour!).  CLICK BANNER to send me a PM for International pricing and shipping. Manufacturer of various vintage rifle scopes for the 1903 such as our M73G4 (reproduction of the Weaver 330C) and Malcolm 8X Gen II (Unertl reproduction). Several of our scopes are used in the CMP Vintage Sniper competition on top of 1903 rifles. Brian Dick ... BDL Ltd. - Specializing in British and Commonwealth weapons Specializing in premium ammunition and reloading components. Your source for the finest in High Power Competition Gear. Here at T-bones Shipwrighting we specialise in vintage service rifle: re-barrelling, bedding, repairs, modifications and accurizing. We also provide importation services for firearms, parts and weapons, for both private or commercial businesses.
     

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    I like the bit about it being "Britishicon! Canadian!". What was that supposed to mean, a bit like "Frenchicon-Canadian", only different or Canadaicon having once been part of the British Empire? Nope, apparently it's chambered in .303 British.

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    This is the same guy that was the recent subject on this site under Commercial auction and sales “gossip”, “2021 RARE BSA Shirley No.4 MKI T WW2 Sniper Rifle .303 Museum Quality! - Bolt Action Rifles at GunBroker.com : 911312511”, it appears to be the same rifle as well. If you go to the original link in the first thread, you are taken to this new, improved and now Canadianicon listing. It looks like another “improvement” in the listing is you can’t see as clearly that someone went to town with a stamping kit on this thing because the pictures are taken from farther away this time.

    I can see why the abbreviation of this persons company name is “FU”.

    The listing number for both auctions is the same on both threads, FYI.
    Last edited by CoatiMundi; 10-29-2021 at 11:16 PM.

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    Here's a link to that thread...so we don't go on with another. https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=75123
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