Anyone have info on these chests? I have never seen them before.
Holds 5 Lee Enfields. This one is dated 1944 with a C /|\
Anyone have info on these chests? I have never seen them before.
Holds 5 Lee Enfields. This one is dated 1944 with a C /|\
Nice.
Do you have the two top pieces to hold the rifles in place.
I have the Aussie chest which holds 8 rifles and bayonets.
I do not have the 2 top pieces, but easy enough to fabricate
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Hill-Clark-Francis Ltd. of New Liskard, Ontario is the maker as I believe Warren told us long ago.
They also had branches in Sudbury, Timmins and Kirkland Lake, as well as Noranda, Quebec.
Do the marks left by the muzzles on the inside faces of the ends suggest a .22 or a .303?
“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
Edward Bernays, 1928
Much changes, much remains the same.
I don’t think it was for slings.
I had another one of these chests a long time ago, as I recall, it had the same bracket.
Bayonets?
The Lithgow 8 rifle chest came with 8 bayonets
The tacked bracket definitely looks like an add-on, my best guess is a couple 20 round boxes of .303 would fit in there nicely