Long Branch 5 Rifle Chest

**GT3North** · 11-05-2023 06:20 PM

Anyone have info on these chests? I have never seen them before.
Holds 5 Lee Enfields. This one is dated 1944 with a C /|\

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**snipershot1944** · 11-05-2023 06:44 PM

Nice.

**Bindi2** · 11-05-2023 07:17 PM

Do you have the two top pieces to hold the rifles in place.
I have the Aussie chest which holds 8 rifles and bayonets.

**GT3North** · 11-05-2023 08:15 PM

I do not have the 2 top pieces, but easy enough to fabricate

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**Surpmil** · 11-07-2023 12:27 PM

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?

**GT3North** · 11-07-2023 02:32 PM

Originally Posted by Surpmil

Do the marks left by the muzzles on the inside faces of the ends suggest a .22 or a .303?

Thanks for the info on the manufacturer. I will pull the box and check the end for marks and post up a photo.

Does any one know what the lightly tacked on bracket against the back wall of the box was designed for?

**mrclark303** · 11-08-2023 04:06 PM

Originally Posted by GT3North

Thanks for the info on the manufacturer. I will pull the box and check the end for marks and post up a photo.

Does any one know what the lightly tacked on bracket against the back wall of the box was designed for?

I would hazard a guess at a space for 37 pattern slings to accompany the rifles.

That's a great piece of Enfield memorabilia!

**GT3North** · 11-08-2023 10:34 PM

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?

**Bindi2** · 11-09-2023 06:12 AM

The Lithgow icon

8 rifle chest came with 8 bayonets

**Lance** · 11-09-2023 02:12 PM

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

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