1943 long branch No4 MkI*

[bushwhacker]

To the best of my knowledge, the sling is the standard one, just connected to the extra swivel ahead of the trigger guard instead of to the one half way up the forend. You adjust the sling so that your left elbow reaches through it and the sling snugs up under your upper arm with your elbow on the ground in prone position. We used to shoot off gym mats. I have proven to myself, that if you use a sling attached to the swivel up on the forend, you can really throw off the POI.

 

[cantom]

Nice Long Branch!

Here's a bore pic.

 

[Tinman204]

Nice Long Branch!

Thanks, when I went to look at it I was under the impression that I was going to look at a numbers matching gun. When I saw the mis matched bolt I was let down a little. But looking at the bore, the extra sling and the info the seller gave me I had to have it. To me condition is everything, although I really wanted a matching piece I figured every collector has to start somewhere and this longbranch would be a good starting point. He dropped the price right away when I mentioned the mis matched bolt. He was a gun guy but a hunter not a collector.
I'm going to phone him an sell if he could recall if he ever had the target sight for it?

 

[Skaal-tel]

Looks like a very nice rifle. I wouldn't be sad to have one at that price, mis matching wood, bolt and all. It makes no difference to the shooting of it, right?

It is STILL a great piece of canadian history

 

[Tinman204]

I agree. My other Enfield is a Sporter no1 mk3 and it's in good shape and shoots well but this longbranch is way smoother. Immaxious to do some serious shooting with it. As to the mis matched bolt, I'm sure lots of guns went through battle and had bolts and other parts changed over the course of time. I love guns that have seen battle and have gotten bumps and bruises along the way.

 

[tiriaq]

In is not at all unusual for wood not to be matching in species or colour. Just didn't matter. Doubt that anyone at the time cared.

For fullbore target shooting, a 2" wide Parker Hale sling was just about standard, although a standard sling could be used.
Let the sling hang. looking down from the top, give the sling half a twist counterclockwise.
Put left arm through.
Run the sling high up on the upper arm.
Sling should pass across the back of the left hand.
The length shold be adjusted for best support. Properly done, this gives very effective support.
The two pont sling has been pretty much superceded by the one point sling with loop around the bicep.

 

[Tinman204]

In is not at all unusual for wood not to be matching in species or colour. Just didn't matter. Doubt that anyone at the time cared.

For fullbore target shooting, a 2" wide Parker Hale sling was just about standard, although a standard sling could be used.
Let the sling hang. looking down from the top, give the sling half a twist counterclockwise.
Put left arm through.
Run the sling high up on the upper arm.
Sling should pass across the back of the left hand.
The length shold be adjusted for best support. Properly done, this gives very effective support.
The two pont sling has been pretty much superceded by the one point sling with loop around the bicep.

That's very interesting about sling! I think you are correct about the mis matched wood being factory, this gun was in the sellers possession for 30 plus years and it was owned by his father in law for some time before that, hardly seems plausible that his father in law would change the wood on a $10 surplus gun. Also the seller got it giving to him an had no interest in it, the fact he never even shot it blows my mind.