A low serial LongBranch

[David1974]

For those that don't read the Gunboards, The Long branch serial number thread has turned up Longbranch 0L79. Yup... the 79th rifle made. Waisted sight guard.. hinged bands... mk1 cocking piece and sight. It's all there and with pictures.

I want it.

 

[Donny Fenn1]

would N2 be lower than that? I doubt it as it is a 1945 dated receiver...

 

[Lee Enfield]

For those that don't read the Gunboards, The Long branch serial number thread has turned up Longbranch 0L79. Yup... the 79th rifle made. Waisted sight guard.. hinged bands... mk1 cocking piece and sight. It's all there and with pictures.

I want it.

link??

 

[bgcameron]

would N2 be lower than that? I doubt it as it is a 1945 dated receiver...

This is not characteristic of a Long Branch serial, although I have seen many that were re-serialized on the butt-socket by who knows who..? The ones I have seen are usually very beat up rifles with a new serial starting in "AA" followed by four numbers.

Long Branch serials are a 1-2 digits, followed by an "L", and then more digits after that AFAIK.

 

[superbee]

Just checked the LB serial thread,can,t seem to find it

Link?

 

[stencollector]

I just googled 0L79 Long Branch and it led me right to page number 8 of the "Survey of Long Branch #4 serial" thread starting at about post #338.

 

[David1974]

I hope this is ok, but I yanked the pics from the thread.

 

[bogusiii]

I take it it's a No.4 Mk.1 and not Mk.1*?

 

[cantom]

Very ###y!

Love the early features.

I hope this is ok, but I yanked the pics from the thread.

 

[longbranch*]

'41 lb

Nice to see. Looks like it's been around the world a few times. Amazing it is still together. Looks like it got the black paint treatment at some point.
Geoff

 

[Claven2]

I don't think so, it looks like petrified grease to me.

 

[RRCo.]

Fluted trigger too. Another of the early features.