Well, Gord at Milarm asked me to come in the other day to clean up some Enfields they recieved... 85 of them. At least 80% Long Branch ranging from 1942 to 1945. I almost peed myself. There are about 3-4 "C" Broad Arrow marked as well. These are all in faily good condition and a few are cherry; all are matching! Wow do they clean up well... I'll have a pic of mine up soon. The down side is that most have the Indian through bolt forward of the mag. I don't know if they are for sale yet but I imagine they would be as I clean them. Just thought I'd give the heads up if anyone is interested.
A Plethora of Long Branches!
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stencollector
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- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
A fair batch of these has made it in to the country, as reported in another thread it was around 300. Ellwood Epps also has a lineup of these on his website. His prices are around the $350 mark. That screw, along with the likelihood that parts were changed over long service life, hurts the overall price on these.
Any idea what the milarm price will be?
Any idea what the milarm price will be?
I've tried. It's very obvious and not worth the effort...plus which a buddy of mine said he wrecked a forend trying once...The one I did I was able to just screw the screw out fairly easily but your dowels or whatever will be obvious to those who know what they are.
Still though, kudos to whomever grabbed this lot for us...nice to see a supply of Long Branches appearing on our shores and we know they're not so easy to find these days.
I agree, and I think repairs on such things should be visible (ref. my latest No4 Mk2) - more pages in the story book.
Now, I just said it'd be fun (in maybe a masochist sort of way); maybe not useful...
That so called dreaded Ishy screw, serves a very viable purpose. It actually is a very good fix for the fore end splitting problems under the rigorous conditions the rifles were subject to dureing field use. A very common sense approach.
I know a lot of people think they're abominations, but they are a legitimate part of the history of the rifles.
To deface one of these is to "BUBBA" the rifle. Only in my humble opinion.
bearhunter
I know a lot of people think they're abominations, but they are a legitimate part of the history of the rifles.
To deface one of these is to "BUBBA" the rifle. Only in my humble opinion.
bearhunter
trust me bearhunter, I would not deface a genuine forend. I'd consider doing it on drill purpose stocks, to retrofit a already Bubba'ed rifle... For genuine articles, I consider a different set of ethics!
Lou
Lou
Here's a '45 GRI Mklll* that has been FTR'd by BSA in '53.
I don't know if the screw was replaced during the FTR , but I like to think so.
I also wonder if they're dowel buttons instead of one piece going through the stock.
Hmmm...doesn't look bad at all actually...I'd take that look over the screw.
The screw is a historical part of the Lee Enfield story so why try to mask it or replace it? All you have then is an altered rifle. My Ishy screwed No.1 Mk.3 shoots better than any of the non-screwed rifles I have. An opinion!
Epps told me they have them in a price range between $350-$550 I think it was. Condition good...but ask them, I might have screwed it up.
Here are a couple I cleaned up. They are not the best of the bunch but they cleaned up very well.
Rifle #1 is a Canadian marked 1944 with minty 5 groove barrel. All matching but no numbers on stock.
Rifle #2 is not Canadian marked and is 1944 with a minty 2 groove barrel. All matching except for the stock.
There are only a handfull of rifles with no cross bolt and of those non have numbers on the stock. I don't know what the price for these will be as I am only a gronk in the back doing Milarm a favour... at least I got a good rifle out of the deal!
Rifle #1 is a Canadian marked 1944 with minty 5 groove barrel. All matching but no numbers on stock.
Rifle #2 is not Canadian marked and is 1944 with a minty 2 groove barrel. All matching except for the stock.
There are only a handfull of rifles with no cross bolt and of those non have numbers on the stock. I don't know what the price for these will be as I am only a gronk in the back doing Milarm a favour... at least I got a good rifle out of the deal!
Lee Enfield
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A 1944 LB No4MkI* should not have a numbered forend from the factory as they stopped numbering forends during "mid" 1943.
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- WMU248 near Edmonton
only got the better on them once, but they did not know what they had Finn Civil Guard M24 Nagant with SIG stepped barrel
$150 $550 is a bit steep even for a LB
