birthday surprize
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Blastattack
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- Winnipeg MB
Nice box 
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- The Badlands
LoL.....its funny how it always seems to work out that way......oh , what can you do....
No idea, sorry.
I have a 1944 Long Branch .22 which got built-up following the National Matches in the early 1960s. Now I have something to stuff into that Number 7 box which I saved for years!
Won't be quite correct, but better than nothing. Only problem is that now the SMLE I*** which has been living in that box wants one of its own.
I do know that the EARLY .22" trainers were factory-marked as "Long Branch .22"" rifles; the "C Number 7" marking only came later, but how MUCH later I do not know.
You MAY be looking strictly for a wartime rifle if you want to be perfect. STENCOLLECTOR likely would be the man to know.
Gee, MY birthday never scores anything THAT neat!
I have a 1944 Long Branch .22 which got built-up following the National Matches in the early 1960s. Now I have something to stuff into that Number 7 box which I saved for years!
Won't be quite correct, but better than nothing. Only problem is that now the SMLE I*** which has been living in that box wants one of its own.
I do know that the EARLY .22" trainers were factory-marked as "Long Branch .22"" rifles; the "C Number 7" marking only came later, but how MUCH later I do not know.
You MAY be looking strictly for a wartime rifle if you want to be perfect. STENCOLLECTOR likely would be the man to know.
Gee, MY birthday never scores anything THAT neat!
That'd be a No. 7, not Mk 7.
Is it that odd shade of green or OD green?
The value of a No. 7 depends on its condition, just like everything else. Finding one is the issue. The Socialist F**ks destroyed all the remaining rifles they took away from Army Cadet Corps, years ago. Crying shame too. Friggin' rifles shoot extremely well, even with low end IVI ammo.
Is it that odd shade of green or OD green?
The value of a No. 7 depends on its condition, just like everything else. Finding one is the issue. The Socialist F**ks destroyed all the remaining rifles they took away from Army Cadet Corps, years ago. Crying shame too. Friggin' rifles shoot extremely well, even with low end IVI ammo.
- Location
- Tucson, Arizona
You are mssing the label that was on the inside of the cover
stencollector
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- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
John: You are thinking about a no15 sniper chest. This is the Cno7 22 rifle chest. No tag was in the lid.
For those who want the answers on the markings, check the writeup I did in the milsurps forum. I did quote some prices back when I wrote it, but these days expect a low of around 1K on a put-together Cno7, up to over 2K for a factory mint condition example. http://www.milsurps.com/content.php?r=152-1944-C-No.7-.22-Caliber-Lee-Enfield-Training-Rifle
thanks for the info.
I might do the reverse and try and find someone who has a 1945 rifle and would like the case.
it is OD under a light green paint job. I had to use oven cleaner to get the markings to pop out. I am thinking since I cant find a serial number for the matching rifle like some boxes have I just might strip it and repaint and stencil the whole thing. at least i have proof of what the markings originally were.
my cousin told me a few weeks ago about this crate he had found cleaning a house. he said it had no markings on it but if I want it he will drop it off for me and if not he was just going to put it to garbage. wouldn't that be a shame if I passed up on it. just thinking it was a wood box of some kind. another fine Canadian military product destroyed
I told him when I saw it I think its a friggin sniper rifle box! I was and am mega happy for it.
I might do the reverse and try and find someone who has a 1945 rifle and would like the case.
it is OD under a light green paint job. I had to use oven cleaner to get the markings to pop out. I am thinking since I cant find a serial number for the matching rifle like some boxes have I just might strip it and repaint and stencil the whole thing. at least i have proof of what the markings originally were.
my cousin told me a few weeks ago about this crate he had found cleaning a house. he said it had no markings on it but if I want it he will drop it off for me and if not he was just going to put it to garbage. wouldn't that be a shame if I passed up on it. just thinking it was a wood box of some kind. another fine Canadian military product destroyed
I told him when I saw it I think its a friggin sniper rifle box! I was and am mega happy for it.
stencollector
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
At best the serial numbers would be inside the lid in grease pencil. Later they did put serial numbers on some of the boxes, but that was not the norm. The number could also be found on a tag on the end of the crate sometimes, but that was often a condition and identity tag which was merely stapled to the end.
The odds of matching up a surplus crate with a rifle is very very low. Of the 20,000 produced by 1946, the remainder were either torn down for parts, destroyed, or still remain in service. Only a couple of batches of a few hundred are rumored to have ever been sold off, along with some very small releases through various unit shooting clubs. So at best maybe 500 original rifles were released.
The odds of matching up a surplus crate with a rifle is very very low. Of the 20,000 produced by 1946, the remainder were either torn down for parts, destroyed, or still remain in service. Only a couple of batches of a few hundred are rumored to have ever been sold off, along with some very small releases through various unit shooting clubs. So at best maybe 500 original rifles were released.
