C- Broad arrow markings

My No. 4 has one on bottom of the grip area on the stock and a tiny one on the bottom of the trigger guard. My No. 1 wasn't Canadian issued.
 
My Long Branch has them on the buttstock, front and rear barrel bands, trigger guard assembly (in front of mag), fore stock, and the cocking piece. There is probably one on the barrel, but the stock is on right now and I can't remember from when I had it off.
 
A couple pics I found of some random C^.

No4 buttstock:

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No1 receiver and barrel (under rear top wood):

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Just a note on the No1 markings, sometimes they are very easy to overlook because there frequently is a slew of other stamps in the same place, sometimes overtop of each other. I surprised myself a couple times now finding C^'s on No1's that I didn't originally think were Canadian issued ones. ;)
 
'44 LB w/ no C-broad arrow

This, and all the other replies have been very helpful. Thank you. Sorry, though Badger, I didn't see a No. 1 SMLE listed in the Canadian Knowledge Library. Am I missing it somehow?

The reason I'm curious about the markings is that I've come across a couple of L-E that I'm quite interested in. I've only had time for a cursory glance at both, but plan to take a closer look soon.

The first is a '44 Long Branch Mk I* - all matching in great shape, but I didn't see any C-Broad arrow markings in my quick scan. Possible? Quite common? And what does the lack of such markings indicate?

The second is a very early pre-WW1 Enfield No. 1 Mk III (no star) - bolt matching. It has what looks like a small C-Broad arrow on the top of the receiver knox, but I need to take a closer look there as well. Would that be a standard location for such a marking? There's also a faint FTR under the Enfield/year stamp on the butt socket. My question here is, during an FTR, would any and all parts replaced be re-stamped to match the receiver S/N? The nosecap and rear sight #s do not match, the stock does not have any volley sight remnants, but it has the cutoff in place, so I just want to find out if this is a put-together assemblage or not.

Thanks again for all your help thus far.



BadgerDog said:
Thousands of pics of the components with the C Broad Arrow markings and their locations can be found here:

Canada - Milsurps Knowledge Library (click here)http://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=10

Both on "all correct" No.1's and No.4's ...

Hope that helps ... :)

Regards,
Badger
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"...Possible? Quite common?..." Yep. Canadian made No. 4's were used by the Brits and most other 'Commonwealth' countries. Not Australia though.
 
In the 50's Canadian Arsenals refurbed a lot of No.4 rifles but they are not marked as such. They were parkerized which would have obscured many of the lesser stampings, like the C^ marks. Many were sold again to other nations and thus were not restamped with the C^. An example would be my '43 Long Branch mk1*, it's an interesting character with almost as much history as a SMLE, possessing numerous early mk1 parts, again refurbed in the 50's at CA and then sold to Greece. C^ marks remain on the stocks, but not the metal.
 
RangeRover said:
This, and all the other replies have been very helpful. Thank you. Sorry, though Badger, I didn't see a No. 1 SMLE listed in the Canadian Knowledge Library. Am I missing it somehow?

The reason I'm curious about the markings is that I've come across a couple of L-E that I'm quite interested in. I've only had time for a cursory glance at both, but plan to take a closer look soon.

The first is a '44 Long Branch Mk I* - all matching in great shape, but I didn't see any C-Broad arrow markings in my quick scan. Possible? Quite common? And what does the lack of such markings indicate?
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Not all Long Branch rifles were used by Canada. They went all over the place.
I like rifles with C Broad Arrows but I forgive them if they don't have them, as long as it's a Canadian made rifle.
 
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