Group of enfields

No, I have a couple of Cooey 82's with the Broad Arrow wthin the C. This kind of looks like the letter "I" but I could be wrong. If you look 3 posts up in the last pic, you can see the marking above the "England" stamping.
 
Somebody needs to find a way of making milsurps talk. Always check the headspace on any Lee-Enfield, but especially when the S/N's don't match and on sporterized rifles. Isn't hard with the guages. Try Epp's for the sling swivel. Marstar is another, but they're showing 'em as sold out.
 
John Sukey said:
Volley sights were done away with in 1915, so this rifle would not have them.
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The Austrailians were still producing rifles with the volley sights after the Brits changed to the III* without the volleys and mag cutoff. I'm not 100 percent sure how long they kept installing them but my 1916 Lithgow has the forward dial for volley sights. Full on III* production didn't start at Lithgow until 1918 or 1919 IIRC.
 
bushwhacker said:
Still watching to see maker and year on full wood #4
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Yes, I see no year marking anywhere on the #4 full wood, just a serial number of S15396. I'd like to know the maker. I was communicating with someone I know and he said it is a longbranch. I'm not sure what markings should be on it for a longbranch. It has England stamped on the breech but nothing else.
 
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Try ellwoodepps, they have the most enfield parts I have seen. Great find, i'm jealous! I was gifted a 1943 no4 MK1* lee enfield long branch from a women who wanted it out of her house. Missing the bolt and magazine though :( :(
 
Great WW1 era lithgow. It actually looks to be stocked in imported walnut, since that's not coachwood or queensland maple from the look of it. Nice rifle.
 
Cdn303 said:
The serial number of the No4 should be found like in the picture. The same as for the sporter.

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I've seen it done two ways. Judging by the bolt release they are both British made rifles. So,

Date over letter part of serial, over number part of serial; or date over serial IE

1944
AA
12345

1944
AA12345

It might also be a good idea to let the pressure of the mainspring of the bolt. Make sure it is unloaded! Grasp the cocking handle (the knurled part of the back of the bolt) and holding on tight pull the trigger and slowly let the cocking piece fall.
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Savage and Long Branch normally put the serial number on the left side of the receiver ahead of the charger bridge.
 
gunsaholic said:
Yes, I see no year marking anywhere on the #4 full wood, just a serial number of S15396. I'd like to know the maker. I was communicating with someone I know and he said it is a longbranch. I'm not sure what markings should be on it for a longbranch. It has England stamped on the breech but nothing else.
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I think a serial number starting with S is a Savage made rifle. The grooved rear handguard is also consistent with Savage, though not exclusive to that manufacturer.
 
Here are some close ups of the #4 full wood of the only marks I can find. It has that sunkorite finish on all of the metal. As far as rear sight, it has the 300 and 600 yard peep, non adjustable. I was told that this is the longbranch type of sight and that the BSA/Shirley and Maltby had the adjustable peep like
the sporter has.



 
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I'll say it is a Maltby as well. In the original post you can clearly see the bolt release is the Mk1 style, not the Mk1* style. So unless it was a very early Savage or LB it would be British manufacture.

I imagine the year is there somewhere, but it might not have been struck very deep, so when the suncorite was added, it filled it in.
 
I scratched off some of the suncorite finish on the buttplug of the No4 full wood and found the year . It says 1941. I don't know if this helps to narrow down who made it. Someone told me only longbranch used the grooved handgaurd. I don't see longbranch stamped in the receiver anywhere unless it is covered with suncorite.
 
TheTooner said:
I think a serial number starting with S is a Savage made rifle. The grooved rear handguard is also consistent with Savage, though not exclusive to that manufacturer.
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Claven2 said:
Nope. Savages have a digit or two, the letter C, then 4 more digits.
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Ah. I'll stop thinking that, then. Perhaps I was thinking about that Savage S that looks much like a 5 to so many people.
 
gunsaholic said:
I scratched off some of the suncorite finish on the buttplug of the No4 full wood and found the year . It says 1941. I don't know if this helps to narrow down who made it. Someone told me only longbranch used the grooved handgaurd. I don't see longbranch stamped in the receiver anywhere unless it is covered with suncorite.
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Someone was wrong about that. As I said early, grooved handguards are common on Savages, but show up on other rifles, too. Some Savage parts were supplied to Longbranch and used as original parts on Canadian-made rifles, and in service a rifle could be repaired with replacement parts salvaged from rifles of any manufacture.
 
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