- Location
- Abbotsford, BC
I guess I should actually figure out exactly what sort of LE I got sitting in my cabinet. I'll post some pics and let you guys say what you think of the ol' girl!
As far as I know of the history of it a buddy of my grandpa's bought it in '58 (I believe) from the Army & Navy store in Vancouver. They were working together in Chetwynd, BC in 1963 and he owed my grandpa some cash so he gave him the rifle instead. My gramps isn't much of a hunter but he tried and got a couple of deer with it. His buddy bought the box of ammo with it when he bought the rifle, put 5 rounds though it, gave it all to my gramps who put 10 rounds through it when he got it and once the family started in '65 he wrapped it up and it sat in the closet like so until my grandma died in '96 and he sold the house. He had completely forgotten that he had it so he gave it to my dad, who in turned gave it to me as my first deer gun when I was 16.
We got it at this point in pretty much new shape (it was cleaned well before it was put away), and there was 5 rounds left in the original box of ammo (which I believe my dad fired when he got it
). My dad had the Bushnell 2-7x scope mounted on it from his BRNO .30-06 and got a new Bushnell 3-9x for his.
In in the 12 years I've owned it I think I have put 3 or 4 boxes of ammo through the rifle, mostly Federal 150 gr and a half box of Hornady light magnum 150 gr (which I found the rifle liked a lot). It really doesn't have a lot of "history" I guess, with no idea on my behalf as to whether or not it seen active duty. Being built in 1942 I imagine it did, but where or with whom I don't know. Besides the wood being cut down and sporterized to some extent, most everything appears to me to be original, with fairly minimal wear and tear on it. My only real plans for it is to keep cleaning it and shoot it occasionally, and I keep meaning to get around to shining up the brass butt plate. Oh, and it still even has the original cleaning kit in the butt, unused!
Here's some pics:
The CIL ammo box:
Sorry for any fuzzy pics, I was having a heck of a time getting the camera to focus properly up close (8 - 10").
My main question is that I believe its a No4 MkII since my dad has a No4 MkI and they're quite different (his has the actual stamp on the left side, 1944 No4 MkI, mine doesn't), is this correct? LR
As far as I know of the history of it a buddy of my grandpa's bought it in '58 (I believe) from the Army & Navy store in Vancouver. They were working together in Chetwynd, BC in 1963 and he owed my grandpa some cash so he gave him the rifle instead. My gramps isn't much of a hunter but he tried and got a couple of deer with it. His buddy bought the box of ammo with it when he bought the rifle, put 5 rounds though it, gave it all to my gramps who put 10 rounds through it when he got it and once the family started in '65 he wrapped it up and it sat in the closet like so until my grandma died in '96 and he sold the house. He had completely forgotten that he had it so he gave it to my dad, who in turned gave it to me as my first deer gun when I was 16.
We got it at this point in pretty much new shape (it was cleaned well before it was put away), and there was 5 rounds left in the original box of ammo (which I believe my dad fired when he got it
). My dad had the Bushnell 2-7x scope mounted on it from his BRNO .30-06 and got a new Bushnell 3-9x for his.In in the 12 years I've owned it I think I have put 3 or 4 boxes of ammo through the rifle, mostly Federal 150 gr and a half box of Hornady light magnum 150 gr (which I found the rifle liked a lot). It really doesn't have a lot of "history" I guess, with no idea on my behalf as to whether or not it seen active duty. Being built in 1942 I imagine it did, but where or with whom I don't know. Besides the wood being cut down and sporterized to some extent, most everything appears to me to be original, with fairly minimal wear and tear on it. My only real plans for it is to keep cleaning it and shoot it occasionally, and I keep meaning to get around to shining up the brass butt plate. Oh, and it still even has the original cleaning kit in the butt, unused!
Here's some pics:
The CIL ammo box:
Sorry for any fuzzy pics, I was having a heck of a time getting the camera to focus properly up close (8 - 10").
My main question is that I believe its a No4 MkII since my dad has a No4 MkI and they're quite different (his has the actual stamp on the left side, 1944 No4 MkI, mine doesn't), is this correct? LR
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