Need Help with pricing for a Longbranch No7

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I have a duplicate Longbranch No7 I would like to sell. I would say it is in overall exc condition.

It is an early receiver that was marked:

.22
Longbranch
1944

not the later C No7Mk1* versions.

The receiver is remarked with the serial number, it had an earlier number ground off. The receiver is parked, not blued. The wood shows some use, but is not damaged. Some handling marks. Bantam length butt. Proper .22 marked magazine with follower. Rear sight is the standard .22 model. All metal parts are exc or better condition.

Any ideas?

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No7 Long Branch

Does the serial number start with 0L0000
It's the Type 1 series of the No7 they were marked that way not the C No7Mk1.
.22 in
Long Branch
1944
There are three different Canadian No7's the first is the one you are pricing. The second is the No 7 .22 in Mk1 and the third is marked C No 7 .22 in Mk1
I have a new Type 1 22 in the grease.
 
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No 7 .22

The three types I had were; type 1 was a 0L, type 2 was 1L, type 3 & 2L.
The stocks on the No 7's I have run across were all a light gray and not the deep dark red, like the Long Branch No 4's. Most of the No 7's also come with an S or B on the butt for the young shooters. If the gun is in VG condition you can start at $700 and go up. If you have the No 7 storage chest with cleaning rod and paper listing the contents then you increase the price. I see your butt stock doesn't quite fit correctly is there a gap between the socket and the stock? If it was changed some of the wood needs to be removed for a proper fit into the socket. Most of the No 7’s I had came with an S or B stock and to shoot them I had to change them to an N stock.

Well that's all I can tell you about the No 7's. If you want a copy of the contents for the chest, let me know? I have a copy some where in my office of the original 1950 sheet that was included in all the No 7 chests. Most were tossed when they went to the various groups.
 
For one of the put-together Cno7s, the $650-800 range would not be too far out of whack. Of course the premium goes to the factory origionals.

The 1L serial numiber is out of the normal range for a 44 dated example. I have to wonder about the 2L serial number on Albayo's type 3 receiver. I have never seen a serial over 1L on a 46 rifle, and as far as I have seen, the 50s dated Cno7s were serialled alongside the no4 rifles, up in the 9xL###x serial range. Is it possible that gun is a post factory put-together as well?

I also have a preserved Cno7 in it's chest with all it's checklist and all items included. It was placed into long term preservation in 1948, according to the tag on the end of the box. The checklist items are getting pretty pricey in themselves. I believe the origional .22 cleaning rods see $60 or so these days.

Mine has the reddish/brown wood on it.
 
The 5 rifles I recently inventoried have reddish brown walnut. 3 are .22" 1944, the other two are C No.7. Butts are short and normal, no Bs.
 
The "all matching" serial number of one we're currently preparing an entry for the MKL (Milsurp Knowledge Library), starts with a "0L"prefix.

1944 No.4 Mk1 Longbranch .22 Caliber Training Rifle Serial # 0L6064
c/w chest, cleaning rod, jags, bore brush, DND ammo & small bore targets

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1944 No.4 Mk1 Longbranch .22 Caliber Training Rifle Serial # 0L6064 (click here)http://imageevent.com/badgerdog/canadianservicerifles/1944no4mk122longbranch0l6064

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No 7 22

I have a thought about the color of stocks on most of the No 7's I have come across. If the solvent used to clean the Cosmoline off the No 7 stocks was strong, would it bleach out the wood and give it a gray look?
Most of the No 7's I had came from the same depot in Atlantic Canada could the cleaning material bleach out the stocks?
 
albayo said:
I have a thought about the color of stocks on most of the No 7's I have come across. If the solvent used to clean the Cosmoline off the No 7 stocks was strong, would it bleach out the wood and give it a gray look?
Most of the No 7's I had came from the same depot in Atlantic Canada could the cleaning material bleach out the stocks?
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Good question, my friend's Cooey M82 is the same, kind of a bleached looking greyish colour. I don't think Cooey made them looking like that did they?
 
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