As someone else said, it looks like the Canadian Arsenals birch wood. Very hard to tell for sure.
I think this one is maple, correct?
no.4 wood/ maple?
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I have a very accurate digital scale in avoirdupois (pounds and ounces) so I will weigh it as well as a regular mint LongBranch and post the findings sometime today or tomorrow.
OHHH a bolt action in CA. Fienstein will not sleep soundly tonight knowing there is a bolt action assault rifle in or close to CA.!!!!!
OHHH a bolt action in CA. Fienstein will not sleep soundly tonight knowing there is a bolt action assault rifle in or close to CA.!!!!!
The things people do, it never ceases to amaze me! Kind of surprised that the same fellow didn't paint the trigger green! Go...No Go!
Nice rifle Bob, how's it shoot?
yeeeessssss indeedy wheaty ! , i worked in law enforcement in Oakland , Ca and San Jose, Ca. til i retired ,(from 69 to 95) . Feinstein and her cohorts are like the kids we all grew up with. they owned the ball and if things didn't go their way then nobody got to play. back to my L/B , i think there are parts that aren't correct. the safety is mk'd L/B but not like the one pictured above. the buttplate has a bronze/brass look to it . i've been told that it should be the w/m type. the rear sight is a MK111 type with the lever for adjustment curved inward. the opposite side has L/B mk'd on it. there is a crows foot inside a C on top of the receiver ring. cannot find any import mkg's to include the england mk'g , tons per sq" . or the billboard mkg's of the 80's. the bolt # matches the receiver # , with a unumbered L/B mag. the only real puzzle is the orange paint on the safety . thanks for all the input guys it's been helpful ................Bob aka ratter179
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Plinker......thx , the thing prob shoots better than i can aim. i've been using Greek HXP as i made off with a case about 5 yrs ago out of a friends shop . figured he owed me after hav'n to put up with the last 40 yrs about collecting rifles that if i get lost hunting at least the buttstock has a place to put a quarter in for the phone booth, ha , ha , heh...............all the best............Bob aka ratter179
OK guys here are the weights of the different wood stocks on LB No.4 rifles. Rifles are complete and as issued. No target sights or slings
Canadian LB walnut: 8.65 lbs to 8.87 pounds (sample from 1942 to 1945, one of each)
Canadian LB maple: 9.40 pounds
However winning the weight category is the Canadian LB horizontal laminate at: 9.53 pounds....
Canadian LB walnut: 8.65 lbs to 8.87 pounds (sample from 1942 to 1945, one of each)
Canadian LB maple: 9.40 pounds
However winning the weight category is the Canadian LB horizontal laminate at: 9.53 pounds....
wheaty , just weighed my 1945 L/B it's at 9.24-5 , but remember the front has the walnut h/guard . the 1944 Savage i have comes in at 8.65-8 the wood for it the Savage birch. now since i'm new with no.4's what is horizontal laminate ? thx.........Bob aka ratter179
Horizontal laminate is not a normal issue rifle.....They were an experimental stock and heavy as sin!!!
Doubt if you will find one at Martin B Redding in Culver City
## or that new gun shop on the Pacific Coast Highway just past Newport Beach on the east side of the highway.
But then you never know what you will find in CA
Doubt if you will find one at Martin B Redding in Culver City
## or that new gun shop on the Pacific Coast Highway just past Newport Beach on the east side of the highway.But then you never know what you will find in CA
Horizontal laminate is not a normal issue rifle.....They were an experimental stock and heavy as sin!!!
Doubt if you will find one at Martin B Redding in Culver City
But then you never know what you will find in CA
Wheaty , Well you might find Feinstein, Boxer or maybe even any Twosome Newsom !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhh i don't miss Cali .....Bob aka ratter179
I think this one is maple, correct?
There are some nice looking tigerstripes in the pics on the rear handguard. If I cover them with my thumb on my monitor, with the last inch still showing it matches with wood on the other side of band, and lower wood too. Could that area have been "cleaned" a bit?
I know it's 'surp heresy to suggest "continuing such practice without due attention to history", but I think I see some more stripes hiding here:
Pretty certain she has never seen a day of cleaning LOL
LOLThere are some nice looking tigerstripes in the pics on the rear handguard. If I cover them with my thumb on my monitor, with the last inch still showing it matches with wood on the other side of band, and lower wood too. Could that area have been "cleaned" a bit?
I know it's 'surp heresy to suggest "continuing such practice without due attention to history", but I think I see some more stripes hiding here:
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I think this one is maple, correct?"
I would guess that it is figured birch.Some of the birch in my area has lines and patterns across the grain like this stock. I believe it`s called Figured Grain, Makes beautiful furniture.
I think this one is maple, correct?"
I would guess that it is figured birch.Some of the birch in my area has lines and patterns across the grain like this stock. I believe it`s called Figured Grain, Makes beautiful furniture.
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LB and CA wood types often misidentified. "Camster" Enfield is a mix of woods. The forend is "Birch" as is the front top guard; the rear guard is soft maple (fiddleback) and butt is hard maple. Not many all matched maple or beech stock sets around. I'd trade off the butt and rear guard and attempt to make the set consistently "birch". Just my opinion. Ron
