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If you have the paperwork when the rifle was gifted to the Ranger by the Goverment it will have a higher value to a collector, if not it is just another Long Branch among thousands.
 
6 groove barrel? Look for a tiny 6 on the bayo lug. Find one and value increases. Often found on 1950 marked LBs. Documentation for RR adds to collector value.
 
I will be the "grumpy old fart" - Long Branch and Savage made No. 4 are almost always the Mk.1* variation - if not now chipped, is inevitable that the bolt dismount slot will chip and peen out - the nature of the modification. I have "cut up" many No. 4 to make using rifles - I prefer the British made Mk. 1 ones. For a "made-in-1950" rifle - was no war time expediency need or pressure - just a "poor design" that British powers did approve - back then - "of course" Canadian maker Long Branch just followed along with the British approval - so far as I know, the Mk.1* was never built by any British maker - during or after WWII ...
 
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Potashminer said:
I will be the "grumpy old fart" - Long Branch and Savage made No. 4 are almost always the Mk.1* variation - if not now chipped, is inevitable that the bolt dismount slot will chip and peen out - the nature of the modification. I have "cut up" many No. 4 to make using rifles - I prefer the British made Mk. 1 ones. For a "made-in-1950" rifle - was no war time expediency need or pressure - just a "poor design" that British powers did approve - back then - "of course" Canadian maker Long Branch just followed along with the British approval - so far as I know, the Mk.1* was never built by any British maker - during or after WWII ...
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I also questioned the reasoning behind Long Branch and Savages idea to machine that poorly designed slot into the receiver , the explanation was it saved time in manufacturing, but the British No.4 rifle manufacturers were under much more pressure than Long Branch & Savage , with bombing, blackouts , shortages of materials and the British continued to use the bolt release catch, I often wonder how many No.4 Mk 1* rifles have had to be scrapped because the bolt dismount slot was chipped ,
 
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