Post 1950 LongBranch No.4 Production.

LeeEnfieldNo.4_mk1 said:
That's the one I was looking at that. Not sure if it would be worth the $2,000 price point though. Hence why I was asking for clarification. Considering LB seem to go for average 1300-1500 these days the premium is notable but not extreme.
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the serial number is the problem.

perhaps it was a rifle that was in stocks that was refurbed and marked as a refurb and not 'new production'

seems very odd
 
Nope not built buy tech i bought from the fella who had it built for him at Long Branch into 7.62 the rifle is pristeen.i am lucky as i have group,of friends getting on in years that shot with the Dcra since the 50s i have trying to buy as many of their rifles as i can so far about 4 from my buddy Bill who worked in the RCMP he spent a ton of time at Long Branch where these rifles were put together .he sold me a totally unmarked 7.62 that he said the fella in charge of the conversions had built for himself ...i dont have it anymore real shame i think the guy i sold it to still has it ..Bill is in his mid to late eighties and has forgotten more about long branch then ill ever know .i will ask him if he remembers the guys name . 20210207_151626.jpg the 56 is the lightest one....oh ya silly me it has the DCRA contract numbers 440 as well it has a groove cut into the bolt handle for a larger iris clearing the 440 is lightly stamped in the groove above the little triangle stamp not the best dobe stamp job but its there(better pic then my other pic)
 

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Rifles stamped 53, 54, 55 or 56 are usually replacement receivers that were used by weapons techs (armourers) to repair rifles with defective, damaged or worn receivers. These were new spare receivers from the 1950 production run. They were stamped 195 and the armourer stamped the last digit to show the year the repair was done, that is why the fourth digit on those rifles is often not in line with the other three, or of a different size or font. The armourer then stamped on the wrist the serial number of the rifle being repaired, thus explaining why these rifles usually have serial numbers that mostly belong to 1941-1945 production, including a few British and Savage serial numbers. I have seen these new spare receivers for myself, and if you don’t believe me, there is a chapter in a 1950's Canadian military armourer's manual that outlines the stamping and serialization procedure when replacing such a receiver.
 
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Rifles stamped 53, 54, 55 or 56 are usually replacement receivers that were used by weapons techs (armourers) to repair rifles with defective, damaged or worn receivers. These were new spare receivers from the 1950 production run. They were stamped 195 and the armourer stamped the last digit to show the year the repair was done, that is why the fourth digit on those rifles is often not in line with the other three, or of a different size or font. The armourer then stamped on the wrist the serial number of the rifle being repaired, thus explaining why these rifles usually have serial numbers that mostly belong to 1941-1945 production, including a few British and Savage serial numbers. I have seen these new spare receivers for myself, and if you don’t believe me, there is a chapter in a 1950's Canadian military armourer's manual that outlines the stamping and serialization procedure when replacing such a receiver.
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Thanks for this.
 
I used to have 75 enfields mostly Long Branch now im down to about 12 but they are pretty much the best i have seen they are all like the three above20210207_152043.jpg20210207_151901.jpg heres a few more ....unfortunately when you get devorced lawyers cost money ...i sold off mostly everything but kept most of the best and the fella i sold some of my most prized LBs is letting me buy them back i recently bought back a 43 i totally forgot how nice it was im soooooo happy to have it back next is a 44 im hoping by the weekend to have it back
 

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I have a No4 T i will be selling maybe get the posting up tomorrow its a nice one but unfortunately the scope and bracket dont match the rifle ...its an early scope that still has the sliding sunshade nice piece of kit .ill be posting a bunch of stuff in the next few days
 
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That sniper above is all matching ive had it for 40 years very accurate made me look good at a number of compititions back in the day
 
Seems a few post 50 rifles around.

I'll definitely need to keep an eye out for them if they come up.

Question is, is the 55 at GNC worth the 2 grand?
 
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I wonder when the last receivers were machined from forgings? When were the last forgings produced? Were the 1950 rifles set up one receivers machined then, or were the receivers from wartime production?
I don't think that there is any doubt that any rifles dated after the Korean War were built using existing receivers.
 
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