Savage no4

Well, Savage did sent all the unused parts to Long Branch after they ended production. Could be possible receivers were included.

Another possibility is it was made by savage, ended up in Canadian service and was rebuilt at Long branch at some point.
 
It was my understanding that Savage Stevens was kicking in to high gear to make Thompson's and sent everything up to Long Branch where they paid us to finish the Contract with the Brits.
Savage receivers that were final assembled at Long Branch were LB marked accordingly under the terms of finishing off the contract.
There are a number of others here who can offer a lot more details about this but in a nutshell....Long Branch finished things off for Savage Stevens and ended up with a whole bunch of small parts, and mags etc they could use in our rifles!

1943/1944 Long Branch rifles with " Savage" marked bits are usually completely Kosher. cheers
 
A capital "B" is believed to be the British inspector's marking which is located on ALL Savage No4 rifles.

Your rifle is not and was not a Long Branch, nor was it ever at Long Branch.

Early BSA manufactured No4 rifles were similarly marked with a capital "B" (before the M47 code was adopted), does that make them Long Branch rifles?
 
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Lee Enfield said:
A capital "B" is believed to be the British inspector's marking which is located on ALL Savage No4 rifles.

Your rifle is not and was not a Long Branch, nor was it ever at Long Branch.

Early BSA manufactured No4 rifles were similarly marked with a capital "B" (before the M47 code was adopted), does that make them Long Branch rifles?
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I see you edited out your snide remarks before I had a chance to respond. If my original post offends you that much why bother responding? I will remove the OP if I have offended your highness. Sorry for asking a question.
 
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davemccarthy707 said:
I see you edited out your snide remarks before I had a chance to respond. If my original post offends you that much why bother responding? I will remove the OP if I have ofended your highness. Sorry for asking a question.
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I'm not offended, and I don't believe I made any snide comments. I edited my post several times to add the BSA information and for clarity of phrasing.

No one really knows what the "B" truly refers to, though it is believed to indicated "British", this is similar to the "E" (believed to indicate "England") found on the frame under the grips on most (all?) .455 WWI era Colt New Service revolvers.

You simply asked a common question which is commonly answered incorrectly.
 
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