Unusual CAL/LB cocking piece

[36 hamon]

Here's a weird one for you I found this one with a bunch of others I can honestly say that I have never seen a John Inglis stamp on a Long Branch CAL cocking piece I understand that maybe LB needed an outside contractor but this is a very late cocking piece stamped with the late CA stamp a post war stamp and my understanding is that when the war ended Inglis had to stop production and all tools and unfinished firearms and parts were sent to CAL .has anybody ever seen any Enfield LB/CAL rifle with JI stamped on any of the parts ? ... interesting..it is to me at least

 

[36 hamon]

Or maybe a miss stamp I don't know could it just be error if so it's really weird

 

[Claven2]

It’s very possible Inglis did a parts run for Canadian Arsenals at some point.

 

[Snider shooter]

The four I have are marked II in same spot as your JI. Many different sub contractors made many of the smaller parts. Does it stand for John Inglis or just an inspection mark ?

 

[woodchopper]

would need a side by side comparison to a know JI stamp, I am currently leaning towards it being a random inspection mark and a poorly stamped II, But that is not a definite determination, as you can never be sure with an enfield.

 

[Snider shooter]

Faint marks below the stamp. Half circles ?Does look like a J but bottom doesn’t look connected. Stamps are known to be partially stuck or wrong stamps used. Most stamps can eventually be identified, occasionally one stays a mystery.

 

[Paul_T]

Skennerton Broad Arrow MkII book lists JI mark (page 87 Inspection Markings, Canada) as:

Likely Long Branch, Ontario mark - Canadian Inglis Bren LMG, WW2 Vintage

Note that the Mark shown in the book has the I with no upper and lower stamping, i.e. it is a straight line.
There is no reference to any armourers or inspection mark as JI with the upper and lower part of the stamp on the I

Did Inglis make parts for the Enfield, or just Bren LMG's?

 

[gregc]

there was a fascinating video on youtube showing how rifles were made at long branch. lots of diff steps, a warehouse full of machinery, and over a hundred pieces to put together. lots of canadian history in those rifles......

 

[36 hamon]

Skennerton Broad Arrow MkII book lists JI mark (page 87 Inspection Markings, Canada) as:

Likely Long Branch, Ontario mark - Canadian Inglis Bren LMG, WW2 Vintage

Note that the Mark shown in the book has the I with no upper and lower stamping, i.e. it is a straight line.
There is no reference to any armourers or inspection mark as JI with the upper and lower part of the stamp on the I

Did Inglis make parts for the Enfield, or just Bren LMG's?

Skennerton Broad Arrow MkII book lists JI mark (page 87 Inspection Markings, Canada) as:

Likely Long Branch, Ontario mark - Canadian Inglis Bren LMG, WW2 Vintage

Note that the Mark shown in the book has the I with no upper and lower stamping, i.e. it is a straight line.
There is no reference to any armourers or inspection mark as JI with the upper and lower part of the stamp on the I

Did Inglis make parts for the Enfield, or just Bren LMG's?

 

[36 hamon]

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A pic of the JI stamp from the bottom of f a high- power mag

 

[Paul_T]

A pic of the JI stamp from the bottom of f a high- power mag

Interesting. Book shows 'I', but stamps are "I"

 

[36 hamon]

That's the same mark on that page that is on my Bren mags I'll have to pull the gun from the safe and look for more .the bottom stamp on that Inglis mag I put up is just like the one on that cocking piece just a little bigger ....I think it falls under who the hell knows ( Or cares) well I do it's all interesting and gets ppl talking