Bought this at the last local show. It had decent sporter wood on it, which I was looking for, and a crappy Weaver side mount, which I was not, though the steel Weaver 4x was alright.
Peeking out from under the bubba'd-on sidemount were those tell-tale holes...
The odd thing about this rifle, is it has no serial number of any kind on bolt or body and has never had one.
Notice that a tap is broken off in the center of the front three holes (ignore the lower 4 holes from the Weaver side mount)
So, I'm wondering if this was a Long Branch No4(T) that had a little accident and got lunch-boxed.
The seller couldn't tell me anything much except that his father brought the gun home about 25 years ago, as is.
Of course, the placement of the screw holes is about 1/4 aft of where they usually are, I seem to recall seeing this in photos once or twice, but it makes me wonder...
It is a very tight action, even for a Long Branch, and looks better finished than some 1943s I've seen, though that may mean nothing.
Peeking out from under the bubba'd-on sidemount were those tell-tale holes...
The odd thing about this rifle, is it has no serial number of any kind on bolt or body and has never had one.
Notice that a tap is broken off in the center of the front three holes (ignore the lower 4 holes from the Weaver side mount)
So, I'm wondering if this was a Long Branch No4(T) that had a little accident and got lunch-boxed.
The seller couldn't tell me anything much except that his father brought the gun home about 25 years ago, as is.
Of course, the placement of the screw holes is about 1/4 aft of where they usually are, I seem to recall seeing this in photos once or twice, but it makes me wonder...
It is a very tight action, even for a Long Branch, and looks better finished than some 1943s I've seen, though that may mean nothing.