[ledfut]

I have a 1945 Longbranch No 4 Mk I* with a serial number of 89L86XX. Just wondering what information this gives me? Can I tell a production date from this number? I wish to confirm that it is a WWII production rifle.

Can anybody help?

 

[jrhead75]

89L would indicate 1945 production.

Hope this helps.

 

[ledfut]

Any idea when in 1945? Would it have been produced before the end of the war on Sept. 2nd (VE day was May 8).

 

[jrhead75]

Per Skennerton, Long Branch wartime production of the No.4 Mk1* ceased on 17 Aug 1945. The s/n range of 1945 rifles is shown by Stratton to be 84L to 90L, with a total of 90,902 rifles produced that year.