SOLD CANADIAN LEE ENFIELD No. 4 Mk I∗ LONGBRANCH 1943 SERVICE RIFLE…..MATCHING AND NOT IMPORT MARKED

HERE WE HAVE A NICE EXAMPLE OF A MID WAR 1943 PRODUCTION LONG BRANCH No. 4 Mk I∗  CANADIAN ARMY SERVICE RIFLE.  THIS IS ALL MATCHING AND FACTORY ORIGINAL AND IT IS NOT IMPORT MARKED.  IT IS NOT BRITISH PROOFED SO CLEARLY THIS ONE STAYED IN THE CANADIAN ARMY DURING ITS SERVICE LIFE.  THIS RIFLE WAS MANUFACTURED AT THE PEAK OF WARTIME PRODUCTION, YOU WILL NOTICE THE SIMPLIFIED “L” SIGHT, MUCH LIKE YOU SEE ON THE EARLY M1 CARBINES, THIS WAS USED BECAUSE THE PRODUCTION OF THE ADJUSTABLE SIGHT COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH DEMAND.  LATER IN THE POST WAR PERIOD THEY WERE RETROFITTED SO FINDING THIS RIFLE IN ITS STRAIGHT UP WW2 CONFIGURATION IS NOT COMMON.