HERE WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A 1950 PRODUCTION LONG BRANCH NO4 RIFLE. THIS IS ALL MATCHING AND FACTORY ORIGINAL AND IS NOT IMPORT MARKED. THIS WAS THE LAST YEAR THESE RIFLES WERE EVER MADE. PRODUCTION WAS STARTED UP IN 1950 AFTER WW2 TO ARM THE ARMY UNITS GOING TO KOREA. THE 1950 DATED RIFLES ARE CONSIDERED TO BE THE BEST LONG BRANCH RIFLES THAT WERE EVER MADE AND THEIR ACCURACY IS LEGENDARY.
IT IS NOT BRITISH PROOFED SO CLEARLY THIS ONE STAYED IN THE CANADIAN ARMY DURING ITS SERVICE LIFE. THIS IS JUST A TOP OF THE CANADIAN WW2/ KOREAN CONFLICT SERVICE RIFLE IN A NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND CONDITION. YOU MAY HAVE READ IN THE NEWS A FEW YEARS AGO THAT THE CANADIAN RANGERS WERE GIVING UP THEIR NO 4 ENFIELD RIFLES BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIND PARTS. I BET MANY A RANGER WOULD GIVE A TOOTH OR TWO TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THIS NEARLY NEW 70 YEAR OLD RIFLE. YOU COULD NOT HAVE A BETTER FRIEND IN THE WOODS OF THE GREAT WHITE NORTH!
