Correct Rear Sling Swivel No.4.Mk.1 Long Branch
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Topic: Correct Rear Sling Swivel No.4.Mk.1 Long Branch
Posted By: TinMan99
Subject: Correct Rear Sling Swivel No.4.Mk.1 Long Branch
Date Posted: September 25 2025 at 7:02pm
I am 'correcting' a recently acquired 1943 Long Branch Enfield No.4.Mk.1, serial number starting 22L. Buy correcting, I mean returning to original factory configuration. It was never FTR'd and has the two-groove bore barrel. I am replacing parts marked Savage and so forth, but I have a question regarding the rear sling swivel. Were early Long Branch Enfield No.4 Mk.1 rifles fitted with stamped fabricated rear sling swivels or were milled rear swivels correct? Interchangeable? Knowledged responses are greatly appreciated.
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JEO
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Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: September 25 2025 at 9:30pm
My 1941 Long Branch has a milled rear sling swivel
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Posted By: Bear43
Date Posted: September 26 2025 at 7:28am
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The milled swivel would be the "correct" one. Also, I wouldn't be replacing Savage made parts. Savage sent a lot of parts to Long Branch for assembly onto their rifles so having Savage marked parts on a Long Branch is completely normal.
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Posted By: Enfield trader
Date Posted: September 26 2025 at 1:19pm
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You can’t make it original again
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Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: September 26 2025 at 1:48pm
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: September 26 2025 at 4:41pm
Bear43 is correct.
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Posted By: TinMan99
Date Posted: September 26 2025 at 6:56pm
All fair points. You are correct; I will never have the exact original parts on the rifle, but my Savage is 100% Savage marked, even down to the small parts, so it goes to reason my Long Branch I would prefer it to have all LB marked parts. I am unfamiliar, but are BSA and ROF parts similarly marked?
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JEO
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