Lithgow Barrels

[britplumber]

Hi guys, I've got another request for you all, Could anyone with a Lithgow Bren brl on their guns pass me some details?

I'm looking for
1/ The date of manufacture, found in the format 12'34
2/ The serial number of the barrel (This is digits only, no letters and is usually on the top of the barrel in small numbers and is normally barred out by 2 lines)
3/ The original serial number the barrel was fitted too (Should be a A or B number, could also be barred out if reissued)
4/ Mark of Barrel
5/ If the serial has a 'S' suffix to indicate Spare.

Results so far,
10'41
1842
A915
Mk1

12'41
2264
A1128
Mk1

4'42
5121
A2480
Mk1

2'44
34538
A7669 (Must be a replacement barrel)
Mk2

1'43
15833
B1276
Mk2

2'43
17369
B2957
Mk2

3'45
42187
B7241
Mk2

Hopefully somthing usefull may come out of this, then again maybe nothing will come out of it,

Cheers, Chris.

[woodsy]

Barrel date 9'44
Barrel number 30128 (x'd out)
Gun number B6182
Barrel B 6182 S (other bbl in chest but buried in other boxes)
Type Mk II

[britplumber]

Thanks Rod, That puts the cat amongst the pigeons as 33959 and 34538 are dated 2'44, agh well, I've come to expect these odd ones out.

I picked up a Dovetail Enfield the other day which is a former NZ gun. NZA73

Cheers, Chris.

[woodsy]

Hi Chris. What year is NZA73? My NZA14 is 1938 and it is believed that the first shipment which arrived here in 1939 was 20 guns.

[britplumber]

Hi Rod. NZA73 is a 1940 gun. NZA58 survives too, its a 1940 gun also. Including your gun, I've only got 3 Enfield guns marked for the NZA, the rest are Inglis guns.

[peregrinvs]

9'45
44401
B3506
MkII

Note: I'm unsure about the '01' in the above as the stamping is poor. However, the '444' is very clear.

Mark