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With the disaster at Dunkirk in WWII, the Brits had a sudden awakening that the population was unarmed, and a German invasion was a very real possibilty. Didn't learn much did they?
The US stepped up with the Lend/Lease program to help Britain arm it's troops. The NRA stepped up to arm it's citizens! They put out a call to Americans to send private firearms to England for Home Guard Units. Unfortunately, many of the rifles, pistols, and shotguns that were sent, never returned, being destroyed at the end of the war.
Some however, were returned to their owners, many with letters of gratitude from the people that used them. My Remington 341P was one of those rifles. Wish I had the letter if it came back with one.
I've got some gun friends in the UK, that I'm going to ask if they can find any records on these guns. The brown Remington varnish is coming off at the moment for a fresh facelift.
With the disaster at Dunkirk in WWII, the Brits had a sudden awakening that the population was unarmed, and a German invasion was a very real possibilty. Didn't learn much did they?
The US stepped up with the Lend/Lease program to help Britain arm it's troops. The NRA stepped up to arm it's citizens! They put out a call to Americans to send private firearms to England for Home Guard Units. Unfortunately, many of the rifles, pistols, and shotguns that were sent, never returned, being destroyed at the end of the war.
Some however, were returned to their owners, many with letters of gratitude from the people that used them. My Remington 341P was one of those rifles. Wish I had the letter if it came back with one.
I've got some gun friends in the UK, that I'm going to ask if they can find any records on these guns. The brown Remington varnish is coming off at the moment for a fresh facelift.
I'll try again when I get the stock done. Probably can't see it, but the barrel letter code dates it at Oct 1940, 3 months later they ended production of the 341P.
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