![]() The most profound alteration is the removal of a significant amount of material from the receiver, in particular a long section of steel from the left side of the receiver, a deeper milled-out channel behind the safety lever, an aluminum alloy trigger guard assembly and the deletion of the buttstock socket. ![]() While the Lightweight is designed to use a number of off-the-shelf #4 SMLE components, some radical changes were made to the configuration. In a technical bulletin published on the subject, it was called out as being of interest both as a general issue item as well as for the "Far Eastern Field" in particular, a niche that would later be targeted by the more famous Number Five Jungle Carbine. ![]() Developed in Canada about 1943, the Lightweight Number Four, or Long Branch Light Rifle, comes in at 42 inches in overall length and weighs only 6 pounds, 10.4 ounces, a notable reduction in combat load for the Commonwealth rifleman. ![]()
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