303 enfield jungle carbine serial numbers

303 Enfield Jungle Carbine S Free Man Shall

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The problem is I want a particular model and it has been hard to find.

The Lee-Enfield MK5 1 (Jungle Carbine) was only manufactured and issued for about 3 years before the British declared it obsolete and stopped production.

The JC came into being because during WW II the British troops in the far east and the British paratroopers in Europe needed a shorter, lighter, more easily handled rifle.

The original MK4 service rifle weighed 9.6 pounds, had a total length of 44.5 inches, and had a 25 inch barrel.

The MK5 weighed 7 pounds, had a length of 39.5 inches, and had an 18 inch barrel.

The JC was first issued in late 1944 and was out of production mid 1947.

The point of this is to say the Jungle Carbine has become rare.

At the end of the war England released thousands of the Mk4 rifles for export to the U.S.

Because there were so many they sold as cheaply as 24.99.

On the other hand a Jungle Carbine would bring nearly 50.

A number of American companys started cutting down the MK4 rifles and selling them as sporterized or reproduction MK5s.

The rarest of the real MK5 1 Jungle Carbines were produced at BSA, Shirley.

The asking price was 499.00 and when we were done beginning I took it and three boxes of.303 Silver Tips home for a copy of my CR and 400.00 out the door.

I was a happy camper This gun is very interesting and there are a number of ways to tell a real one from a reproduction.

If anyone is interested in more info on the gun just post and I will be glad to share what I know.

Don.

I do not add within the limits of the law; because law is often but the tyrants will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual.Thomas Jefferson.

303 Enfield Jungle Carbine S Free Man Shall

By the grace of GOD he brought my soulNo free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.

Thomas Jefferson The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

Thomas Jefferson PT 1911,pt 247 45 C DS, M-85.

The bad guys threaten, but they do not seem to want to get hurt.

They should be taught that their presumed victim is more dangerous than they are.

This is not a matter of weapons, but of will.

Jeff Cooper, April 2005.

I passed on a Lee-Enfield SMLE Mk something-or-other some months ago, but our local gun store Keeper Of Gun Knowledge told me I was missing out on a piece of history.

Id like to add to my data base, so as to not miss something valuable, should it come my way.

Some nay-sayers complain this model has a wandering zero, but in 99 of these cases it turns out to be the sights and not the rifles design.

ENJOY.

303 Enfield Jungle Carbine Serial Numbers