Wartime Enfield No 5 Jungle Carbine………….(f 697) SOLD

A Good Second World War No 5 Jungle Carbine

A World War Two Enfield No 5 Mk I Jungle Carbine chambered in .303, with a ten-shot detachable box magazine.  The action has the standard lightening cuts to the receiver walls and the correct drilled bolt head.  The correct carbine rear sight is fitted to the rear of the action and is graduated from 200 to 800 yards.  It has a smaller aperture for the longer distances and a larger battle sight for close quarters.  The Enfield bolt system cocks on closing and the bolt head is a “3” fitment. The bayonet pictured above is available separately and is shown purely for demonstrational purposes in these photos.

This carbine measures 39.3/4 in overall length.  The barrel is 20.1/4″ including the flash hider.  If the bayonet is taken into account the weapon becomes a total of 47.1/2″  The bayonet is 12 long and the blade makes up 8″ of that length. The pull distance is 13.3/8″.  Three quarter stocked with a short handguard in a straight grained hardwood it has the dedicated carbine stock with side mounted sling bar.  The forward sling mount is on the underside of the barrel band.  The stock is in good condition with no splits or shakes to the timber.  There is the usual yet limited quantity of dings or dents that indicate the service life the weapon has endured.  All over patina is good and even with a pleasing level of shine – in fine condition for a service rifle of this age.

The outer left action sidewall has the usual markings upon it; ” No 5 Mk I ROF (F) / 9/45  R 4613″ but also some other digits, meaning unknown “430  90  36”.  The ROF(F) segment of the markings denotes the manufacturer and means Royal  Ordinance Fazakerley.  There is a clear crows-foot marking on the same side of the butt socket beneath the safety catch.  The standard black gloss paint used on the metallic components is chipping off in large areas from the action and other components.  The rubber butt-pad is slightly worn but not unusable.  The muzzle is fitted with the classic flash-hider which incorporates the bayonet stud and the protective ears of the front sight and sight itself. Square cocking piece and bolt with matching number.

the bolt face has a trace of primer ring which is visible but is not able to be detected by feel, i.e. no pitting.  The bore is the standard 5-grove LH twist Enfield rifling with some throat erosion for about a cartridge length. Even so this fault has to be mentioned, for the sake of the long distance viewer, there is still some perceptible depth the eroded stage. The chamber is good.  The rest of the rifling is strong with no pitting or frosting.  The action functions well mechanically.  It is still possible that this rifle will make a good shooter as well as fill the classic Jungle Carbine role in any military rifle collection.

Stock No’  f 697

£ 875.   SOLD

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