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Today was a good day. A friend placed in my hands a dusty, apparently neglected No5 Mk1(F) and said "do you want this old thing". Of course, I said that I would take it off his hands, along with 4 other SMLE variants, a Springfield 1903 and an Eddystone 1917. After I had dashed home to the cleaning gear I found the Jungle Carbine was in beautiful condition, and my search was over - I am really happy that I didn't buy one of the overpriced pieces of junk that I had looked at over the past 18 months. Sometimes patience beats instant gratification hands down. I will clean up the others over the next month or two, but I have to think of a name for my new baby first. Does anyone know what the (F) represents?? | ||
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Congrates,I'm still looking for a nice No5. F stands for Fazackley,the arsenal that made it.(England) You will prob see a few small F's on parts.Is the rear sight marked to 800yds?If so it's original. Only Faz and BSA made the No5 btw. | |||
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Thanks Shaun, looks like I am the proud owner of an Excellent + condition original. Rear fold up sight is marked to 800, a few F's around the place. The bore is mint, no rust and the bolt face has no marks - hasn't seen a lot of use. | |||
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Good on you. With the current gun amnesty "no questions asked", there are a lot of old pieces floating around. I finally got a 1901 Martini Enfield Calvary Carbine Mk2 as well as a PH No 4 sporter. Picked up 2xWin 94's last week in 32/40. One is 1908 and the other 1912, both in good shootable condition. What form is that 1903 Springfield. I have a real soft spot for the 30.06 and have several M17's made by Winchester. | |||
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Hi Hiwall could you give me an idea what the number5s are worth?? I know where 1 is but the barrel is a bit sad but from the outside it looks good. thanks Pete | |||
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A shit one around here in Brisbane are asking $400 in the shops.Most of the barrels are shot out.The No5 barrel is unique to them,although a No4 will fit OK. No5 on the left with lightning flutes,Lithgow No1 Heavy,No1 Std. | |||
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Thanks Easy now to see if we can do a deal cheers Pete | |||
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hey Easy is that there no5 barrel for sale!!!!!! | |||
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What,this little old thing? This one's a BSA,wipe the drool from your chin boy. Gee that dragged you out of the woodwork Kid. LOL Sorry mate,she's shagged. | |||
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AW bugger my rifles barrel is not crash hot but it shoots bloody well it is actually very good with 144gr ADI 308 bullets maybe the rough bore gets a good grip on the smaller bullet!! | |||
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HiWall if you can give your NO5 a dose of sweets leave it in for about 15 minutes if the patch comes out with even a hint of blue or green it has been fired I did this on my M38 Swede it looked perfect and after sweets I can honestly say it had not been fired nice pick up for $150!!! | |||
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That's a good, common sense idea, which probably explains why I didn't think of it. Got a slight trace of fouling so I am of to the range to put a few rounds through it - not feeling guilty at all now | |||
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