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Lee Enfield No. 5 Jungle Carbine in .303 British
Guns International #: 100600433 Seller's Inventory #: 14
Category: Enfield Rifles - Military Rifles - Non-US
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Seller: NJaeger
Member Since: 4/25/15
First Name: Nate
Last Name: Jaeger
State: California
Zip: 91345
Country: United States
Number of Active Listings: 11
Total Number of Listings: 53
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
one of a kind item. All new, no refund
Payment Types Accepted: BANK WIRE ONLY
Description:
MA Lithgow S.M.L.E. III 1941 Jungle Carbine No. 5 .303 British
Absolutely Beautiful in every way
NO ILLEGAL GUN SALES!!!!!! BY THE RULES or NO SALE
"By Cash I mean no Coin Machine/JetScan certificates deposited to my account for payment"
First, we must agree on a sales price and shipping costs.
Second, You must have your FFL Dealer email me a copy of their FFL with “Not for face to face purchase” or “Copy” across the license. I will verify it with ATF.
Third, you must deposit the sale price plus shipping, in cash, into my Wells Fargo Checking account. You may pay any way you want but I will not ship the gun until your payment method is non-recourse cash in my hand.
Fourth, I will ship the gun UPS Ground 5 day after notifying UPS it is a firearm or UPS Overnight Air for handguns.
Fifth, the gun will be shipped to the address and person stated on the FFL.
Sixth, I will ship the minute your money is good.
There are no exceptions, No FFL, No Gun. No money, No gun
No, I will not ship a gun to an FFL Dealer C/O another FFL Dealer or other NONSENSE.
Don’t ask “ I’m a Cop and can’t find an FFL who will accept a gun from a Non FFL person, I really want the gun, isn’t there some way we can work this out”.
Yes I can put you in jail!!!
September satisfied customers who followed my rules:
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Further research.This is a Number 5 Lee Enfield Carbine in .303 British and in like new condition cosmetically. Probably developed from a full size No. 4. in the late 40's. Condition is the most important point, as new after my bluing and wood work.. An amazing gun I bought in 1995 and it has been in storage since 1996 and fired 10 times. It's beautiful.
The basic guns are No. 4's cut down
and refitted with 308 barrels (no sleeves) in the late 40's. The difference between .303
and .308 is just about 0 so with any rifle that is 50 plus years old you
must check pressures with your reloads. All standard factory reloads
(STANDARD) not custom max. loads for Police firearms for 1000 yard
shooting are perfectly safe in these conversions in .303 and .308. I have
never had any of these come back for any repairs. The best way to check
them is with your "Go" "No Go" "Field" gauges. I have four authentic
Jungle carbines in .303 and one AIA M10-B2 Match and one De Lisle Commando
carbine and one
L42A1 sniper rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO. The guns I am selling are
well known to be replicas (meaning remanufactured in the late 40's to early 60's not originally manufactured during WWII ) since my authentic Enfields start at $15,000.00
Most people can tell by the price that these are arsenal refinished No. 4
copies of the No. 5 and just fun guns manufactured in the late 40's and 50's.
Production and manufacturers
Rifle No. 5 Mk I—the "Jungle Carbine"
Main article: Jungle Carbine
Lee–Enfield No. 5 Mk 1 "Jungle Carbine"
Later in the war the need for a shorter, lighter rifle forced the development of the Rifle, No. 5 Mk I (the "Jungle Carbine").[38] With a cut-down stock, a prominent flash hider, and a "lightening-cut" receiver machined to remove all unnecessary metal, the No. 5 was shorter and 2 lb (0.9 kg) lighter. Despite a rubber butt-pad, the .303 round produced excessive recoil due to the shorter barrel to be suitable for general issue and production ceased in 1947, due to an "inherent fault in the design", often claimed to be a "wandering zero" and accuracy problems.[39][39] The No. 5 Mk I was popular with soldiers owing to its light weight, portability and shorter length than a standard Lee–Enfield rifle.[40] The No. 5 was first issued to the British 1st Airborne Division and used during their liberation of Denmark and Norway in 1945.
An Australian experimental version of the No. 5 Mk I, designated Rifle, No. 6, Mk I[41] was also developed, using an SMLE MK III* as a starting point (as opposed to the No. 4 Mk I used to develop the No. 5 Mk I). The Australian military were not permitted to manufacture the No. 4 Mk I, because the Lithgow Small Arms factory was producing the SMLE Mk III. The No. 6 Mk I never entered full production and examples are rare and valuable to collectors.[38] A "Shortened and Lightened" version of the SMLE Mk III* rifle was also tested by the Australian military and a very small number were manufactured at SAF Lithgow during the course of the Second World War.[42]
The term "Jungle Carbine" was popularised in the 1950s by the Santa Fe Arms Corporation, a U.S. importer who refurbished many surplus rifles, converting many of the No. 4 marks, in the hope of increasing sales of a rifle that had little U.S. market penetration. It was never an official military designation but British and Commonwealth troops serving in the Burmese and Pacific theatres during World War II had been known to unofficially refer to the No. 5 Mk I as a "Jungle Carbine".[38] The No. 4 and No. 5 rifles served in Korea (as did the No.1 Mk III* SMLE and sniper 'T' variants, mostly with Australian troops).[7]
In total over 16 million Lee–Enfields had been produced in several
factories on different continents when production in Britain shut down in
1956, at the Royal Ordnance Factory ROF Fazakerley in Liverpool after that
factory had been plagued with industrial unrest. The machinery from ROF
Fazakerley was sold to Pakistan Ordnance Factories (POF) in Rawalpindi
where production and repair of the No.4 rifle was continued. Also
contributing to the total was the Rifle Factory Ishapore (RFI) at Ishapore
in India, which continued to produce the SMLE in both .303 and 7.62 mm
NATO until the 1980s, and is still manufacturing a sporting rifle based on
the SMLE Mk III action, chambered for a .315 calibre cartridge[82] the
Birmingham Small Arms Company factory at Shirley near Birmingham, and SAF
Lithgow in Australia, who finally discontinued production of the SMLE Mk
III* with a final 'machinery proving' batch of 1000 rifles in early 1956,
using 1953-dated receivers. During the First World War alone, 3.8 million
SMLE rifles were produced in the UK by RSAF Enfield, BSA, and LSA.
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes
Manufacturer: Lee Enfield
Model: Lee Enfield No. 5 Jungle Carbine
Caliber Info: .308
Bore: excellent
Condition: excellent
Metal Condition: excellent
Wood Condition: excellent
Bore Condition: excellent
Manufacture Date: 1947-1950