A "very clean" No5

[bgcameron]

Maybe a little too clean...

thoughts?

https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1873829-1945-No5-Mk1-Jungle-Carbine

 

[bush1]

It was certainly nice before he ruined it.

 

[Dyspnea]

Wow, removed the suncorite paint, certainly not a $950 anymore, wasn’t to being with either.

 

[josh1976]

Oh my...

 

[louthepou]

Argh!!!!!!!!

 

[7ECA]

She was a very nice Faza in her day, then the wire brush came out...

So..., what's with folks (and many a store) these days saying that No.5s are worth $900+? More than a No.4, not friggin' likely.

 

[Brutus]

Not the first time a LE worked down to the bare metal has reared its ugly head on the Surplus EE and it certainly won't be the last !

As I projectile vomit.........

 

[GUB]

my god..Blasphemy.. should the punishment be by hanging or stoning

 

[mwjones]

Well. F@#&.

 

[MattE93]

I can’t read the markings on this nice piece of history. I know what I’ll do, I’ll destroy that piece of history so I can read a number.

 

[drill702]

Can't believe that still happens!!

 

[dagc]

Maybe a little too clean...

thoughts?

https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1873829-1945-No5-Mk1-Jungle-Carbine

Striving to better
We oft mar what's well

- William Shakespeare

 

[rlummerding]

Only worth 200 now. So sad

 

[Butcherbill]

That’s a shame...

 

[quinnbrian]

What is the T for on the wrist band..

 

[bgcameron]

What is the T for on the wrist band..

It's the first character in the serial number.

 

[Dyspnea]

The saddest part is the markings are unimportant unless your a researcher perhaps.

 

[schweizergewehr]

that bare metal is painful to my eyes

 

[kjohn]

Oh dear. How would one cover that up? What a shame.

 

[Dosing]

Oh dear. How would one cover that up? What a shame.

Bbq paint. Problem solved.