Ok so apparently if you get in a major fire fight with your JC the action gets hot ,soft and spreads the back therefore knocking your zero out,Peter Laidler witnessed this in his time as a Brit armourer.He also stated that some JCs were just fine while others were "unzeroable",My word...I wonder if the M47 actions were stronger as opposed to the Faz ones or Visa Versa.He also stated that some local armourers would change the receivers out with a No4 and that fixed the problem.Question1 has anyone seen a JC with the No4 receiver that appeared genuine.2 could you tell me what Jc you have year make nosecap ect and how does it shoot.I would like to get a base for a comparison study.Perhaps at this point your shaking your head and saying who the F$%^ cares or this question has been answered before but I would like to hear from you anyways.Dave.
Another Jungle Carbine question
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I like you attitude about 'who cares?' because very few of us shoot our JC's with this kind of intensity. Most of our JC's are hunters and blasters.
My JC is a converted No4Mk1 Shirley (I believe) 2 groove, chopped down barrel to proper length. Then the wood kit was sourced from Numrich as a kit for around $ 125ish. The metal is parkerized completely (not factory, but aftermarket styles) and this rig looks like it came from a factory and was never issued. Nice mods done to it. Have not had a chance to group it lately. Got some Lee Custom .303 dies and some bullets to load up this winter.
Originally I wanted to shoot this little rig with 123 gr. bullets at our Service Rifle and Vintage rifle matches, but the AR and my M14 are getting all the range time. This fine little .303 is a keeper!
My JC is a converted No4Mk1 Shirley (I believe) 2 groove, chopped down barrel to proper length. Then the wood kit was sourced from Numrich as a kit for around $ 125ish. The metal is parkerized completely (not factory, but aftermarket styles) and this rig looks like it came from a factory and was never issued. Nice mods done to it. Have not had a chance to group it lately. Got some Lee Custom .303 dies and some bullets to load up this winter.
Originally I wanted to shoot this little rig with 123 gr. bullets at our Service Rifle and Vintage rifle matches, but the AR and my M14 are getting all the range time. This fine little .303 is a keeper!
I don't think I know anyone who can afford to shoot enough .303, quickly enough to cause problems. I'm not questioning Laidler, but in his early days when the .303 was still in reserve service it was clearly on it's way out, and there were millions of rounds fired 'because it was there'. My father was involved in range days where whole truck loads of .303 were fired by T/A (reserve) units in a couple of days. Volume like this will hammer any rifle and generate heat that will wreak havoc on barrels.
I don't see the value in taking a perfectly good #5, swaping the receiver with a #4... There were made from #4's, and the distinctive feature was the milled receiver. If you want a handy, light carbine, and you want to bubba a rifle, just bubba the #4 with the receiver you were going to donate to the project. Chop the barrel, chop the stock voila!
