help me identify this jungle carbine

[mp5k]

odd barrel instead of the cone flash hider. Anyone help me? It doesnt look like its been chopped, Its very thick at the end.

 

[mp5k]

Another pic of the end of the bbl.

 

[Nabs]

Looks like the flasher hider was taken off at one point ?

 

[Pblatzz]

Sorry, it's been chopped, both the flash hider and the bayonet lug. You need to show a pictures of the left side of the butt socket on the action as well as the left hand side of the action.

You should be able to replace the flash hider/bayonet lug.

Pete

 

[Pblatzz]

The flash hider / front sight / bayonet lug are all one part.

Numrich has them or at least a copy

Product No. 254060
$31.95

 

[cantom]

The flash hider / front sight / bayonet lug are all one part.

Numrich has them or at least a copy

Product No. 254060
$31.95

The Numrich ones are a poor copy made of parkerized pot metal.

Removing the original is a #####...

It looks like someone chopped the hider bell off and turned the end in a lathe. Too bad.

 

[mp5k]

Hell of a way to shorten it by a few inches...

 

[woodchopper]

Hell of a way to shorten it by a few inches...

yes and chopping the bayo lug saves so much weight

 

[sunray]

"...chopped the hider bell off and..." Cut off and crowned.
"...parkerized pot metal..." Blued steel. Requires fitting and a front sight blade. $31.95US plus the $25US export handling fee. Kind of pricey by the time you get it.

 

[gaff]

there's a Mr Hoyt in Fredricton NB . He did this to about 300 jungle carbines in the 70's makes a great sporter he said.

 

[mp5k]

Yes its lightweight, But what a shame.

 

[cantom]

"...chopped the hider bell off and..." Cut off and crowned.
"...parkerized pot metal..." Blued steel. Requires fitting and a front sight blade. $31.95US plus the $25US export handling fee. Kind of pricey by the time you get it.

Ah! Numrich's ad says blued steel, doesn't it? I bought one...parkerized pot metal is what it was. Junk.

 

[enefgee]

there's a Mr Hoyt in Fredricton NB . He did this to about 300 jungle carbines in the 70's makes a great sporter he said.

So Bubba does have a second name

 

[myenfield]

That was probably done by the same mastermind that worked on a G43 I used to own. They put on a recoil pad and cut about 1.5" off the forend - just enough to get rid of that incredibly heavy metal forend tip. While I realize at one time this stuff was just worthless old crap laying around, there are many times I would still like to beat some of those "bubbas" with a stick.

 

[fat tony]

That was probably done by the same mastermind that worked on a G43 I used to own. They put on a recoil pad and cut about 1.5" off the forend - just enough to get rid of that incredibly heavy metal forend tip. While I realize at one time this stuff was just worthless old crap laying around, there are many times I would still like to beat some of those "bubbas" with a stick.

Get a canvas sack of G43 forend tips.

 

[WWIII]

there's a Mr Hoyt in Fredricton NB . He did this to about 300 jungle carbines in the 70's makes a great sporter he said.

The removal was mainly for looks, also the big bell on the FS of the jungle carbines were much more prone to being accidentally plugged with debris - safety issue.

 

[fat tony]

Okay.