jungle carbine tap and drill?

olympia

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hey guys, does anyone here have a .303 jungle carbine tapped and drilled? was it easy for the gunsmith to do? i called a place and they said it could get ugly because the receivers are thinner and its hard to get a good bite, does anyone here know where to get one those one piece mounts that drop into the rear sight leaf? i really want to scope this thing and hope to hear from somone who actually has one and what they like or dislike about how they went about it
 
Please do not drill and tap it, S&K makes a instamount
For no.4 mk1 that should work. I have heard bad things about the ATI mount and it coming loose.
Google S&K, I'd post the link but I'm on my cell. Just email them via their website.
I think it's about $100 total shipped with windage adjustable weaver rings. Thats what I was quoted shipped to NS.
I don't think many people in this section will like the drill and tap to a JC.
 
olympia said:
its got a mismatched bolt so i dont think tap and drilling it will do anything more to bastardize its value, i will look up s&k
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I do believe that even with a mismatched bolt, the rifle is more interesting without holes.

And really if you add the numbers, the two approaches are similar:

1. On one side: A gunsmith will charge money to drill holes and ask for money to sell you the mount which will fit his holes.

2. On the other side: The S&K mount is super solid, will end up costing about the same (or less) than the above-described procedure and will leave the rifle all original.

The only downside I can see is that the scope will sit a bit higher than if you had a drilled and tapped mount.

This being my humble opinion of course.

Lou
 
It<s gonna cost you $60 to $80 to get the holes D&T'd: most shops charge 20 a hole these days.

THEN you pay for bases.

And then you buy rings.

S&K Mount or Lee-Enfield Number 4 fits the Number 5 (JC) perfectly, attaches in 10 minutes flat, is solid as a rock..... and it DOESN'T knock $150 off the value of your rifle.

I have this exact mount on a Number 4 with a HUGE mother scope and it's the cat's pyjamas.

Worth every penny.

OR... GAIRLOCHIAN (on this forum) also makes a no-drill mount for the Number 4/5 for about a third of the price of the S&K. Might need a LITTLE fitting.

But DON'T butcher another Carbine. Unbutchered ones are getting plain scarce.
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olympia said:
its got a mismatched bolt so i dont think tap and drilling it will do anything more to bastardize its value, i will look up s&k
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You are wrong to think that. A mismatched bolt reduces the value of an otherwise orginail No.5, but drilling and tapping reduces it a lot.

Some no drilling, no gunsmithing mounts for the No.4 and No.5 rifle:

B-Square
S&K
ATI
CadTechnik (Brownells)
Armalon
Sun Optics
 
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Usually I'm the first to jump on the "It's yours', do what you want" bandwagon...

As suggested (by those that really know), it's not just cheaper to use a mount that fits your rear sight, it's better for the history buffs too!

You (may) have a fine example of history. A "no smith" mount means, if you later have a change of heart, that your rifle can be returned to normal. Holes drilled in it will make that impossible.

Even if you have a No4 that was converted to a No5(there are lots!), it'll be more valuable with no holes in the receiver.

For good details on drilling and tapping, hit the gunsmith forum....for the best details on preserving history, ask here, in Milsurp.
 
How did the bolt get mismatched? Likely an armourer replaced a damaged one in order to turn out a serviceable rifle and didn't bother to renumber it since there was a war going on at the time.

Everybody has given excellent advice. A no drill mount is the way to go. UNLESS you want to DRASTICALY reduce the value.
 
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