I just picked up a minty No 5 on the EE, dated 1947 & it looks unissued. Did the brits not use these later production models? It also has a rear sight graduated to 1300 yards. Did someone swap it out? Damm, I really have to buy some books.
New No5
- Thread starter desporterizer
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- Vancouver Island BC
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
yes rear site has been swaped.
I have had 2 late manufacture No5, both FAZ, a 9/47 and a 10/47 both were minty with nice clean bores.
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- Location
- Victoria,BC.
No.5
Yeah rear sight should go to 800. See them all the time on ePAY.
Yeah rear sight should go to 800. See them all the time on ePAY.
Malay Emergency. 1948 to 1960.
The No. 5 was slated to replace the No.4 as the Brit service rifle until all the troopie's complaints about the felt recoil were actually listened to by Whitehall.
Your rifle may be a bubba'd No. 4. There's lots of 'em out there.
The No. 5 was slated to replace the No.4 as the Brit service rifle until all the troopie's complaints about the felt recoil were actually listened to by Whitehall.
Your rifle may be a bubba'd No. 4. There's lots of 'em out there.
I talked to a British army vet several years ago....his unit was equiped with the No.5 JC in Palestine...now Israel....was appreciate for its light weight and handiness when jumping in and out of trucks and street fighting ..
"troopie's complaints about the felt recoil"
I've read this quite a few times, and never really understood it. I've had numerous No 5s, and I can't say the recoil is that much really. - dan
I've read this quite a few times, and never really understood it. I've had numerous No 5s, and I can't say the recoil is that much really. - dan
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
