Rifle No5 MK1 Jungle carbine

[mbonner]

I have an unissued Jungle Carbine, 1946, it has a black painted forend cap. I have seen these without the cap, are they equipped with one from the factory?.
What sort of money do these rifles go for? I used to see them all over 20 years ago, now they seem to have dried up

 

[Can-down]

Probably around $500 for a real nice one. Average ones sell for around $300-$350.
They came from the factory with and without caps.

 

[formerfarmer]

I think the black forend cap was a post-war start to sporterise the Enfields. As per value, people ask anywhere from $300 to $800 but most are selling for 350 to 500.

 

[nelly]

If it is a metal cap, some came from the factory that way... (Mostly Fazakerly, I believe?), whereas the BSA made ones were plain wood.

http://www.angelfire.com/vt/milsurp/no5.html Link has some images.

 

[TheTooner]

I think the black forend cap was a post-war start to sporterise the Enfields. As per value, people ask anywhere from $300 to $800 but most are selling for 350 to 500.

On a sporterised forestock, yes. Sounds like he meant the orginal metal forend cover that some had.

 

[mbonner]

Yes, the factory black painted steel cap, thanks, so the BSA made ones had plain wood forends, that accounts for it, I haver seen both.

 

[ryan]

Any chance of a couple pics?

 

[mbonner]

Yes, I'll try, I might have to e-mail one of you pics for posting for me though, this new PC is giving me conniptions

 

[5THBATT]

Both Fazakerley & BSA Shirley produced No5s with the metal forend cap.

 

[nelly]

Both Fazakerley & BSA Shirley produced No5s with the metal forend cap.

I happily sit corrected!

 

[buffdog]

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The Number 5 rifle (Jungle Carbine) was produced with both a plain fore-end and also a fore-end with a metal cap on it.

To confuse things a bit more, some Importers painted the end of the plain fore-end ones black to simulate a cap when they sold them as "Sporters."
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