Today's find

No5 Mk1 Enfield aka Jungle Carbine, Royal Ordanance Factory (I think) and 7/45 is july 1945. Correct me if im wrong!
 
#1bcshooter said:
Just picked up Carbine today . What can you Enfield nuts tell me about this new addition .Markings are as fallows. No5MK1ROF(F) Date 7/45 S/N has 1 letter & 4 numbers . Matching bolt , Mint bore & stock
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Royal Ordanance Factory (F) Fazakerley, 7/45 date of manufactire of course.
They are good shooters, try lots of different ammo, you may have to change front sight blades to suit you. They are easily found.....
PS, now you are addicted....Enfielditis it's called...no cure.
 
depending on where it's made, it's more than likely corrosive primed and you will have to make sure you run some boiling ater through the bore when you get home from the range.
That's also machine gun ammo and may have the heavier bullet and increased recoil to go with it. It usually isn't very accurate.
 
Does it say anything on the headstamp for that 303 ? MKVII ammunition is what it likes best...I think it's the MKVIII stuff which can be rough on the rifle, and is usually meant for use with MG's.
 
No.5 were manufactured attoplants only. Royal Ordnance Factory Fazakerly and Birmingham Small Arms. Your 1945 should come without a metal nose cap on the lower handguard. I have two and love them (one shooter, one wall hanger).
 
Harry Potter said:
No.5 were manufactured attoplants only. Royal Ordnance Factory Fazakerly and Birmingham Small Arms. Your 1945 should come without a metal nose cap on the lower handguard. I have two and love them (one shooter, one wall hanger).
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Correct no metal cap on this one .
This is the first Enfield for me in 20 yrs. You said the No 5 's were only made at UK plants ? I may be mistaken but I bought a jungle carbine @ California Pawn brokers in Vancouver in the late 1970's and if I remember correctly it was a Indian made No 5 ? They had a bunch of them back then
 
Might have been a cut down No.4 Indian refurbed No.4, either by the Indians or the importer, or an Indian refurbed No.5 - they tended to erase the original markings and put their own.
 
#1bcshooter said:
Some of the ammo I have is marked DA ( C & broad arrow) 1942 V11
And the same but just 44 not 1944 . & 1943 D/Z
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Looks like MK VII ammo then, you're good. MK VIII ammo was made specifically for machine guns like the Vickers, and puts a lot of stress and wear on an Enfield due to a fairly large increase in chamber pressure.
 
The good thing about your ammo is it is DA for Dominion Arsenals. You have Canadian ammo. I have always believed that Canadian .303 surplus ammunition has noncorrosive primers. For reasons of existing commercial production capacity compared to the UK, Canadian plants were never set up to make corrosive primers.

My best DA ammo story is how my father shot a cold barrel zero V-bull at 900 yds with his LB No.4T sniper rifle. Ordinary 48-round cardboard boxed ball ammo.
 
You guy's seem to know your .303 ammo; maybe you can help me out. I have a couple of boxes of 48 rds labeled .303 INCH D.I. MkVIIz I.G. CANADA, with headstamps 1944 DIZ and 1945 DIZ. It looks like brand new and seems to be very well made. Just wondering is it safe to shoot in my No1MkIII or No4Mk2 and is it corrosive?

Thanks

Ryan
 
Ryan j said:
You guy's seem to know your .303 ammo; maybe you can help me out. I have a couple of boxes of 48 rds labeled .303 INCH D.I. MkVIIz I.G. CANADA, with headstamps 1944 DIZ and 1945 DIZ. It looks like brand new and seems to be very well made. Just wondering is it safe to shoot in my No1MkIII or No4Mk2 and is it corrosive?

Thanks

Ryan
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Yes to every question Young Jedi.
 
Check, but Mk VII ammunition was loaded with cordite, while Mk VIII was loaded with ball powder. The bullet weights and velocities should be the same, based on ammunition interchangeability.
 
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