Ive read about the green paint but have not seen one myself. I like the date too, my no.5 is barely WW2 being 8-45.
New No5 mkI find
Hello all!
after years of pining, I finally found a jungle carbine. This is the earliest one I’ve seen in person. I especially like the olive green paint that remains (especially under the top handguard).
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after years of pining, I finally found a jungle carbine. This is the earliest one I’ve seen in person. I especially like the olive green paint that remains (especially under the top handguard).
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When I got my barreled action to rebuild into a rifle it had been in stotage in India since 1947. It was coated in so much cosmo it just looked like a huge candle, no shape at all.
Gentley scrape of much of it and then stood in the kitched sink (wife was away) and poured gallons of BOILING water so it ran down and softened the cosmo.
100s of gallons of boiling water later and about 10 miles of 'blue paper roll', add a bit of wood and some scres and bits and pieces and it ended up ...........................................
After the cleaning with most of the cosmo removed. Just the real hard crusty stuff left.
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The more time and care you take, the better the end result.
Gentley scrape of much of it and then stood in the kitched sink (wife was away) and poured gallons of BOILING water so it ran down and softened the cosmo.
100s of gallons of boiling water later and about 10 miles of 'blue paper roll', add a bit of wood and some scres and bits and pieces and it ended up ...........................................
After the cleaning with most of the cosmo removed. Just the real hard crusty stuff left.
The more time and care you take, the better the end result.
My essentially (if not actually) unissued Number 5 Jungle Carbine below has a magazine with the green paint on the bottom half. It was made in 1945. The neatest thing is that my dad bought this at a hardware store before I was born for $23 with everything in the picture, including the bayonet, except some of the ammo. Can't beat this provenance!
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I’ve always thought it was strange they went with that instead of “Paratrooper Carbine” or some such, which is kinda more what it is.I just wish people on your side of the pond would stop referring to them as bloody Jungle Carbines
for whatever reason, that never bothered me,I just wish people on your side of the pond would stop referring to them as bloody Jungle Carbines
the Winny, Remmy, Izzy, Annie (anschutz) stuff grate on my nerves a bit,
"...And there one kind of special..." So! Kindly fasten your seat belt. No "smokin" with envy please, y'all! Gaze below!
And now that I've had my moment of fun, Akmo, I largely agree with you. Maybe not concerning "mint originasl", but also that category with my nose firmly pressed on the display glass... Only! But honest wear originality versus "high grade restorations" or "accessorized" as something rendered up that never was originally; no thanks! Such beyond my humor class of Bubbas rendering 'artistic truck guns!' such as below!
Best!
John
And now that I've had my moment of fun, Akmo, I largely agree with you. Maybe not concerning "mint originasl", but also that category with my nose firmly pressed on the display glass... Only! But honest wear originality versus "high grade restorations" or "accessorized" as something rendered up that never was originally; no thanks! Such beyond my humor class of Bubbas rendering 'artistic truck guns!' such as below!
Best!
John
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