My new "pawn shop special" No.5 carbine, part 2 - the range report
You may recall my thread on the No.5 MK.1 Jungle Carbine that I found in a pawn shop for $150. https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=15703
I found all the parts for the rear sight assembly, removed the scope and mount, and now have a proper rear sight. The three holes in the receiver for the scope mount are a drag, but they don't bother me that much. And hey, I can put the scope back on in minutes!
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Took it to the range this weekend, and didn't do too bad for the first time out with her. Range was probably 30-35 yards or so, I didn't measure it. PRVI Partisan ammo. Definitely minute-of-helmet accuracy. There's a couple of .22lr holes here too from the grandkid.
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Before we left, one of the 100 yard ranges opened up, so I tried a few at 100 yards off the beanbag. This shows 9 hits, but I only fired five off the bag, the other five were fired standing and off-hand. One was a flyer to who-knows-where.
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Notice the three holes touching. I'm not going to claim any great feats of marksmanship or great deeds by the rifle, but there they are. And I actually have it on video too, but the video is pretty rough. My camera weighs about as much as a fart, and the tripod weighs even less. It was pretty windy, and the wind shook the camera pretty bad. Zoomed out to 100 yards, the video shakes pretty bad.
The video needs editing, and I don't know how to do that. But it shows those three holes appearing in the first five rounds fired off the bag. So, I guess Lil' Bubba is a pretty good rifle! Shoots better than this old man with poor eyesight, using a battle sight. Maybe I'll put the scope back on and give 'er another round. I know of an indoor 100 yard range in Denver that isn't windy!
