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Some Pics For Your Enjoyment
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Dear Lithy
Its times like this after seeing your photos ol' buddy and becoming extremely jealous of your beautiful rare Enfield I just have one thing to tell you.....
May the fleas of a thousand dingos infest your crotch. :crying:
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Just as a matter of interest, is that a Mk2 Bren barrel foresight protector? Looks remarkably like it. If not, I know where Lithgow got the idea!
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Peter Laidler
Just as a matter of interest, is that a Mk2 Bren barrel foresight protector? Looks remarkably like it. If not, I know where Lithgow got the idea!
From Ian's book, S.A.I.S. No 19 "Australian SMLE Variations", page 43.
"protector, foresight. foresight protectors, one piece like Bren LMG"
I don't have a Bren to compare, but I'm told they are interchangeable (?)
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Badger, as there is no No6 Mk1/1 entry in the Oz section of the MKL please feel free to use these pics as you see fit.:cheers:
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Never mind how rare and therefore desirable that rifle is, it is simply a nice, right, looking rifle that probably shoots well too. What a shame it didn't see mass production.
Anybody know how many survive out of the numbers made?
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By the way what is the forum?
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The state of the butt pad, as shown in the last photo, is the saame as thse found on No5 rifles in the tropics. Once the heat and oil had got into them they were dire. We changed many hundreds of them and the later ones we got through the Ordnance supply system were made from a dense neoprene material that lasted for ages.
In the main Armoury of the Singaapore Guard Regiment and the 25 Company, the No5's were kept muzzle down
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Is that a "Savage" mark on the rear sight elevation screw?
Always lusted after one of these neat little carbines. Lots of interesting features like the rearsight derived from the MkV SMLE and, on Lithy's sample, the nifty buttplate that hinges on the modified swivel to reveal a large pocket in the butt.
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Does anyone know of a suitable material to replace the afore mentioned butt pad?
To me it looks like a dense sponge rubber. Nothing like the hard rubber on my No5s.
As to numbers remaining, nobody knows. I would guess a couple of dozen.
The site is AHN:thup:
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I wouldn't mind betting Lithy, that the material on your butt pad was an Aussie made material very similar to that used on our No5's. I say this because yours looks exactly how our old No5 butt pads used to be after years in the stinkjing heat and oil. As I said, the 'neoprene-ish' ones we had later were as good as it gets
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Bruce_in_Oz
Is that a "Savage" mark on the rear sight elevation screw?
Always lusted after one of these neat little carbines. Lots of interesting features like the rearsight derived from the MkV SMLE and, on Lithy's sample, the nifty buttplate that hinges on the modified swivel to reveal a large pocket in the butt.
Yes, the receiver mounted rear sights have a couple of Savage bits.
"SLIDE, Backsight.... Leaf elevator import from Savage, marked S"
is named in the parts list.
The elevation dial, the barrel nut it screws into and the slide are all S marked.
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Lithy
Badger, as there is no No6 Mk1/1 entry in the Oz section of the MKL please feel free to use these pics as you see fit.:cheers:
Appreciate that Lithy .... :thup:
We don't have one of those written up yet in the Australia - Milsurp Knowledge Library (click here)
We do have it's sister in the form of a 1944 No.1 Intermediate Shortened & Lightened Rifle - Serial XP53 "Experimental" (click here) .....
We need a volunteer to do the write-up on your rifle and we'd be happy to create an MKL entry around it... :cheers:
Regards,
Badger
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Son and I have been conversing and we're going to put it together.
This project should be interesting as neither of us are wordsmiths:o He's pretty good with a camera though:D
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Lithy
Son and I have been conversing and we're going to put it together.
This project should be interesting as neither of us are wordsmiths:o He's pretty good with a camera though:D
Outstanding ... should be a worthy and very interesting project for members .. :thup:
Regards,
Badger
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Son and I have been conversing and we're going to put it together.
This project should be interesting as neither of us are wordsmiths He's pretty good with a camera though
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Badger
Outstanding ... should be a worthy and very interesting project for members .. :thup:
Regards,
Badger
Yeah.. as a wordsmith I make a pretty good photographer! I have a few dozen pics done by Heatseeker. They are rooly high res. What would be the easiest way to post them? or better still, What individual file size would be the best to reduce them to?
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Son
What would be the easiest way to post them? or better still, What individual file size would be the best to reduce them to?
Let me know if this helps.... :thup:
How do I get my article, collectible firearm or accessory published in the Library? (click here)
If you prefer, simply email them to me, or point me to a web site link where I can download and capture them. I'll convert (re-size) them all for you.
I use Microsoft's resizer program (mentioned in link above) when using Windows. Great little add-on and FREE .. :lol:
Regards,
Badger
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I was thinking (yes, I know, a rare occurrence for me) of opening a dedicated Photobucket account and sharing the username and password:dunno:
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Lithy
I was thinking (yes, I know, a rare occurrence for me) of opening a dedicated Photobucket account and sharing the username and password:dunno:
That'll work... how do I drive a photobucket? I hope it comes with 'structions :thup:
If you like, mate I'll start draughting the specs part following the format used for the other library entries.
