No 5 Jungle Carbine Forend Reinforcing Screws
I have 5 Jungle Carbines (all 1945) ]and two have screws in the forend that go through and have a nut on the other side. They are in front of the trigger guard. That’s we’re not done by “Bubba” and are nicely inletted and painted black. They match the piece and I never really noticed them. They appear Arsenal although the pieces do not have FTR marks.
Could not find any info on No 5s but it seems that Ishapores had them. A generic comment was that rifles made or shipped to India had this done to keep the forend from splitting.
Any info would be great. Thanks
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