No.5 "jungle carbine" question

[nhetzer]

Lol! I'll post some more pictures tonight after dinner. I'd love to have one of the first thousand, that's pretty neat. Mine is in pretty good shape and wasn't beat up. I feel very fortunate to have this particular gun and also that the gentleman who had it decided to part with it. He was an old Navy vet, an early UDT member. I was at the Show of Shows in Louisville with my recruiter buddies who had a table (I was active duty Navy then). I was helping out and was is uniform. We started chatting, the gun was behind the table and not for sale. By the end of the show he decided it being in his 90's meant he wasn't going to shoot it any more and deemed me worthy enough to sell it to me at a good price. I really enjoyed meeting him and it was a privilege to meet a man who lived such a storied life.

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I really enjoyed meeting him and it was a privilege to meet a man who lived such a storied life.

And I am certain he felt he was passing the No 5 to a good steward. UDT! I know he had high standards.