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Hmmmm........yes, maybe. And perhaps if the price is pretty reasonable people start to wonder what's wrong with it?!
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if the price is pretty reasonable people start to wonder what's wrong with it
Exactly my point...sometimes.
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They are still out there
I managed to pick up an unissued, apparently unfired No5 earlier this year. No marks on the "0" bolt head, the only finish wear is a very thin silver line on the mag follower from opening the action. No marks on the feed ramps. I think I got the deal of the century on it - still greased internally, and on the sights with unissued, unsharpened Viners bayonet for $1,000 CAD. I replaced the but pad with a NOS one (they're lovely and soft when properly stored) and that's it.
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I've never seen one like this in a No5
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They used to be sold muzzle down in garbage cans at the local hardware stores for about $10 a piece I've heard.
“There are invisible rulers who control the destinies of millions. It is not generally realized to what extent the words and actions of our most influential public men are dictated by shrewd persons operating behind the scenes.”
Edward Bernays, 1928
Much changes, much remains the same.
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Originally Posted by
IanD
I've never seen one like this in a No5
Does it look like someone may have tried chroming , or silver soldering to build up the size to overcome excessive headspace ?
Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...
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Originally Posted by
IanD
I've never seen one like this in a No5
Being a bit more west than you I would say it is a way east thing not good
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I remember as a youth being told by the late Ma Parker that her father Alfred used to buy No5's from the government for six shillings & eight pence apiece (that's three for a pound). They arrived at AJP's premises in No15 transit chests with the inner chocs removed (three per chest), which is why there were lots of 4T sniper rifle chests mouldering in the garden when the end of the business finally came about.........
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I remember as a youth being told by the late Ma Parker that her father Alfred used to buy No5's from the government for six shillings & eight pence apiece (that's three for a pound). They arrived at AJP's premises in No15 transit chests with the inner chocs removed (three per chest), which is why there were lots of 4T sniper rifle chests mouldering in the garden when the end of the business finally came about.........
I payed a lot more than that for mine without the chest. How times change.
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The firing pin failed on mine last week, sheared off at the lugs, so I can't undo the bloody thing!
I'm having to cut it off at the cocking piece, leaving enough to unscrew from the cocking piece...
Never had one fail before....
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