No5 MK1 questions

[5thBatt]

Wow! A reference to surplusrifles from you 5th. I bet that hurt.

Yeah, did a bit

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[villiers]

Compared with most of the long serving fives I´ve seen, your `gouged´ stock is just about pristine. (BTW, think the `gouge´ would come out quite well if steamed with a wet cloth and household iron)

Peter, I´ve also seen fore-end caps on fives made out of cut down No 4 caps. But this is the first `capless´ No 5 that I like the look of.

[pake]

By the way, I did not purchase this piece to be a shooter necessarily, but I would like to give it a go unless there is a compelling reason not to. What are your opinions?

I have quite a bit of new Privi Partisan and am equipped to reload as well.

pake

[SMcGeown]

I would take the rifle to the range. As long as your keep the bore clean the No5 will make a great addition as a shooter/collectable.

[aqbill]

Shoot it! They're lovely rifles and I've happily discovered that my hand-me-down Shirley - shooting Prvi Partizan - is quite accurate. They bark and push-back a bit, as any lighter rifle will do, and you will learn that the rubber butt-pad is not a recoil pad! Only downside of the Prvi is that it is pretty dirty ammo so keep it clean!

[villiers]

What a question!

[Aussie48]

What a question!

Nice pick up surprised it still has the bayonet lug as most of the US ones I gave seen have been ground off. PRIVI is as good as it gets brass wise and is no dirtier than any other commercial ammunition.

[browningautorifle]

The bolt wouldn't move...probably because people used to use motor oil to lube rifles. It would turn to varnish practically and had to be scrubbed off. Oil is oil...right?

[smle addict]

On the subject of metal fore-end caps. Got to thinking about it and dug these out of the gun safe. Top pic is 1947 dated BSA. Middle is a 1945 dated BSA. Bottom pic is a 1946 Faz. I used to have a 1944 Faz, FTR'd in 1945, with no fore-end cap. For what it's worth....

[muffett.2008]

C'mon Stuart, admit it , you love the guy.