Where have the good No5 rifle all gone?

[mrclark303]

Here she is guys, a little sensitive woodwork restoration, new old stock Faz magazine, many coats of raw linseed oil applied and a bloody good overall clean!

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[desperatedan]

Looks great John. Be interested to hear how it shoots.

Cheers, Kev

[David TS]

John

That's a nice honest looking rifle

[bigduke6]

Very Nice John, all the better its wearing walnut........

[mrclark303]

Cheers guys, hoping for a shoot next week, weather dependent... A Huge thanks to Promo (Georg) for getting her to me...

[Promo]

It was a nice rifle when I had sold it to you, but now it is perfect! You did an excellent job!

[mrclark303]

It was a nice rifle when I had sold it to you, but now it is perfect! You did an excellent job!

Cheers Georg, looking forward to shooting her next week, I made some small adjustments to the bedding, so some zeroing in is on the cards no doubt mate...

[mrclark303]

Morning all,

Proper shoot yesterday, all very tight to start with with some very fine scratches in the spent brass, after 20 rounds these started to fade and things loosened up a bit.

She shoots like a brand new rifle, even the spring resistance on the bolt feels stiffer than my other Enfields.

Printing 3" nice round groups at 100yds, just fine by me.

80 rounds down range yesterday before moving to the comparatively gentle shove of my L1A1.

Boy do the Carbines heat up fast!

Very happy indeed with the No5, just a blast to shoot (both figuratively and literally)!

[browningautorifle]

Printing 3" nice round groups at 100yds

Pretty acceptable.

[GeeRam]

Proper shoot yesterday, all very tight to start with with some very fine scratches in the spent brass, after 20 rounds these started to fade and things loosened up a bit.

She shoots like a brand new rifle, even the spring resistance on the bolt feels stiffer than my other Enfields.

Printing 3" nice round groups at 100yds, just fine by me.

Sounds lovely, and 3" at 100 is

80 rounds down range yesterday before moving to the comparatively gentle shove of my L1A1.

Boy do the Carbines heat up fast!

Very happy indeed with the No5, just a blast to shoot (both figuratively and literally)!

Oh yeah, they blast just fine

My Dad always mentioned the heat issue, compounded in his case as his time spent with a No.5 was his 12 month tour in the heat of the Middle East in Palestine in 1946/7.