Updated: Enfield No.5 MK1 Jungle Carbine w/ customized No.4 stock

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Would anyone know where to find after market new wooden stocks with similar build quality as factory for the Lee-Enfield MK5 No.1 Jungle Carbine? I have searched google but I can't seen to find any, even GB has nothing worthwhile. I'm at a point where I will even pay to have ones custom fabricated.

I really do not want to bubba the rifle by getting polymer stock/forend for it.

Any help would be great!

Thanks!

I couldn't find any forend for the No.5 so I resorted to modifying a No.4 stock.

I had to bore out the trigger housing slightly and do some minor trimming because of the minor differences between the No.5 and No.4's - more specifically the safety switch, bolt release switch, rear hand guard ring and the trigger housing itself.

I cut the No.4 stock to 19" and cut out a 2" length from the front end. I mixed Gorilla Glue, epoxy and saw dust for the front end to where I cut the stock.

I shaped it down significantly to where I was pleased with the look; I'm sure I can do more but I'm not the best woodworker. I just need to get sand down all the pieces of the stock and dip it in some boiled linseed oil. Hopefully I'll be able to get a consistent overall color afterwards.

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Now I can put away the original stocks and I can shoot the rifle without worries of damaging them. It was definitely a fun project and a change from working on modern firearms.
 
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Prepped and applied the first coating of boiled linseed oil. The forend for some reason is darker than the rest. I'm not sure if its different wood than the handguard or butt stock.

I sponged them all down with stain remover and gave them a light sanding with 600 grit sand paper for prep.

I plan on giving them a total of 3 coats, 15 minutes to set, wiping off the excess and letting them sit overnight; rinse and repeat.

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Coming into this thread late ..... BRAVO!


I love mil-surps and have wanted a Enfield rifle for sometime now. I've been eyeing them down recently.
Now, thanks to your thread, I want a jungle carbine too.
Thank you for adding another rifle to my wish list, and spending my future monies. ;)
 
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96coal449 said:
Coming into this thread late ..... BRAVO!


I love mil-surps and have wanted a Enfield rifle for sometime now. I've been eyeing them down recently.
Now, thanks to your thread, I want a jungle carbine too.
Thank you for adding another rifle to my wish list, and spending my future monies. ;)
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You can find a mil-surp for a pretty reasonable price. I got mine with matching numbers with some damage to the original forend for $400.

This is why I ended up putting an entirely different stock set on it. Now I can enjoy it and shoot it without worrying about damaging the factory stock further and keeping the resell value later on if I decide to part with it.
 
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About 48 years ago I went into an out of the way shop where the owner sold about anything he could get his hands on to sell.
He had 3, 303 British Enfields in the corner and wanted $30 for all three. One was an original rifle the other two were carbines that someone had done home work on the stocks. I only wanted the one but he wanted to sell all together. I bought all three and sold the carbines for $10 apiece.
Prices sure have gone up!
 
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BDinPutnam said:
I'm not a huge milsurp guy (mostly just because of budget) but the jungle carbine, along with a Springfield and a Garand, is definitely on the wish list.

Cool piece, thanks for sharing.
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I'm looking to add a Garand, Karabiner 98K, Mosin Nagant 91/30 or Finnish M39 and MAS-36 to my WWII collection.
 
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I think I am going to resand the handguard and butt stock again to get the boiled linseed off and stain it. I think dark walnut stain will match the forend. After that I will reapply the boiled linseed oil to seal it.

It looks doofy with the forend being dark walnut and the rest of it being standard walnut color. I'm definitely going to be using water based stain so it doesn't have that sheen finish to it.

After this is done I think I will be picking up Kev74's MAS 36 and modifying a handguard for it (using an original) and fit it on it to remove/minimize the sporterized appearance. I only wish it still had the bayonet and tube, although I am not sure if that is legal or not.

I hate it when people "bubba" nice WWI/WWII era rifles; not knocking Kev74 of course.
 
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A chemical stripper (Citristrip) followed by bleaching the wood might help even out the color without having to sand off too much wood.

Don't wait too long on that MAS. Someone might buy it out from under you!:eek:
 
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