Number 5 Mark 1 Enfield

[Littlejohn]

Just picked this up a couple of weeks ago. Been wanting one for years. Royal Ordnance Factory, Fazakerley. Built 5/46. Formerly property of Federal Malayan Police.

[reincarnated]

Looks like fun. Mine did not survive my Krag & single shot mania. I have since read that the receivers were modified from the later No. 4 receivers. Apparently modifications were more extensive than just a new barrel & all new wood. Do you have a No. 4 for comparison?

[Littlejohn]

Looks like fun. Mine did not survive my Krag & single shot mania. I have since read that the receivers were modified from the later No. 4 receivers. Apparently modifications were more extensive than just a new barrel & all new wood. Do you have a No. 4 for comparison?

Yes, I do have a No. 4 MK1*. Made in 1942, in Canada, at Long Branch Arsenal.



This is a good comparison photo of the No.4 and No.5

[reincarnated]

Any changes under the wood? I read that the problem with No.5s inability to hold a zero was finally attributed to lightening cuts made on the receiver when changing the No.4 to No.5. Just wondered what said cuts looked like. Would the receiver be less rigid?

[reincarnated]

I just looked at the photo of the barrel at the breech in the No.5 comparison. Those longitudinal cuts over the chamber ought to be enough to explain the wandering zero. Why would you expect the rifle to be accurate when you do that to it?