Jungle carbine prices

[p246]

I've seen average RIC's priced from $800 to $1,200 and nicer ones priced "never to sell".




What is a Lithgow MkIV carbine?

My understanding is its a No 4 lithgow rifle cut down and made into a jungle gun. I assuming he meant No 4 instead of mark 4....made that same kind of mistake recently:-)

[JB White]

But Lithgow never made a No4 rifle

[p246]

Ah yes your right on that. What I get for ass u Ming.

[Johan412th]

Sorry it was a lithgow no.5 Jungle Carbine from what I could tell.

[JB White]

Sorry it was a lithgow no.5 Jungle Carbine from what I could tell.

Lithgow produced an extremely limited number of prototype carbines labeled as a No6 in different variations. They weren't general issue and are very rare. Not anything you would ever find at Cabela's or any other store. I doubt you would ever see one for sale in the USA outside a private auction.

There are SMLE's which have been cut down and modified into carbines for the commercial market though. If the ones you saw were marked Lithgow then it's 99.9% certain it was one of those. There are also cut and modified 2A1's which are being sold as Australian carbines. Australian they are not! Lately that same outfit has been chopping, bobbing, refinishing, and using cheap repro No5-type flash hiders on other types of surplus arms. Those you might find on a gun shop rack today.

The No5 has a ceratin cool factor about it and there are probably as many fakes as there are original No5's out there. So, be very careful and don't let them fool you with sales hype.

[Johan412th]

Thanks JB. It was In really pristine shape.. That threw me off.

[Guamsst]

I bought a Santa Fe "No5" in Tulsa. I was surprised. A.)It was almost correct. B.) they used some original No5 parts. C.) it had the correct rear sight!

I knew better and it was clearly marked Santa Fe and No4 on the receiver flat. Only thing "wrong" from a couple of feet away was the mag had been cut down.

The other fantasy carbines (No1Mk3 fakes) are often priced higher than real No5 carbines. I guess the cool factor is good at parting fools from their money.

[p246]

Since I've been bitten by the enfield bug I'm finding the number of fakes higher than I thought they'd be... old man has had this one over 30 years he believes....were they faking them that long ago to.

[JB White]

They were making boatloads of WW2 surplus marketable in the 1950's. It was Golden State Arms who coined the terms Jungle Rifle and Jungle Carbine for their No5 look-alikes.

[p246]

Well my No 5 mark 1( M47C) is sitting in the gun room. Brought a No 4 mark 1 home with it. I'll try and post pics tomorrow night.He also has the bayonet for the number 5...Told him I'd be back for that tonight.