picked up an Enfield 2A "Carbine"

[crowtalks]

I found a good deal on an Indian Enfield that had been converted to a jungle carbine. The gun was made in 1966 and the guy that sold it to me thought it was an arsenal conversion, though I thought that the importers were primarily the source of the conversions.

The biggest difference I see between this one and the No5 is the short sightline because the rear sight is forward of the receiver instead of being mounted on the receiver like the N05 carbine.

I have had an Eddystone, as well as a couple of No 5 carbines in the past and always loved the looks of them but I wasn't a huge fan of the 303 cartridge.

I decided to grab this one because it was chambered in 7.62 Nato, since I have heaps of the ammo, factory and reloads, and plan on running some mild to mid pressure loads through it.

Some purists pan these weapons as fakes (which I guess they technically are) but I like the looks of them, and it makes a fun plinker.

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[NIGHTLORD40K]

I like it!
Let us know how she shoots!

 

[Risky buisness]

Sounds like a fun rifle.
Dont feel bad about the " fake " comments.
A frind of mine dropped off an enfield #1 mk 3 that had been wacked by someone into some frankenweenie ' jungle carbine'. The rear sight that was screwed into the charger bridge had finally broken off when the bolt would smack into it and needed some repair. It's for sure a fake.

 

[Robert]

I had one. Had. I'm not demanding about accuracy when it comes to milsurps, but it needs to hit somewhere near where I was aiming. Mine measured in the 10+ moa range and was not consistent at all. My FAL with the same ammo held 2-3 moa all day long.

They are interesting little rifles and I hope your experience is better than mine.

 

[hooisershooter]

Congratulations on your purchase. I had one 10-12 years ago. It shot pretty good considering a very short sight radius and my bad eyes. Wish I had kept it. They are selling really well on GB. Enjoy yours.

 

[crowtalks]

Thanks for the reply, Risky Business

Oh, I expect fake comments, because the importers used good marketing to make it look more attractive to buyers in the US market by making it look like the popular Jungle Carbine.

IMO, the labeling of 2A jungle carbines is more ethical than creating the tag of No7 Jungle Carbines (which I have seen), because the rifles are clearly marked as 2A or 2A1 and not No7...either way, it similar to sporterizing them...making them more attractive to folks in the US...

 

[crowtalks]

I had one. Had. I'm not demanding about accuracy when it comes to milsurps, but it needs to hit somewhere near where I was aiming. Mine measured in the 10+ moa range and was not consistent at all. My FAL with the same ammo held 2-3 moa all day long.

They are interesting little rifles and I hope your experience is better than mine.

That was pretty crummy MOA and I would hope for a somewhat better MOA from mine, bu if not? Oh well. I have a few accurate 308s so this was bought as an oddity.

I have a Greener Cadet chambered in 32-20 with maybe 20% rifling left that keyholes rounds...but I still love it.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[Risky buisness]

Thanks for the reply, Risky Business

Oh, I expect fake comments, because the importers used good marketing to make it look more attractive to buyers in the US market by making it look like the popular Jungle Carbine.

IMO, the labeling of 2A jungle carbines is more ethical than creating the tag of No7 Jungle Carbines (which I have seen), because the rifles are clearly marked as 2A or 2A1 and not No7...either way, it similar to sporterizing them...making them more attractive to folks in the US...

I can put up with a little foolishness with importers doing some things, but sure dont desire to be taken advantage of by an unscrupulous buisness practice, my friends #1 mk3 was actually stamped on the bbl " jungle carbine " . Folks that dont know any better can really get jammed up if their not paying attention.

 

[trackskippy]

I had one when they first started coming in as well. About the only thing good about mine was the accuracy. It shot great. But it had headspace issues, and feeding and ejecting were an issue as well.

At the time, I couldnt find any bolt heads to try and deal with the headspace, and that alone basically killed it for me. I was getting case head failures after the first reload.

I did replace the magazine ($40), which was a big part of the feeding issue, but it only helped a little bit. I think a lot of the issue was a gun designed to use rimmed cartridges trying to deal with rimless.

Hopefully, you have better luck.

 

[crowtalks]

I had one when they first started coming in as well. About the only thing good about mine was the accuracy. It shot great. But it had headspace issues, and feeding and ejecting were an issue as well.

At the time, I couldnt find any bolt heads to try and deal with the headspace, and that alone basically killed it for me. I was getting case head failures after the first reload.

I did replace the magazine ($40), which was a big part of the feeding issue, but it only helped a little bit. I think a lot of the issue was a gun designed to use rimmed cartridges trying to deal with rimless.

Hopefully, you have better luck.

Thanks for the tip!