You can read a little article about it
here. Look for the article "Saving a Burnt Out Jungle Carbine".
It started life as an already sporterized #5 Mk1. It had been polished and blued (they did a nice job!) the barrel had been cut and the flash hider had been removed. It was already in a Ram Line stock and had a Bsquare scope mount and a cheap POS 4X20 Chinese scope. The barrel looked like a sewer pipe.
I have had visions of this rifle since I first bought my original Jungle Carbine from Springfield Sporters in about 1989 or 1990. I had been reading a lot of Cooper's writings on scout rifles and thought that the Enfield would be perfect for the job. I even made a drawing of the rifle I had envisioned! Originally I wanted a thumbhole sporter stock, just like one I had seen in a Crocodile Dundee movie, but I could never find one. (still can't!!) Anyway, I digress.......
I found this rifle sitting in a rack and I had to have it. I bought a new rear sight and a "new" 2 groove barrel from Springfield Sporters. (the barrel was all of $20! I should have bought 3.) I was a little hesitant about going with the 2 groove but it was all I could find and the price was right. After an almost year long nightmare with a local gunsmith I finally got in contact with Bo Wallace, the gunsmith for Ashley Outdoors. I told him what I had and what I wanted. He agreed to do the work and I was in business.
He installed the barrel and cut and crowned it at 19". He installed one of their scout mounts and a new front sight. I added a Leupold scout scope in Warne QD rings, a Galco Ching sling and a Galco 5 round butt cuff. (pictured with an Eagle butt pack above)
The rifle shot well but copper fouled very badly. I fire lapped it with a Wheeler kit and that helped considerably. The trigger is decent but still a little heavy for my tastes.
With Greek surplus ammo this little rifle usually shoots under an inch. I don't think I've shot anything that has gone over 1.5" at 100 yds.. It's a very accurate little carbine and is great on deer!
The 5 round mag pictured above is a Santa Fe after market magazine. I saw it in another sporterized Enfield at a gun show last year. I bought the whole thing for $90, kept the mag and resold the rifle with one of my spare 10 rounders to a friend of mine. I wouldn't know where to get more.
I love this rifle and there's not much I would change about it. A better trigger would be nice. It will get a new, better camo job at some point. That's about it.
I thought about doing one on an Ishapore so that I could have it in 308 but I wasn't willing to give up those great iron sights. I don't figure I'll be heading into battle any time soon so ammo availability wasn't an issue. Synthetic stocks and Ashley scout mounts are available for the Ishapores. I think Williams might be making a peep sight also. I think you could do this to an Ishapore without any trouble. Actually, a friend of mine ordered a Gibbs extreme Quest II and plans on setting it up like mine. I'm anxious to see how it turns out.
) And 70 bucks ain't that much if it works. Still looking for a B-square to compare. All of my others were B-squares and they worked well.
