My little brother really like the looks of that rifle and my dad bought it for him at the Old Great Western Gunshow in Pomona Ca (LA County Fairgrounds) back in the mid 80s. Pop put a Pachmyr slip on recoil pad on it and off my little brother went (I think he was 14). Little Bro still has it. It now resides in Avondale Az. That same gunshow, my Pop bought me a 30-40 Krag rifle (1896 Carbine) .. It's actually my favorite bolt gun... Love it, still shoot it. My dad's exact words when I chose it, he said it looked "cherry." Such a old school word haha.
Fantastic! My dad carried one in Burma 1944-45 and I did in the cadets in the 70's. To a scrawny teenager, it kicked like a goat, but it had the COOL factor 😜 Thanks Hickock 👏👏
My dad picked up one of these from a Federals Department store in the Detroit area in early 60's. I think for around$ 25.00. I still have it. Nice rifle.
I remember when the big box department stores were selling these for $25 "brand new" still in cosmoline with about six in each factory case. It was around 1974 give or take.
You're spot on with the history Greg, that one, made in 1946, was most probably stored in the armory and hardly ever used, if at all. The Commonwealth forces in the mid 50's were changing over to the L1A1 SLR, aka the FN FAL and if it wasn't used during the Malayan emergency then there is every likely-hood it was never even fired. It certainly looks brand spanking new.
As a kid in the mid 60's, I remember Creekside Gunshop in upstate NY had a rack full of No 5's. They were $29! SMLE's were $18. Mauser about $25. Those were the days! And, surplus ammo was $5/100 or less.
Kia Ora From NZ Mr Hicock. You have a mighty fine #5 there. Theres more than a few of them around these parts. I've had 2 1st one was much like yours ( a minta) Cost 25$ at Valentine's army surplus store. Sold it & bought a BSA .270 I was mad on hunting deer those days. Silly lad I was. But have another ex war gun now, & like you I noticed that it was a LOT smother action. I think you are bang on the money. Unissued. Mine had no British stamps. & one thing for sure if you serve with the comonwealth your rifle will have more stamps than a dog has fleas. Broad arrows everywhere etc. Yes again electric penciled is correct. & I couldn't see all the writing. But I saw briefly saw 47 that's the year of manufacture & month is before that. Good for you Mr Hicock , you have a fine arm there. & if anyone says that # 5 s arnt accurate ( well check your video) Theres the proof of the pudding. Enfields are generally not target rifles.& there purpose. Well let's not go there. They were pretty good at that. Great presentation, I always get a kick out of your videos. Go well & have a great day. As you say life is good. The alternative really ain't flash. Ma te wa ,Nga mini ( all the best , have a great day) Kind regards Chris
I remember going to Woolworth's with my brother in the 60's n' down in the basement in their tiny sporting goods area they had 2 wood barrels. In one were Enfield's for $25 and in the other were the much more pricey M-1's... $50. My frugal brother bought an Enfield for deer hunting. Great video as always Mister ! Thanks for the memories !!! :-)
My dad gave me a No5 when I was a teen back in the 60s. Like yours it was unissued. I loved that rifle, but like an idiot I sold it a few years later. I still miss it and maybe some day I'll bite the bullet and buy another. Thanks for the memories.
I bought a Jungle carbine in 1963 from a gun dealer in Leicester It was new and still in it’s wax paper covering i remember it cost the grand sum of £12 50 It was cheap to shoot as 303 ex army ammo was readily available It did have sum kick!!
That's a real prize. Years ago, I had a late production, standard configuration, Lee-Enfield in similar condition that I sold at a gun show about ten years ago. It looked like it was made then put directly into storage, like yours. But I'd really treasure that Jungle Carbine.
Afternoon, mine has the same blood, fore piece metal cap is missing and half the stock has a distinct darker tone signifying humidly damage. Still shoots beautiful up to 300 yards. I’d rather have one that got its hands dirty than one that stayed in an armory.
Reminds me of the No5 Mk1 that my dad gave me when I was a teenager - back in the 60s. It was unissued. I shot it quite a bit, but foolishly sold it a few years later. I've regretted it ever since, and would love to replace it with a clean one like yours one day. Milspec .303 is no slouch, it packs a helluva punch, especially when shooting it out of that short barreled Jungle Carbine.
I’m sure it is more accurate than me, the shooter, with iron sights. Never really analyzed it. Healthy kick for sure but I also have a 50 year old butt pad on it!
The Big Lebowski would be jealous the way you're taking those bowling pins out...lol...as a collector and shooter of military rifles I have the Enfield Mark 4 number 2... got it back in the day when we used to set up tables at the Great Western in Pomona which they no longer have the Great Western gun shows in the Republic of communist California....
Returned to California four years ago and have been saddened as one gun show after another is forced to close down due to small, vocal anti-gun minority groups harassing weak-kneed local politicians to shut these events down. Same goes for a shooting range that used to be on the East Bay Regional Park at Chabot because the park district would not renew their lease.
I've got a No. 5 on my wall. Was my dads, who got it from his dad. Recently retired her from all but the most rare range days. LOVE it!! It's the only cart I don't reload...maybe I should start.
I have a very similar Enfield in .303. Been sporterized, and the receiver's been drilled way too many times for different scope mounts, and the rear iron has been removed or ground off, but it was the first gun i bought and seeing this carbine makes me want to get another one in better condition. Bought the other one mainly to be a deer rifle up north so it didn't matter if it got bumped around, but man i wish my gun looked like your Enfield Hickok.
Handload .32 cal bullets if you can. Or if you can get .312 - .314 hunting bullets the barrel is worn out from corrosive ammo. Anyway that might fix your keyhole issue if there is enough groove left in even the last 4 inches or so can stabilize the bullet...
Great Video! Beautiful carbine but definitely been refinished , Metal and wood. Originally would have a black paint finish, done with something called Suncorite. I’ve heard people say it was painted over a parked finish but I have not seen that...just painted. I think years ago lots got redone by importers like this one. I’ve have had a few over the years , they are neato rifles. I still have one I bought years ago at an old farm auction for $40 and came with about 300 rounds of .303 on stripper clips. One thing these things do give you a pretty good kick, the little rubber pad will be hard as a rock now and I think makes them kick more then the standard Enfield butt plate.
That is the most beautiful Lee Enfield that I have ever seen. I had an old Mk 1 No 4 when I was in high school back in the late 70s which had seen a lot of use way before then. I put a B=Square peep sight on it to have adjustable sights, and it was (then I thought) an ugly but sufficient rifle. Sold it a few years later. It's a good thing I did not have near mint rifle like that one of I would have sold t too and been beating my head against a brick wall now for having done so.
get another one or 3 now while they are still relative affordable....id grab a garand or 2 and some k98s as well before the prices really start getting insane everywhere....shit i saw a guy at a gun show who wanted $6000 for a war time K98 service rifle...and the for the K98 sniper he had sitting next to it he was asking close to $10,000...and the garands aren't far off from that...but the enfields are still at least around $1000, but they are starting to go up too
My second favorite Carbine, the M1 being my favorite. I think I like the Enfield best of the WW2 Bolt actions. The Mosin Garbage rod the least. Not that my opinion matters. Great vid Sir!
James H I love all my milsurps, my M1 Garand the most. But I will say both my Mosins have gone bang every time I pulled the trigger, but my M1 has not lol. Mosins are rough and certainly not fast, but they’ll never really have the issues of an automatic.
Thanks Hickock45! you have inspired my interest in milsurp rifles and saa revolvers! picked up a no5mk1 about a year ago love this rifle! so handy love the carbine length
I inherited one of those. Never knew anything about them at the time. Got a boatload of ammo with it, good ol' military ball. When I heard about the "wandering zero" I was surprised, mine has always maintained zero and accuracy. Good enough for hundred yard shots at little ground squirrels all day long. That model carbine was never used in the "jungle" as it was a late issue model and political/military powers were wanting to switch to a more modern rebated rim cartridge more suitable for modern machinegunnery, so the wandering zero claim was convenient, be it true or not. All the ammo I had was Berdan primed and corrosive powder and needed lots of TLC after shooting. Bore erosion due to the powder would contribute to keyholing, zero issues if not addressed. The .303 was also used in the Hawker Hurricane as it's main guns. Not very effective at long range, but would shred an opponent at closer range with it's rate of fire/number of guns.
Paratrooper is the correct or original designation as they were issued to pilots as well as jumpers as a shorter handier lighter gun... post war they were issued to units in Jungle type areas hence the name change... but really a #5 Mk1 Paratrooper... fun to shoot I load 85 grain hollowpoint .312 Hornadys and they vaporize a 2 liter no recoil etc...yes unissued have one same and know of others in same condition. One more thing the buttpad is not for recoil rather it is there to prevent the buttstock cracking from a hard landing the gun dangles below the paratrooper and hits the ground butt first..
I've had one for 35 years, it's deadly accurate. Love shooting it. Would shoo it more but the price of ammo is too expensive. Last box I bought was $40, I'm ready to start reloading.
I know I cant speak for everybody, but one of these days would love to come and be able to shoot with you in person. You make it so much fun to watch I can only imagine how much fun it'd be in person
beautiful gun - I got my No. 1 Mark 3 in 1958 for $13 from Sears Roebuck (mail order straight to my home) - the FBI & ATF didn't get involved with it either - I took it to high school with me to 'restore' it in shop class - try that today and see what happens
i have a unissued no 4 mark 2 ! the gun only had 500 rounds when i bought it ! prestain condition and still new amazing rifles with very rapid bolt action
"Just try" talking about buying a gun let alone take it to school to restore it would at the very least get you sent to the school counselor but more likely the principle would suspend you and call the cops to escort you off of school grounds and the suspension would last until you see a psychiatrist of the schools choosing and he/she has prescribed you some mind numbing drugs to better controls you.
I love that rifle! I almost bought one at a pawn shop in 1997-1998 can’t remember exactly. But went home to research on my computer (dial-up internet!) and it was gone when I went back. Huge regret! Bought a MkIII and it only made me regret missing out even more because I love it! Glad to see one in the hands of someone who shoots!!
Another great video. I missed out on a couple of these a few years back. The shop where they were for sale on consignment ended up closed down because of divorce situation. Keep up the great job you do.
I wish I had gotten one over 20 years ago when Boscov’s department store in Wilkes-Barre, PA offered them. (They stopped selling firearms around 2000).
I was lucky enough to shoot a SMLE MK.4 in the army cadets in the 1980's - only 15 at the time so the 7.62 ( which a lot were re-chambered for ) was quite a kick. Shame the gun laws in the UK are so strict now :(
If you ever get the chance I’d like to see you shoot the L42 7.62 Lee Enfield, the last version of the Lee Enfield to see service in the British Armed forces. It was a sniper rifle used from the 1970’s until early 1990’s. A version was made for Police marksmen called The Enforcer.
@@davidwaller2179 If I was into travelling a long way to punch paper then I would, but I'd rather shoot in the field, although my FEO has ruled that out.
I have a couple of Enfields, a .303 and a 7.62. the beautiful black enamel? or Lacquer finish of the steel is what make them so special. Mine don't work much better than yours, I guess it's just the way they came. I polished the 303 and it's better, but no piece of art. Thanks for the vid.
hi hickok45 hope you and your family are keeping safe I have a jungle carbine no5 a 1945 shoots great at 300 yards will get it out when the lockdown is finish here in the uk
I had one way back in the day, that 303 was a tack driver, mine was a #4, only complaint was it's tough on brass since the locking lugs were on the rear of the bolt, after the third loading that brass was done.
I love my no5. Probably one of my favourite rifles in my cabinet. I actually prefer the Lee Enfield action over the Mauser action, it's just so much smoother and faster. But this could also be the Canadian in me!
@ Christian, the Lee-Enfield compiled a truly epic record as a service rifle, over 100-years before being declared obsolete. Impressive, especially the fact that the Canadian rangers just retired their .303 rifles only a year or two ago in favor of modern Tikka .308 rifles. There are still plenty of them taking game north of the border with the U.S. As an American, I would like to own a Mk. V Jungle Carbine, but I still haven't gotten used to cock-on-closing, which is the LE system. I'll just have to work on it, I guess, and in the meantime, enjoy your vintage rifle....
A beautiful rifle Hickok, and great shooting as well, I enjoyed this review on this MK 1 Jungle Carbine, I wasn't to familiar with it, appreciate u bringing out and shooting this for us. Your land in Tennessee is beautiful. Take care Hickok, and thanks.
This was my first center fire rifle in 1961 when I was in the 8th grade. i mail ordered it for $19.95. The recoil was unpleasant with 215-grain bullets and the flash arrester probably increased gas recoil.
I picked up one about 10 years ago with the original bayonet. Then I found 500 rounds of original ammo made in 1945. Out of the 300 rounds of that I only had 2 that didn't fire. They fired when I recycled them.
You are so lucky that you have all that ammo and weapons at times like this. Things are getting out of control here in Los Angeles and no one's reporting it as far as I know, and times like this I could sure use a weapon.
I bet the recoil pad is very hard rubber. It was not that way when made but over the years the rubber hardened. Kicks worse than a No. 4! Still, a mighty handy little cannon. But it was made by the time the M1 Carbine was out... and I'd take the M1 Carbine in battle over the No. 5.
I just had a flashback to a clip of the British tv show It ain't half hot mum. Set at a Royal Artillery depot in India in 1945, near the end of ww2. Several times in the show the cast are seen marching with no.5 and No.4 mk 1 lee Enfield rifles.
@@hickok45 I will hunt these down thank you. I never shot a real one but being an old as heck gamer I did in Call of Duty and want to see the real deal. Thank you very much. Peace to All!
Love the Lee Enfield s. I have a lithgow. It's my favorite gun. It kicks harder then the Mauser and kills anything. I'd take a Lee Enfield over a Mauser any day
At the risk of getting flamed the Lee-Enfield is a fine rifle, but there is a reason almost no commercial maker of bolt-action rifles makes them using the Lee-Enfield action and receiver system. The L-E design, which is incontestably the fastest bolt-throw of any military turn-bolt, surrenders strength and rigidity in order to shorter the arc through which the bolt must move. This is done by using two locking lugs instead of threw as in the Mauser, and moving them to the rear. The practical significant of this is that while the L-E action is fast, it is not especially strong, nor is it rigid. Because of this, the power of the .303 cartridge is about all the action can handle safely. Marginally more, depending on the steel used and the ammo chosen - but it isn't going to match the .308 Winchester, let alone something like the 7.62x54 R or 30-06 or 7.92x57 in terms of power. Nor can L-E surplus actions be made into magnums the way say, something like the M1917 Enfield can be. It's an evolutionary dead-end, in point of fact, as its takes the combat bolt-action about as far as it can go. Mauser-actioned rifles are stronger, can fire more-powerful cartridges, and are just as accurate, if not more so, than the L-E design. Which is why Winchester, Remington, Sako-Tikka, Ruger, and many others use the Mauser pattern in their rifles, and not the Lee-Enfield.
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 Thank you for that information on the Lee-Enfield. You provided a lot of information that I did not take into consideration. I still stand by my decision to carry a Lee-Enfield into battle over a Mauser should a time machine transport me on the battlefield of the Second World War. ;)
@@frenchfan3368 - A time-machine, yes! That sounds fun, dare I say it? My goodness, what a lot of typos in my post! My apologies... Hey, you won't go wrong with a Lee-Enfield. They're great rifles. The Tommies say so, right? Founded in the time of Queen Victoria, retired under Margaret Thatcher... that's quite a record! Myself, I'm more of a Springfield M1903 type, but that's just me. There's something special about those old war horses, isn't there?
I’ve long felt that the Jungle Carbine was the first modern “Scout Rifle.” Okay, I know how LtCol Jeff Cooper specifically defined that concept, BUT it is a lighter, shorter, .30 caliber, bolt action, with good iron sights, a flash hider, and (if I remember correctly) a 10+1 clip-loaded capacity.
@English Sailor: I’m well aware of that, which is why I specifically indicated “clip-loaded.” Still, consistent with Cooper’s overall Scout Rifle concept, a clip can reload a semiautomatic rifle very quickly, approximately as fast as a box magazine.
Mr Hickok I absolutely love the Enfield videos! I have two #5’s that are almost sequentially numbered! Never shot the newest one, it appears to be unissued, there’s still cosmoline in places!
the wandering zero was more of a complaint by the troops to try and get the MOD to can it with the bolt actions and adopt an auto loader like everyone else...
Earlier videos with this carbine: First video: ruclips.net/video/wVO1Gp6BtJE/видео.html
Range 2 Video: ruclips.net/video/x-o-lWQ3-b4/видео.html
Good video. Good man !! Lol
what is the make of that butt pad you have on it ???
My little brother really like the looks of that rifle and my dad bought it for him at the Old Great Western Gunshow in Pomona Ca (LA County Fairgrounds) back in the mid 80s. Pop put a Pachmyr slip on recoil pad on it and off my little brother went (I think he was 14). Little Bro still has it. It now resides in Avondale Az.
That same gunshow, my Pop bought me a 30-40 Krag rifle (1896 Carbine) .. It's actually my favorite bolt gun... Love it, still shoot it. My dad's exact words when I chose it, he said it looked "cherry." Such a old school word haha.
Fantastic! My dad carried one in Burma 1944-45 and I did in the cadets in the 70's. To a scrawny teenager, it kicked like a goat, but it had the COOL factor 😜
Thanks Hickock 👏👏
My dad picked up one of these from a Federals Department store in the Detroit area in early 60's. I think for around$ 25.00. I still have it. Nice rifle.
I remember when the big box department stores were selling these for $25 "brand new" still in cosmoline with about six in each factory case. It was around 1974 give or take.
You're spot on with the history Greg, that one, made in 1946, was most probably stored in the armory and hardly ever used, if at all. The Commonwealth forces in the mid 50's were changing over to the L1A1 SLR, aka the FN FAL and if it wasn't used during the Malayan emergency then there is every likely-hood it was never even fired. It certainly looks brand spanking new.
As a kid in the mid 60's, I remember Creekside Gunshop in upstate NY had a rack full of No 5's. They were $29! SMLE's were $18. Mauser about $25. Those were the days! And, surplus ammo was $5/100 or less.
I remember those days well! I was earning about $200/month...but only during the summer.
Kia Ora From NZ Mr Hicock.
You have a mighty fine #5 there. Theres more than a few of them around these parts.
I've had 2 1st one was much like yours ( a minta)
Cost 25$ at Valentine's army surplus store.
Sold it & bought a BSA .270
I was mad on hunting deer those days.
Silly lad I was.
But have another ex war gun now, & like you I noticed that it was a LOT smother action.
I think you are bang on the money. Unissued.
Mine had no British stamps. & one thing for sure if you serve with the comonwealth your rifle will have more stamps than a dog has fleas.
Broad arrows everywhere etc.
Yes again electric penciled is correct. & I couldn't see all the writing. But I saw briefly saw 47 that's the year of manufacture & month is before that.
Good for you Mr Hicock , you have a fine arm there. & if anyone says that # 5 s arnt accurate ( well check your video)
Theres the proof of the pudding.
Enfields are generally not target rifles.& there purpose. Well let's not go there. They were pretty good at that.
Great presentation, I always get a kick out of your videos.
Go well & have a great day.
As you say life is good. The alternative really ain't flash.
Ma te wa ,Nga mini
( all the best , have a great day)
Kind regards
Chris
That was my first center fire rifle, I bought it for $ 27.50 in 1972. It came with a bread sack of ammo.
Hicock 45, you and other Americans seem to like British firearms, please keep the videos coming and stay safe.
Americans seem to like almost all firearms, to be fair.
I remember going to Woolworth's with my brother in the 60's n' down in the basement in their tiny sporting goods area they had 2 wood barrels.
In one were Enfield's for $25 and in the other were the much more pricey M-1's... $50. My frugal brother bought an Enfield for deer hunting.
Great video as always Mister ! Thanks for the memories !!! :-)
You know you stayed up too late when hickoc uploads
My dad gave me a No5 when I was a teen back in the 60s. Like yours it was unissued. I loved that rifle, but like an idiot I sold it a few years later. I still miss it and maybe some day I'll bite the bullet and buy another. Thanks for the memories.
I bought a Jungle carbine in 1963 from a gun dealer in Leicester It was new and still in it’s wax paper covering i remember it cost the grand sum of £12 50 It was cheap to shoot as 303 ex army ammo was readily available It did have sum kick!!
That's a real prize. Years ago, I had a late production, standard configuration, Lee-Enfield in similar condition that I sold at a gun show about ten years ago. It looked like it was made then put directly into storage, like yours. But I'd really treasure that Jungle Carbine.
Military rounds sure packed a punch back in the day...on both ends of the rifle!
@Leonard Carr I call him worse things than that!
I envy you your pristine No. 5. Mine came from Malaysia and it looks like they used it to beat pangolins to death for 50 years.
Bet your one was used they used it in the 50s in malaysia
Afternoon, mine has the same blood, fore piece metal cap is missing and half the stock has a distinct darker tone signifying humidly damage. Still shoots beautiful up to 300 yards. I’d rather have one that got its hands dirty than one that stayed in an armory.
That is a nice one! Sold mine in 1994. Still crying every night...
R.I.P.
Reminds me of the No5 Mk1 that my dad gave me when I was a teenager - back in the 60s. It was unissued. I shot it quite a bit, but foolishly sold it a few years later. I've regretted it ever since, and would love to replace it with a clean one like yours one day. Milspec .303 is no slouch, it packs a helluva punch, especially when shooting it out of that short barreled Jungle Carbine.
Jungle carbines look as cool today as they did when I first saw one in the 80's.
My grandfather got one in the 60s or 70s and sported it. He left it to me and it is a prize possession. Fun to shoot
How accurate is it? Also hows the kick on it im planning on getting ine
I’m sure it is more accurate than me, the shooter, with iron sights. Never really analyzed it. Healthy kick for sure but I also have a 50 year old butt pad on it!
Michael Hind Hahah hold your breath on the shots! Thanks for the info
Wow, that’s an exceedingly nice example of a Jungle Carbine you have there! Nice examples like that are getting very rare nowadays. 🇦🇺
That is probably one of the nicest specimens I have seen!! Wow!! Thanks for sharing.
I have a no.4 mk.2 made in 1955. A fantastic rifle, shoots very far and straight, love it.
I'd love to have him as my history teacher.
The Big Lebowski would be jealous the way you're taking those bowling pins out...lol...as a collector and shooter of military rifles I have the Enfield Mark 4 number 2... got it back in the day when we used to set up tables at the Great Western in Pomona which they no longer have the Great Western gun shows in the Republic of communist California....
Returned to California four years ago and have been saddened as one gun show after another is forced to close down due to small, vocal anti-gun minority groups harassing weak-kneed local politicians to shut these events down. Same goes for a shooting range that used to be on the East Bay Regional Park at Chabot because the park district would not renew their lease.
watching hickock charge that bowling pin. made me smile this morning, he really loves shooting on his range :)
I've got a No. 5 on my wall. Was my dads, who got it from his dad. Recently retired her from all but the most rare range days. LOVE it!! It's the only cart I don't reload...maybe I should start.
You should! Just remember to basically only neck size fired brass though, case stretch is real in the 303B.
You always make me chuckle when I watch your videos with your sense of humor. Great video.
Anyone who would call .303 British an underpowered round is a bloody fool.
I have a very similar Enfield in .303. Been sporterized, and the receiver's been drilled way too many times for different scope mounts, and the rear iron has been removed or ground off, but it was the first gun i bought and seeing this carbine makes me want to get another one in better condition. Bought the other one mainly to be a deer rifle up north so it didn't matter if it got bumped around, but man i wish my gun looked like your Enfield Hickok.
I inherited one of those, it keyholes ever shot but it will hit a paint pail at 75 yds. I love shooting it, very smooth action.
Handload .32 cal bullets if you can. Or if you can get .312 - .314 hunting bullets the barrel is worn out from corrosive ammo. Anyway that might fix your keyhole issue if there is enough groove left in even the last 4 inches or so can stabilize the bullet...
Had one for a while a few years back. Real deal. I shouldn't have let it go but, you know, good times, bad times.
I’m one of those that hasn’t gotten around to shooting but these videos get my confidence up. $$$
Great Video!
Beautiful carbine but definitely been refinished , Metal and wood. Originally would have a black paint finish, done with something called Suncorite. I’ve heard people say it was painted over a parked finish but I have not seen that...just painted. I think years ago lots got redone by importers like this one.
I’ve have had a few over the years , they are neato rifles. I still have one I bought years ago at an old farm auction for $40 and came with about 300 rounds of .303 on stripper clips. One thing these things do give you a pretty good kick, the little rubber pad will be hard as a rock now and I think makes them kick more then the standard Enfield butt plate.
Canadian here. I shot a lot of deer with the .303 out if that rifle. Great cartridge and a fantastic rifle.
My Country was a part British colonies and this weapons still serve us to this day,awesome weapons.
Bangla Sir!!! We still have them 303's
Sure love having a Hickok 45 video every day. Thank you so much Sir.
👍 Thumbs up to video #13 in the April series. Cool carbine. Thanks Hickok.
That is the most beautiful Lee Enfield that I have ever seen.
I had an old Mk 1 No 4 when I was in high school back in the late 70s which had seen a lot of use way before then. I put a B=Square peep sight on it to have adjustable sights, and it was (then I thought) an ugly but sufficient rifle. Sold it a few years later. It's a good thing I did not have near mint rifle like that one of I would have sold t too and been beating my head against a brick wall now for having done so.
get another one or 3 now while they are still relative affordable....id grab a garand or 2 and some k98s as well before the prices really start getting insane everywhere....shit i saw a guy at a gun show who wanted $6000 for a war time K98 service rifle...and the for the K98 sniper he had sitting next to it he was asking close to $10,000...and the garands aren't far off from that...but the enfields are still at least around $1000, but they are starting to go up too
Looks like this rifle is where Cooper got his idea for his Scout rifle concept.
1918 Lee Enfield SMLE MK 3
Is my choice. 303 British
Love It
My second favorite Carbine, the M1 being my favorite. I think I like the Enfield best of the WW2 Bolt actions. The Mosin Garbage rod the least. Not that my opinion matters. Great vid Sir!
Well personally the worse was the 6.5mm Carcano. I'll take a Mosin over the Carcano any day.
Have not tried that yet. Just got one in bad shape. So I will find out soon.
James H I love all my milsurps, my M1 Garand the most. But I will say both my Mosins have gone bang every time I pulled the trigger, but my M1 has not lol. Mosins are rough and certainly not fast, but they’ll never really have the issues of an automatic.
Thanks Hickock45! you have inspired my interest in milsurp rifles and saa revolvers! picked up a no5mk1 about a year ago love this rifle! so handy love the carbine length
I inherited one of those. Never knew anything about them at the time. Got a boatload of ammo with it, good ol' military ball. When I heard about the "wandering zero" I was surprised, mine has always maintained zero and accuracy. Good enough for hundred yard shots at little ground squirrels all day long. That model carbine was never used in the "jungle" as it was a late issue model and political/military powers were wanting to switch to a more modern rebated rim cartridge more suitable for modern machinegunnery, so the wandering zero claim was convenient, be it true or not. All the ammo I had was Berdan primed and corrosive powder and needed lots of TLC after shooting. Bore erosion due to the powder would contribute to keyholing, zero issues if not addressed. The .303 was also used in the Hawker Hurricane as it's main guns. Not very effective at long range, but would shred an opponent at closer range with it's rate of fire/number of guns.
murphymb Can’t imagine there would be much left of a squirrel after hitting it with one of those.
Wow that thing looks brand new! Beautiful.
Paratrooper is the correct or original designation as they were issued to pilots as well as jumpers as a shorter handier lighter gun... post war they were issued to units in Jungle type areas hence the name change... but really a #5 Mk1 Paratrooper... fun to shoot I load 85 grain hollowpoint .312 Hornadys and they vaporize a 2 liter no recoil etc...yes unissued have one same and know of others in same condition. One more thing the buttpad is not for recoil rather it is there to prevent the buttstock cracking from a hard landing the gun dangles below the paratrooper and hits the ground butt first..
I owned one back in the 80s. Took it with me on several hunting trips and never had any complaints. It did its job well in the field.
I've had one for 35 years, it's deadly accurate. Love shooting it. Would shoo it more but the price of ammo is too expensive. Last box I bought was $40, I'm ready to start reloading.
That is a beauty! I have always wanted a No 5. As an English man, I would love to get my countries key rifle.
S Desmier are you in the U.K.? You can get one. Join a club, apply for a section 1 firearms license and look out for the rifle 👍
@@jasonrobinson2551 No, I live in the US now. Most of the ones here are in terrible shape and hard to find.
Thank God for our daily dose of Hickok45!!! Keeping us all sane while we're in isolation!
Appreciate y’all from Texas ^^
Hey, Texas. Glad you made it again. Greets from the Netherlands, T.
I know I cant speak for everybody, but one of these days would love to come and be able to shoot with you in person. You make it so much fun to watch I can only imagine how much fun it'd be in person
I have a couple of No4 Lee Enfield’s and they’re honestly my favourite of the milsurp rifles I own. Just something about them.
beautiful gun - I got my No. 1 Mark 3 in 1958 for $13 from Sears Roebuck (mail order straight to my home) - the FBI & ATF didn't get involved with it either - I took it to high school with me to 'restore' it in shop class - try that today and see what happens
i have a unissued no 4 mark 2 ! the gun only had 500 rounds when i bought it ! prestain condition and still new
amazing rifles with very rapid bolt action
"Just try" talking about buying a gun let alone take it to school to restore it would at the very least get you sent to the school counselor but more likely the principle would suspend you and call the cops to escort you off of school grounds and the suspension would last until you see a psychiatrist of the schools choosing and he/she has prescribed you some mind numbing drugs to better controls you.
I love that rifle! I almost bought one at a pawn shop in 1997-1998 can’t remember exactly. But went home to research on my computer (dial-up internet!) and it was gone when I went back. Huge regret! Bought a MkIII and it only made me regret missing out even more because I love it! Glad to see one in the hands of someone who shoots!!
The Americans made a target rifle, the Germans a hunting rifle, the British a battle rifle.
Another great video. I missed out on a couple of these a few years back. The shop where they were for sale on consignment ended up closed down because of divorce situation. Keep up the great job you do.
I wish I had gotten one over 20 years ago when Boscov’s department store in Wilkes-Barre, PA offered them. (They stopped selling firearms around 2000).
Beautiful rifle, love the vintage wooden hand guard/heat sheild rifles.
I was lucky enough to shoot a SMLE MK.4 in the army cadets in the 1980's - only 15 at the time so the 7.62 ( which a lot were re-chambered for ) was quite a kick. Shame the gun laws in the UK are so strict now :(
I had the privlidge of shooting one of these not too long ago. It kicked pretty bad even with the slip on recoil pad. It was quite accurate.
Hi Hiclok. What a hell of a gun. I have this gun which I purchased from Army surplus/obsolete stock. Too accurate and very powerful.
How can a gun be 'too acurate'?
If you ever get the chance I’d like to see you shoot the L42 7.62 Lee Enfield, the last version of the Lee Enfield to see service in the British Armed forces. It was a sniper rifle used from the 1970’s until early 1990’s.
A version was made for Police marksmen called The Enforcer.
very beautiful sound of the shooting bang, very cool
I love the old .303's. It's such a shame it's so hard to own one in the UK.
It's not that hard. Just join a club.
@@davidwaller2179 If I was into travelling a long way to punch paper then I would, but I'd rather shoot in the field, although my FEO has ruled that out.
Many clubs the further away you live will offer cheaper memberships, to make it worth it. Worth looking into joining a club further away.
Thats really a very nice carbine in its condition hard to beat the beauty of it .
I have a couple of Enfields, a .303 and a 7.62. the beautiful black enamel? or Lacquer finish of the steel is what make them so special. Mine don't work much better than yours, I guess it's just the way they came. I polished the 303 and it's better, but no piece of art. Thanks for the vid.
hi hickok45 hope you and your family are keeping safe I have a jungle carbine no5 a 1945 shoots great at 300 yards will get it out when the lockdown is finish here in the uk
I had one way back in the day, that 303 was a tack driver, mine was a #4, only complaint was it's tough on brass since the locking lugs were on the rear of the bolt, after the third loading that brass was done.
I love my no5. Probably one of my favourite rifles in my cabinet. I actually prefer the Lee Enfield action over the Mauser action, it's just so much smoother and faster. But this could also be the Canadian in me!
@ Christian, the Lee-Enfield compiled a truly epic record as a service rifle, over 100-years before being declared obsolete. Impressive, especially the fact that the Canadian rangers just retired their .303 rifles only a year or two ago in favor of modern Tikka .308 rifles. There are still plenty of them taking game north of the border with the U.S. As an American, I would like to own a Mk. V Jungle Carbine, but I still haven't gotten used to cock-on-closing, which is the LE system. I'll just have to work on it, I guess, and in the meantime, enjoy your vintage rifle....
A man of my own heart. The No 5 is my favorite over the Mauser also but this could be the Australian in me. Cheers
A beautiful rifle Hickok, and great shooting as well, I enjoyed this review on this MK 1 Jungle Carbine, I wasn't to familiar with it, appreciate u bringing out and shooting this for us. Your land in Tennessee is beautiful. Take care Hickok, and thanks.
This was my first center fire rifle in 1961 when I was in the 8th grade. i mail ordered it for $19.95. The recoil was unpleasant with 215-grain bullets and the flash arrester probably increased gas recoil.
I have one of 1946, in Normandy. I bought it 750€. It is a very good weapon, a kind of scout rifle concept.
Absolutely love world war firearms. Beautiful piece. 👍👍
I finally got my grandpas B.A.R hunter sportsman edition 30-06 Simi fire 5 round internal magazine plus 1 in the chamber nice gun
I picked up one about 10 years ago with the original bayonet. Then I found 500 rounds of original ammo made in 1945. Out of the 300 rounds of that I only had 2 that didn't fire. They fired when I recycled them.
Awesome Enfield No.5 carbine , Hickok45 !!!!!!!!!!
The gong always answers
You are so lucky that you have all that ammo and weapons at times like this. Things are getting out of control here in Los Angeles and no one's reporting it as far as I know, and times like this I could sure use a weapon.
I think a gun is mandatory for LA. Stupid gun laws tho
Steer clear of the Boogaloo Kungflu ! It's no small joke.. Stay safe everyone!
I bet the recoil pad is very hard rubber. It was not that way when made but over the years the rubber hardened. Kicks worse than a No. 4! Still, a mighty handy little cannon. But it was made by the time the M1 Carbine was out... and I'd take the M1 Carbine in battle over the No. 5.
I just had a flashback to a clip of the British tv show It ain't half hot mum. Set at a Royal Artillery depot in India in 1945, near the end of ww2. Several times in the show the cast are seen marching with no.5 and No.4 mk 1 lee Enfield rifles.
Funny show!
Great video the Enfield company has a lot of history. If you have any others please bring them out in a video. Peace To All!
Several. We have videos on all of them.
@@hickok45 I will hunt these down thank you. I never shot a real one but being an old as heck gamer I did in Call of Duty and want to see the real deal. Thank you very much. Peace to All!
Love the Lee Enfield s. I have a lithgow. It's my favorite gun. It kicks harder then the Mauser and kills anything. I'd take a Lee Enfield over a Mauser any day
aviationbuff You an Aussie too?
The Lee-Enfield hold ten rounds to the Mauser's five. Enough said!
At the risk of getting flamed the Lee-Enfield is a fine rifle, but there is a reason almost no commercial maker of bolt-action rifles makes them using the Lee-Enfield action and receiver system. The L-E design, which is incontestably the fastest bolt-throw of any military turn-bolt, surrenders strength and rigidity in order to shorter the arc through which the bolt must move. This is done by using two locking lugs instead of threw as in the Mauser, and moving them to the rear. The practical significant of this is that while the L-E action is fast, it is not especially strong, nor is it rigid. Because of this, the power of the .303 cartridge is about all the action can handle safely. Marginally more, depending on the steel used and the ammo chosen - but it isn't going to match the .308 Winchester, let alone something like the 7.62x54 R or 30-06 or 7.92x57 in terms of power. Nor can L-E surplus actions be made into magnums the way say, something like the M1917 Enfield can be. It's an evolutionary dead-end, in point of fact, as its takes the combat bolt-action about as far as it can go. Mauser-actioned rifles are stronger, can fire more-powerful cartridges, and are just as accurate, if not more so, than the L-E design. Which is why Winchester, Remington, Sako-Tikka, Ruger, and many others use the Mauser pattern in their rifles, and not the Lee-Enfield.
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 Thank you for that information on the Lee-Enfield. You provided a lot of information that I did not take into consideration. I still stand by my decision to carry a Lee-Enfield into battle over a Mauser should a time machine transport me on the battlefield of the Second World War. ;)
@@frenchfan3368 - A time-machine, yes! That sounds fun, dare I say it? My goodness, what a lot of typos in my post! My apologies... Hey, you won't go wrong with a Lee-Enfield. They're great rifles. The Tommies say so, right? Founded in the time of Queen Victoria, retired under Margaret Thatcher... that's quite a record! Myself, I'm more of a Springfield M1903 type, but that's just me. There's something special about those old war horses, isn't there?
Beautiful rifle. I have a Mosin and like it. Always looking for historic rifles and would like to add an Enfield. Thanks for the video. God bless.
I just picked up a numbers matching BSA No5 from 1945 with BB serial number for $500. Can’t wait to find ammo to take it shooting.
I have a couple of Enfield's. I can attest that they will kill a 2 liter. They also get the job done on about anything that needs shooting.
I’ve long felt that the Jungle Carbine was the first modern “Scout Rifle.” Okay, I know how LtCol Jeff Cooper specifically defined that concept, BUT it is a lighter, shorter, .30 caliber, bolt action, with good iron sights, a flash hider, and (if I remember correctly) a 10+1 clip-loaded capacity.
Roy Kiefer The mags weren't meant to be swapped when empty, but loadedfrom the top with a stripper clip like a Mauser K 98 👍
@English Sailor: I’m well aware of that, which is why I specifically indicated “clip-loaded.” Still, consistent with Cooper’s overall Scout Rifle concept, a clip can reload a semiautomatic rifle very quickly, approximately as fast as a box magazine.
Welcome to the two liter jungle!
Firearms I want to see hickok try:
Famas rifle
Mg 42 if possible
Spa 12
700 nitro Express if possible
Zip .22
Hk g36
50 Beowulf ar
That, um, pad (cushion?) on the buttstock must be rock hard now.
Mr Hickok I absolutely love the Enfield videos! I have two #5’s that are almost sequentially numbered! Never shot the newest one, it appears to be unissued, there’s still cosmoline in places!
What a perfectly proportioned rifle!
Being a Brit 1st rifle I ever fired when I was 13. In the Royal Signals Army Cadets. I still remember it fondly to this day
You're spoiling us with these daily videos.
I've had no trouble with the sighting. No wandering zero problem. It's lighter & handier than the original & lots of fun to shoot.
the wandering zero was more of a complaint by the troops to try and get the MOD to can it with the bolt actions and adopt an auto loader like everyone else...
Love Mil surp rifles, have a Mosin 91/30, 2 Arisaka type 99's, and a Chinese SKS. Just awesome to shoot
Nice I had a No4mk1 and still have my pops No1mk3 from 1918
Need another Eddystone 1917 30-06 Review... Super Accurate rifle. Basically unsung Hero of WW1
I remember I bought one in 84, paid $150 for the rifle, it's condition was only fair, to be honest it was rough , but it was a good shooter.