-
If you enjoy the forum please consider supporting it by signing up for a NES Membership The benefits pay for the membership many times over.
New Firearms Acquisitions September 2022
- Thread starter xero2099
- Start date
El_Guapo77
NES Member
knucklehead
NES Member
Picked this up today. A 1947 No 5 Mk1 Jungle Carbine great condition with a lot of the stoving still on it & has a bright clean bore. The rubber but pad is also still rubbery and not hard as a rock
Attachments
Last edited:
BarnBuilder
NES Member
Knob Creek
NES Member
Taccom 9mm Upper, PCC 3 Stage Air Cushion Recoil System, Extreme Short Stroke Bolt, Davidson Defense AR-15 2.5 lbs Drop In "Blue Ridge" Skeletonized Performance Trigger System, Wilson Combat Grip, Holosun 510 on a Aero Precision Lower.
steven grammont
NES Member
I like it
BarnBuilder
NES Member
LGS Monadnock Firearms today Ruger SFAR 308 20". I had a PA 1-14 x 44 ACSS DMR on another rifle and had to try it out today. I may choose different down the road. I ran 40 rds. PPU 147 gr. factory through it and very happy with results so far. I have some Federal 168gr SMK that I will run and see the results.
Then I need a 308 day with my (2) other AR10's, SA M1A Squad Scout, Sa M1A National Match and can't leave out my PTR 91.
That's gonna be an expensive day but IDGARA
Shootem if you Gottem
Then I need a 308 day with my (2) other AR10's, SA M1A Squad Scout, Sa M1A National Match and can't leave out my PTR 91.
That's gonna be an expensive day but IDGARA
Shootem if you Gottem
Last edited:
btnh6668
NES Member
That is a great looking gun.
How do you like the tripod? Will it hold a heavy gun and still be useable?
Nice! First thing I did with mine was swap out the buttpad. I kept the original, but even when it was pliable it probably didn't do much good.
Have you taken yours off yet to look underneath? It might be that a prior owner already swapped it out.
Beautiful No 5. Mine's a '47 as well. I finally sourced a bayonet for it that I didn't have to mortgage my house for, too.
Knob Creek
NES Member
It's very solid. Outside of a Browning BAR or a .50 Cal it should hold anything.
knucklehead
NES Member
Ive done nothing with it in all honesty. just wiped it down and placed it in the safe, I'm afraid of ruining something if i take it apart.
The buttpad is easy. IIRC, there's a crossbolt that runs top to bottom through the buttstock that holds the metal buttplate in place. Unscrew that and bob's your uncle: the metal should come off, and then the buttpad is sandwiched in between.
I really would guess, having handled a bunch of these, that if there's even the slightest give in that rubber at all, it's probably a repro. That's not a problem by any means: even collectors acknowledge that the thing is difficult to fire with the solid pad on there. The repros are more of a torsion box inside, a much better design.
Shevchenko
NES Member
Retired-LEO
NES Member
WALTHER PDP 5".So far this is turning out to be the best striker fired pistol I have ever owned.
Last edited:
mattcat38
NES Member
How do you like it? Thinking about getting one for trap/skeet.
chris_1001
NES Member
Not bad, no complaints. At one place I do some shooting several others are shooting the same gun and happy.
I would have preferred an O/U but they are quite a bit more $ for what I wanted. I was eying the Beretta A400, but glad I went with the Benelli. I also have a Benelli M2. so I'm happy with the brand.
