Enfield No5 MK1 Jungle carbine ?'s
I picked up one of these on Sunday for a gift to my father, as my grandfather had one back in the day, and he always thought it was a nice rifle. It is solid, a few small repairs to the stock, the finish is pretty well gone on the exposed steel, and is turning brown. Bolthead #1, It has the lightening cuts in all the right places, No import marks. Bore is mirror bright.
Two questions , What might it be worth, and what would be the appropriate paint to refinish it with?
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Two questions , What might it be worth, and what would be the appropriate paint to refinish it with?
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From your description it seem to grade out as being in "Good" condition. My 2 cents is that value would be between $100 - $200.
Brownells www.brownells.com sells the special paint used in refinishing military firearms that originally came with the black paint finish.
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I have several of these rifles.
I would really need to see a picture of the rifle to make an educated guess as to the value.
Going on the information that you provided is that the stock is repaired with the finish gone and the barrel has enough wear to want to refinish. Also the #1 bolthead would indicate that there was an initial headspace problem to warrant changing to the #1 so the chamber and bore are also worn.
Rufe-snow gave a good estimate and I would also estimate within the same range at $125.00 to $150.00.
The finish applied to most of these rifles was called sunkorite. It looks like a semi-gloss black enamel. Here is an unissued No. 5 carbine with its sunkorite finish as an example. I think one of the more modern gun finishes like Dura Coat might work well.
I am sure you understand that refinishing will destroy any collector value of the rifle might every have.
Regards,
Heavyiron
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I just got done cleaning it up. The repairs to the stock are actually on the handguard, and are the typical british "cut it out and put in another piece" repairs, I would guess they were just small gouges. The rest of the wood has small dings and scratches, typical of a surplus military rifle.
Under the wood the paint is 100% perfect, no rust or pits. Most of the finish is gone off of the magazine, and barrel in front of the stock, but not the flashhider and sight assembly. Also gone where your thumb would ride on the receiver between the buttstock and forestock. I think I am going to leave it as is, except maybe replace the magazine as it has a pretty good ding in the bottom.
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