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Littlejohn KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 44 Joined: Jun 26^th, 2013	Number 5 Mark 1 Enfield May 12^th, 2015 at 3:23am	Print Post
	Just picked this up a couple of weeks ago. Been wanting one for years. Royal Ordnance Factory, Fazakerley. Built 5/46. Formerly property of Federal Malayan Police. (You need to *Login* to view media files and links)


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Number 5 Mark 1 Enfield Reply #1 - May 12^th, 2015 at 5:27am	Print Post
	Looks like fun. Mine did not survive my Krag & single shot mania. I have since read that the receivers were modified from the later No. 4 receivers. Apparently modifications were more extensive than just a new barrel & all new wood. Do you have a No. 4 for comparison?


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Littlejohn KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 44 Joined: Jun 26^th, 2013	Re: Number 5 Mark 1 Enfield Reply #2 - May 13^th, 2015 at 2:30am	Print Post
	reincarnated wrote on May 12^th, 2015 at 5:27am: Looks like fun. Mine did not survive my Krag & single shot mania. I have since read that the receivers were modified from the later No. 4 receivers. Apparently modifications were more extensive than just a new barrel & all new wood. Do you have a No. 4 for comparison? Yes, I do have a No. 4 MK1. Made in 1942, in Canada, at Long Branch Arsenal. (You need to Login* to view media files and links) This is a good comparison photo of the No.4 and No.5 (You need to *Login* to view media files and links)


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Number 5 Mark 1 Enfield Reply #3 - May 13^th, 2015 at 5:30am	Print Post
	Any changes under the wood? I read that the problem with No.5s inability to hold a zero was finally attributed to lightening cuts made on the receiver when changing the No.4 to No.5. Just wondered what said cuts looked like. Would the receiver be less rigid?


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Number 5 Mark 1 Enfield Reply #4 - May 18^th, 2015 at 6:30am	Print Post
	I just looked at the photo of the barrel at the breech in the No.5 comparison. Those longitudinal cuts over the chamber ought to be enough to explain the wandering zero. Why would you expect the rifle to be accurate when you do that to it?


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