I have a “jungle carbine” built on the same receiver; just has a shorter barrel and stock.
58 posted on 11/04/2009 8:14:27 PM PST by editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bomb-a administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
Yep, and because it's so much lighter with the same cartridge (plus that nifty "recoil concentrator" on the butt) the No. 5 carbine kicks like a Missouri mule with a bad hangover.
Shortest time in-service of ANY British military arm ever made . . . .
59 posted on 11/04/2009 8:23:36 PM PST by AnAmericanMother
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