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
(Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary - (recess appointment))
61 posted on 11/04/2009 8:36:57 PM PST by editor-surveyor
(The beginning of the O'Bomb-a administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)