Enfield Number 7 in .308?

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sleeping dog

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I looked at a an Enfield Number 7 Military Remake from Gibbs Firearms of West Virginia. It is apparently remanufactured from an Ishapore .308 based on an abandoned Australian jungle carbine design.

It seemed like a fun, light little gun, but I don't know anything about the company.

Do any of you have any experience with this gun or with other products from this company?

It may be an ok deal at $200 for a bolt action 308 with a little 18.5" barrel.

Regards.

Tim
 
This is spooky ... I ran across the Gibbs site last night and I just logged on to ask essentially the same question. I do have another question: J&G has some "No 7's" for sale as well. It seems to me (I could easily be wrong here) that there is no such thing as a "No 7" and they are in fact cut down Ishapore No. 2's or 2A's ... is this the case? I also understand that all the Ishy 2's and 2A's were made in .308 and there isn't any danger of getting a conversion from .303 to .308 ... could someone confirm this?
Thanks in advance,
Bill
 
Sleeping Dog, I purchased .303 Survivor Quest Rifle from Gibbs. It was made from a No#4 Enfield and they did a real nice job, It resembles a No#5 Jungle Carbine,but they deleted the bayonet lug. The barrel,bolt and trigger assembly has been nickle plated. They realy did a nice job on this.
To my knowledge the Brits did the No#5 in .303 and the Aussies did the No#7 in .308
I always get them reversed it could be the other way around.
Anyway I would buy something again from them
Hope this helps :)
Happy Shooting :)

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Anonymous
 
I did some more reading and I think Loknload is right about the Aussie No 7's ... Anyone know about the "No 7's" at J&G?
 
This is from an article on "Fakes and Replicas" at the Enfield Research Associates site:

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>No. 7 “Jungle Carbine”
Shortened version of 2A/2A1 rifle, with flash hider installed. Like the 2A Tanker Carbine, this is strictly an aftermarket modification. There never was a carbine version of the Ishapore 2A/2A1 rifle, and there never was any such thing as a “No. 7 Jungle Carbine.” The Lee-Enfield No. 7 rifle is a .22 caliber training rifle, similar in appearance to a full-size No. 4 rifle, which was made in both Canada and Great Britain in the late 1940s. They are clearly marked as such.[/quote]

http://www.uidaho.edu/~stratton/en-page/fakes.htm

Dave
 
You are completrely right Dave, most #5s were made in UK 1943/46, if you find an Aussie-made one please let me know.
A great looking trophy, bayonet is special too(large ring to fit flash-hider). Worth(UK made) $AUD500 at present here, with bayonet. They appear superior to the Isopore #1Mk3* examples in fit/finish, but the indian ones are made of better steel to cope with .308W/Nato 7.62mm pressures. Some Lithgow proofed Brit#4s are approved for 308W target use, but must be proof-stamped[x-rayed) and have a different extractor and magazine with a minor bolt shave as well!(expensive - but now a collector's item in itself.)

A J/Carbine #5 would be worth $5,000AUD if genuinely Aussie made!!!Only a experimental few were made.

But in many opinions not a 'good rifle' due to blast/heavy recoil and poor accuracy from a 'wandering zero'. Great light brush gun for pigs though - with milspec 303 ammo with the tips snipped off !!

Have fun - BB.

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