Anyone seen one of these?? I recently saw an ad in a gun magazine for a rifle they called an Extreme Jungle Carbine. It looks to be an enfield jungle carbine with new wood and the metal is all refinished. Im not sure if it was in .303 or .308. They also have added a small "survival kit" in a plastic tube where the cleaning kit goes. Similar to the cheap ones found in hollow handled knives I assume. They didn't list a price, and I think the company was Gibbs or something like that. Anyone know anything about these guns and what price they are. Im just curious if it is truly just a refinished, cut down enfield Mk 4 no.1??? Thanks for your help.
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"Extreme Jungle Carbine" with survival kit in stock
- Thread starter Bob S
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Bob: I have a #7Jungle Carbine from Gibbs.
It is a cut down .308 2A No1 MkIII SMLE. http://www.gibbsrifle.com puts a MSRP of
$190 on it, IIRC. My buttstock was empty,
no survival kit.
What you describe sounds like what I have,
after the marketing folks jazzed it up.
BTW: I enjoy it and am glad I got .308
SMLE instead of going with the .303.
It is a cut down .308 2A No1 MkIII SMLE. http://www.gibbsrifle.com puts a MSRP of
$190 on it, IIRC. My buttstock was empty,
no survival kit.
What you describe sounds like what I have,
after the marketing folks jazzed it up.
BTW: I enjoy it and am glad I got .308
SMLE instead of going with the .303.
Danm, I went to the Gibbs websight and looked at the #7 you bought. Looks like a good buy for the $190, but it is not exactly what I saw in the add. The gun I saw must have had a slightly different stock. It seems that it did not have a wooden handguard on top of the barrel, and the stock did not go as far out on the barrel. It didn't appear to have a barrel strap?? Had the #7 you bought been refinished, or is it just an original that has been cut back?? I'm basically looking for a cheap .308 or .303 that would be fun to shoot but more compact than the longer enfields. Thanks
Bob: All I can tell you is sales hype from
the seller and from the brochure that came
with the rifle. It was sold to me as a new
rifle. It was made in 1967. It was made as
a 308 2A No1 MkIII SMLE in Ishapore. Gibbs,
or Navy Arms, replaced the wood with new
and (I am guessing at this) cut back the
bbl to 20.5". A flash suppressor from a
No5 Jungle Carbine was added to the bbl.
The metal has all been finished somehow, I
suspect some sort of black paint. It has
calibrated notch rear sights forward of the
bolt. $190 is MSRP, I paid less at a gunshow.
I think it shoots well, but can't be sure
because of the notch sights and my old eyes.
It is more of a carbine than a bench gun.
Just tonight I am wrestling with trying to
get one of the "no-gunsmith" scope mounts on
it, so I can try it scoped this weekend.
IMHO, it will be a long term keeper. Nothing
like a .308. Also, I have seen scope mounts
that replace the rear sight, for a LER scope.
Thus a cheap Scout Rifle in .308 if I ever
decide I need one of those.
As far as you looking for a cheap .308. Well
so was I. My reading overwhelmingly pointed
to the Lee-Enfield as a great cheap bolt.
As always, YMMV. Good luck in the search.
The nice thing about this one is that it was
originally built as a .308, not rechambered
from a .303. I have no interest in a .303.
DanM
the seller and from the brochure that came
with the rifle. It was sold to me as a new
rifle. It was made in 1967. It was made as
a 308 2A No1 MkIII SMLE in Ishapore. Gibbs,
or Navy Arms, replaced the wood with new
and (I am guessing at this) cut back the
bbl to 20.5". A flash suppressor from a
No5 Jungle Carbine was added to the bbl.
The metal has all been finished somehow, I
suspect some sort of black paint. It has
calibrated notch rear sights forward of the
bolt. $190 is MSRP, I paid less at a gunshow.
I think it shoots well, but can't be sure
because of the notch sights and my old eyes.
It is more of a carbine than a bench gun.
Just tonight I am wrestling with trying to
get one of the "no-gunsmith" scope mounts on
it, so I can try it scoped this weekend.
IMHO, it will be a long term keeper. Nothing
like a .308. Also, I have seen scope mounts
that replace the rear sight, for a LER scope.
Thus a cheap Scout Rifle in .308 if I ever
decide I need one of those.
As far as you looking for a cheap .308. Well
so was I. My reading overwhelmingly pointed
to the Lee-Enfield as a great cheap bolt.
As always, YMMV. Good luck in the search.
The nice thing about this one is that it was
originally built as a .308, not rechambered
from a .303. I have no interest in a .303.
DanM
Danm, At least now I know I'm not crazy, just went back to the gibbsrifle URL you gave me. Apparantly the extreme carbine is a new product. When you first gave me the website, it was not in the product line yet. Just looked at that sight again today, and there it is... the extreme carbine. They must have updated their web site. You should check it out... price seems a bit high for a refinished No. 4 dont you think? Probably just marketing hype. Let me know what you think.
Bob: I saw the Gibbs article in G&A that
ML notified us about. Looks like you have
to decide if you want .308, or if a .303
will suit you. For me, the .303 was not an
attractive option.
Perhaps the MSRP is on the high side. But
comparing the one I got to the $100 Lee-
Enfields I see at the gunshows makes me
quite happy with what I got. YMMV.
DanM
ML notified us about. Looks like you have
to decide if you want .308, or if a .303
will suit you. For me, the .303 was not an
attractive option.
Perhaps the MSRP is on the high side. But
comparing the one I got to the $100 Lee-
Enfields I see at the gunshows makes me
quite happy with what I got. YMMV.
DanM