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    Posted: December 14 2025 at 3:11pm
Hi,
some years ago I bought a rife called "Jungle Carbine, Enfield No.5" by the seller - and it looked like a JC should look AFAIK. In this time I did not know anything about fakes and so I did not care that the rifle did not had any stamps or marking that say "No.5" or else and that it was obviously "refreshed".
Meanwhile I have learned that a lot of "Jungle Carbine" are fakes and so I checked every detail of my rifle to know, whether it is a "real" Enfield No.5.
As far as I can see - please see the the linked pics - the rifle has every detail a genuine No.5 should have - with exception of the marking/stamp at the left side of the receiver. And also the stamp of ser.no. on the left side looks differtn from all other I have seen. On the other hand - would not be everybody, who makes a fake in this way, add at least a stamp/marking, which says "No.5"?

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Welcome to the site! That rear sight is stamped steel and the first I have ever seen like that! I own 2 No.5/MK1's with the milled steel rear sights. (CORRECTION: This sight in his photo is a milled rear sight. I don't know why I thought it was the stamped steel rear sight but I stand corrected.).
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Looks like a machined (milled) backsight to me? 

I’m no No. 5 expert, not a No. 4 expert either, but I’m seeing the typical No. 5 features including the scalloped cuts to the chamber reinforce. If it’s a fake, someone went thru a lot of trouble. If it’s genuine, someone scrubbed the markings. 

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Britrifles, I read not long ago about a stamped steel No.5 rear sight being made. 


 NOTE:the center sight is stamped steel and graduated up to 800 yard increments. Must be quite scarce as I have never seen one before and I have also seen many No.5's. I'd love to have one in my sight collection!
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the left receiver should be marked this appears devoid of markings , the left wrist of a BSA should have markings , that also is decoid of markings , so im warry of this one 
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With the star over the chamber & transverse screw through the forearm, it’s been to India.  It looks refinished and I can’t say if that was done in India, though they certainly scrubbed, remarked, and refurbished (and not necessarily all of those things, or in that order) plenty of these.
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It has been massively polished so edges are rounded and overall it makes the rifle look odd. It is a genuine No 5, though.
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I have seen a Indian reworked No4.

It was completely remarked and had the screw through the forearm.
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he!!o.
I've owned two, still own the second one.
It looks real to me, though the rear sight does look weirdly rounded.
The lightening cuts on the barrel are hard to fake, and usually "they" don't bother since it is hidden by the forearm.
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Thanks a lot for your comments.
Yes, the rifle has been refinshed, that much is clear. However, I don't know by whom or when.
Since all the known features of the genuine No. 5 are present, including the “lightening” on the barrel and under the trigger (deep inside the receiver), it is unlikely to be a fake. But it's not just the absence of any model markings that gives me pause, but also the serial number on the left side of the receiver, next to the stock. It is four digits long and begins with “K.” Charles R. Stratton writes in his book about the No. 4 and No. 5 (British Enfield Rifles Vol. 2) on p. 171 in Table F-14 that only ROF Fazakerley used single letters. On p. 169 in Table F-7 (ROZ Fazakerley No. 5), however, the letter “K” is not listed. But on p. 166 in Table F-1 (BSA No. 4), the letter “K” is listed among the No. 4 rifles from BSA for 1944. Very, very strange:
All hardware features prove that it is a genuine No. 5, but the serial number proves that it is a No. 4.

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Stratton is far from comprehensive, Fazakerly K-prefix No.5 would be approximately 3/1945.
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A complete listing of ROF Fazakerley serial numbers is located on page 216 in my new book, A Collector's View:  The Lee-Enfield RIfle No. 4 and No. 5, Part 1 1931-1945, along with a detailed view on all the different rear sights that were factory and later armorer installed.
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