bobnob17;
Good morning - early tomorrow morning at that I see - to you sir, I trust this finds you acceptably well.

The No 5 in our safe is stamped 1958 and somewhere along it's lifespan someone modified the dovetails to accept standard 3/8" rings. There is also a slight internal bulge/ring in the barrel about 4" back of the muzzle - but neither issue keeps it from shooting quite well.

As I understand it they were put together from parts on hand and sold as military training rifles to Syria, Egypt and someone else who escapes me at present.

Mine came with a checkered - if one could call it such - beech stock that was cracked at the toe and not in overall grand shape.

While I kept the original stock, I cobbled together one that looked a tad nicer to my eye and more importantly fit me a bit better too.

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It's now wearing an El Paso Weaver 4X instead of the straight tube 3X in the photo.

Thanks for your interest in the rifle sir and if you're so inclined I'd not mind seeing yours as well.

Thanks in advance and all the best to you folks.

Dwayne

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