Jungle Carbine

oneastrix · 01-22-2003, 10:17 PM

Can anybody tell me about the "wandering zero?"

Mick · 01-22-2003, 11:52 PM

If you're talking about the short .303, they are fairly popular among piggers over here, I've only ever seen one but everyone wants one. pretty rare indeed.

PAPA G · 01-22-2003, 11:58 PM

wandering zero is another term for the fact that the carbine doesn't hold zero at the point of aim on the target. but can be fixed by a knowledgible smithy

Mick · 01-23-2003, 02:45 AM

igeddit now, what causes them to be so inacurate? Short barrel?

jerry · 01-23-2003, 06:40 AM

I just repaired one for a friend. He encouraged me to go out and shoot it afterward. Darn the bad luck

This one must have been "fixed" it shot great.

oneastrix · 01-23-2003, 07:42 AM

I have a 1927 Ishapor .303 Brit MK1something or other something or orhter Ishapore that I haven't given much attention to in a long time. i really enjoy shooting it though. It's a real shooter, but it's about twelve feet long! Would like a shorter one. That's why the jungle carbine caught my eye.

Chris · 08-03-2003, 09:57 PM

I know a guy that would make one of these...they were awesome pieces.

oneastrix · 08-03-2003, 11:00 PM

Good God I had forgotten about his thread! Chris must be going thru the archives.......

DANA · 08-04-2003, 05:29 AM

USE YOUR MUFFS WHEN SHOOTING THE CARBINE. BARKS!!

DANA

Jesse · 08-06-2003, 11:25 AM

The wandering zero some UK armorers feel was due to the lightened reciever and barrel. Personally, I think the Brits were trying to squeeze rifle performance out of a carbine length barrel. At distances beyond 300 yds the carbine length barrel will not give the performance of the longer standard length barrel, say of the #4MK1.

01-22-2003, 10:17 PM	#1
oneastrix Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 5,213 Trader Rating: (0)	Jungle Carbine Can anybody tell me about the "wandering zero?" __________________ There's no one more thankful to sit at the table, than the one who best remembers hunger's pain.

01-22-2003, 11:52 PM	#2
Mick Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Emerald CQLD AUST Posts: 977 Trader Rating: (0)	If you're talking about the short .303, they are fairly popular among piggers over here, I've only ever seen one but everyone wants one. pretty rare indeed. __________________ OzHunter Give me a six-pack and a red dirt open road (Adam Brand)

01-22-2003, 11:58 PM	#3
PAPA G Guest Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: somerset, kentucky Posts: 12 Trader Rating: (0)	THE JUNGLE CARBINE........ wandering zero is another term for the fact that the carbine doesn't hold zero at the point of aim on the target. but can be fixed by a knowledgible smithy

01-23-2003, 06:40 AM	#5
jerry Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 10,760 Trader Rating: (0)	I just repaired one for a friend. He encouraged me to go out and shoot it afterward. Darn the bad luck This one must have been "fixed" it shot great. __________________

01-23-2003, 07:42 AM	#6
oneastrix Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 5,213 Trader Rating: (0)	I have a 1927 Ishapor .303 Brit MK1something or other something or orhter Ishapore that I haven't given much attention to in a long time. i really enjoy shooting it though. It's a real shooter, but it's about twelve feet long! Would like a shorter one. That's why the jungle carbine caught my eye. __________________ There's no one more thankful to sit at the table, than the one who best remembers hunger's pain.

01-23-2003, 02:45 AM	#4
Mick Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Emerald CQLD AUST Posts: 977 Trader Rating: (0)	igeddit now, what causes them to be so inacurate? Short barrel? __________________ OzHunter Give me a six-pack and a red dirt open road (Adam Brand)

08-03-2003, 09:57 PM	#7
Chris HMFIC Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,834,131 Trader Rating: (0)	I know a guy that would make one of these...they were awesome pieces. __________________ Rules \| Contributing Members I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. --Thomas Jefferson No one has the right to deny my personal safety Need a reminder, why this site is so great?

08-03-2003, 11:00 PM	#8
oneastrix Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 5,213 Trader Rating: (0)	Good God I had forgotten about his thread! Chris must be going thru the archives....... __________________ There's no one more thankful to sit at the table, than the one who best remembers hunger's pain.

08-04-2003, 05:29 AM	#9
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08-06-2003, 11:25 AM	#10
Jesse Administrator Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,945 Trader Rating: (0)	The wandering zero some UK armorers feel was due to the lightened reciever and barrel. Personally, I think the Brits were trying to squeeze rifle performance out of a carbine length barrel. At distances beyond 300 yds the carbine length barrel will not give the performance of the longer standard length barrel, say of the #4MK1. __________________ Jesse www.gunandgame.com