No.5 sighting tool

Lee Enfield No 5 Jungle Carbine Foresight Adjustment Tool, (cramp) complete with original packing box dated 1948, the box in unopened condition.B2 CR. 27A TOOLS FORESIGHT, CLAMP No. 4 MK II QTY. 1. On the side of the box is a rubber stamp I.F.A and a date stamp DEC 1948.

The final five images included in the lot description Illustrated online are taken by the vendor who has another identical example which he has opened up to photograph.

An extremely rare armourer’s tool used for lateral adjustment of the foresight on the Lee Enfield .303 No.5 Jungle Carbines.

The Official designation was the Tool Foresight Cramp No.4 for the No.5 rifle. This is slightly confusing, but then the one for the No.4 rifle was the No.3 cramp!

There is a reference for them in Dorsey and Shaffer’s book Gun Tools Volume 2, page 364 ‘This cramp adjusts windage on the British No.5 Mk1 Jungle Carbine front sight. The large hole fits around the flash hider and the smaller hole clears the bayonet stud located under the flash hider. Blackened machined steel with the following markings: Crown E and No.4 Rifle No.5.’