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Brithunter,
According to John Walter in his book, "Rifles of the World" on page 120 he discusses the Lee-Enfield Rifle Mk V (later Rifle No. 1 MkV). In 1922 the rifle was approved and 20,000 were made up until 1924 when extensive trials caused its introduction to be cancelled.
In his initial post, Gil properly identified the "Jungle Carbine" he saw as a No. 5 Mk1 Rifle. I think the confusion was yours when you called his posting a "No. 1 MkV."
When many No. 5 Mk1 Rifles hit the US market in the late 1950s and 1960s, the sellers called them "Jungle Carbines" and the term stuck, whether or not the Brits called them such is not really too important since we Yanks know what is meant by the term.
Be well.
Adam
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