Enfield jungle muzzle fork question

[Romeo458]

I've had this thing for a long while. My searching tells me it's what's left of a jungle carbine. Before I cut it to 16.5 I had some questions. Are these tuning fork things part of the normal jungle carbine muzzle or is this part of the attempted Bubba work.

They are well cut so I think they are original. The barrel OAL is 19.75 and the length to the silver area where the front of the sight would be is about 17.75.

I want to do a short Ishapor rifle but I'm half tempted to try finding the parts for the jungle carbine if this is an original and re doing it.

 

[Texasflyer]

Looks like a cut in flash hider. Im interested to see what some say about it. Pretty cool imho

 

[MarshallDodge]

I would re-do the Ishapore. The one I have in original condition is a lot of fun to shoot offhand. It eats steel cased Tula surprisingly well.

 

[Defender3]

IIRC, a real jungle carbine would be electro-pencil marked No 5, and have milled relief cuts on the receiver. The flash hider on a real No 5 would have been conical.

 

[Lange Carabine]

All real "Jungle Carbines" are No.5 Mk.1's.
Yours started life as a No.4 Mk.1* manufactured by Savage. Savage never made "Jungle Carbines" nor were any No.4's, (Savage or any other maker) converted to No.5's, however, a few No.4 receivers were known to have been used to rebuilt JC's with worn/damaged receivers in Malaysia and I'm not 100% sure on this but IIRC the original markings on the sidewall were scrubbed and remarked No.5's.??
Just a swag, but it's possible the mods to your barrel were done by whoever converted it to facilitate easier installation of the flash suppressor. Numrich (and maybe Sarco too) used to sell the conversion kits.
The flash hides on originals could be a bear to remove and an even bigger bear to put back on so the sight was indexed right and pin holes lined up.
They are a tight fit and require a hydraulic press to do the job right.
It has no collector value so go ahead and clip it.

 

[Wannashootit]

Interesting muzzle mod...
Counterbored and then the slots milled. Can you see a "clean" end to the counterbore beyond where it's cut?