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DOD 7.62
200 for the US as I understand, SAF830001 to SAF830200 in 1983. There were going to do another 10 in 1987 as an Australian Bi-Centenial collectors gun project ( on L1 A1A receivers ) but only built one prior to a law change prohibiting sale after Hodel St ( a massacre at the time ) out here.
I recently acquired (I'm a licences dealer) a new barrelled reciever actually stamped L1A1A without the safety (auto) sear present hence my previous question Peter. I have seen and handled a few of the Lithgow L1A1 single shot target rifles they produced but never ever thought to pull one down to see what the difference was. A friend and fellow dealer recently sold two he had. Lithgow also did experimental magazine fed L1A1 target rifles with the cocking handle mounted directly to the front of the bolt carrier and a corresponding cut in the top cover, the receivers had no cocking handle slot cut and had a central sight block attached to the left hand side.