No.4Mk1(T) and L96 Accuracy International (Guns and Ammo Review)

[Peter Laidler]

Re the .338" L115's (and it applies to the 7.62mm AW variants too as I understand it.....) the hook ended sling used on them have come in for a bit of stick recently so it seems as though they're going to revert to the old tried and tested clip ended slings which don't damage the fore-end plastic type material. But call me a old cynic, maybe it's a way of telling the manufacturer that we don't want your crap nylon type hooked slings, - we can just continue using up our already-in-stock decent webbing material clip ended slings.

Re unbonding the chassis from the body........ I don't know what would do it or even a reason for doing so. They DO come unbonded in service use but not all that frequently. Maybe XL39 can tell us how they unbond them - if they ever do!

[muffett.2008]

Bonding is usually undone by warming the metalwork until the seal between the bonding material and metal softens, allowing the metal to be removed without tearing out any parent woodwork.
That is how we do it for target rifles that are done this way, may not apply to something of an earlier vintage.

[trooper554877]

Just a quick update,
the ammo the aussies use foe the SR98 is Lapua HPS (high Precision Sniper) 170gn
cheers
Ned

[Peter Laidler]

Thanks for that Trooper. There is some legalities with .338 and Lapua without rocking any boats.............