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P-H also made the stronger 3 prong flash eliminators, pistons, upper sling bands and the pressed steel parts of the trigger guard assembly
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Interesting Peter, did you chaps see many "banana'd" 5 lot FE's in service? Were the 5 slot examples routinely replaced with 3 slot during base workshop overhauls, or just replaced as required?
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Replaced as required when Unservicable.
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I saw a few. Mind you, I also saw a couple of L85/SA80 split flash eliminators including one that has split with the bayonet attached. It had split and bulged right into the bayonet handle. So whole caboodle had to be heated to break down lock-tite to remove flash eliminator and bayonet together. I was told that you could 'ring' an L1A1 FE to tell whether it had already started to crack. Don't know how true it is but it worked with L2 breech blocks
Off the subject a bit - as I'm want to do occasionally........ The biggest offenders were 7.62 L4A1 Bren barrel flash eliminators with a weak front end. REME Inspectorate wouldn't sanction changing split weak FE's for the stronger L4A2 barrel FE's for reasons best known to themselves. But probably because the A1's were already obsolescent and the weak FE's were an identifying feature of the early barrels in any case.
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Originally Posted by
mrclark303
did you chaps see many "banana'd" 5 lot FE's in service
We saw our share towards the end of service life when they'd break at the front between the steel fingers. Then it would resemble your outstretched fingers. The only catastrophic failure would be when a ball round was fired with a BFA. I still have one of those here...
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We saw our share towards the end of service life when they'd break at the front between the steel fingers. Then it would resemble your outstretched fingers. The only catastrophic failure would be when a ball round was fired with a BFA. I still have one of those here...
Yes, the First Pattern broke here & there regularly. It was a much weaker design than the Later three Slot variants. I guess with the amount of pressure exerted to the slimmer 'Finger's of the first patt. It work hardened in those areas. They became Brittle & just fractured!
The later three slot variants were a vast improvement & I never encountered a fractured one of those!
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Cheers guys .... you must be a psychic Mike, I was just about to ask you that very question regarding the three slot FE's!
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Originally Posted by
mrclark303
Cheers guys .... you must be a psychic Mike, I was just about to ask you that very question regarding the three slot FE's!
'And for my next trick. I will pull a Hare (Hair) out of my Bum.....Or is it a rabbit?....These days, I am 'Terminally confused'!....
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As ever, Kevin rocks up with the goods! 
I didn't know they were introduced so late, or that there were two pattern of the three slot FE ... might have guessed the Indians would copy them though!
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