DP- ugly head raised again

Posting this here because of the depth of discussion DP marked rifles has had here.
Straight cut and paste of an add on an aussie gun sale site... all personal details removed.

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Calibre 7.62 NATO
Make Lithgow
Model SLR
Action Semi auto
Scope Open sights
Condition Excellent
Serial No. DP830062


Price $5500
Advertised 21 Oct 10

Comments; Includes 2 Mags. Although the action is a DP it has all operational parts and shoots very well. The gun is in excellent condition. Cat Dealer or Collect

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The concept of what makes a drill purpose weapon drill purpose continues to escape so many.

Doug, I will post same on FN FAL forum- if this isn't ok, please do what you need to.

Brad.

Yes, I too had a minor moment of mirth, which quickly transformed to dread, at the thought of buying such an animal at that price.

Wasn't a bloke in WA convertng them for a while after '96?

FWIW next year I'll be importing one from Enzed at half the price.

I don't want to say too much, but I know of heaps getting out lately. Sold as thoroughly checked by a gunsmith and fine to use/rebuild... Hmmmmmm...

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Originally Posted by tbonesmith

I don't want to say too much, but I know of heaps getting out lately. Sold as thoroughly checked by a gunsmith and fine to use/rebuild... Hmmmmmm...

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Thoroughly checked by a gunsmith just means that if he signed a bit of paper, your dependents might own his house eventually. It won't prevent it from failing and causing injury. I wonder if I can find out who...

I didn't think that you could have semi autos in Oz any more. We did a lot (?) of DP L1A1's and the three main ZF faults that put them into the DP category were a) oversize locking shoulder holes and b) worn out locking catch lugs on the rear of the body or c) where the cutting action of the carrying handle stem had chomped away at the recess in the body making it too wide/oversize to support the carrying handle in its position.

The locking shoulder opening/hole problem could be overcome by using the oversized locking shoulders but really, once they were oversize, nothing would solve the problem. The DP ones were locktited in place with a splodge of tig weld on the right (?) side - on the basis that they weren't going to get a pasting so would stay in place. The worn locking catch lug could be re-ground and welded then re-machined once, then it was scrap. There was also an oversize locking catch too but once you'd used up your options, it was DP or the big scrapyard in the sky. The carrying handle stem slot was beyond any repair except just keep on bending the stem to fit the ever increasing width opening. There was a 'fix' being formulkated in the 80's but so far as I remember, it never got past the initial stage (WO1 Ian K----- from 14 MAG was looking at it...) and was abandoned due to the rifle being shelved in a few years time. I'd bet that it will be one of these almost invisible faults that are on these Australian L1A1's

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Originally Posted by Peter Laidler

I didn't think that you could have semi autos in Oz any more. We did a lot (?) of DP L1A1's and the three main ZF faults that put them into the DP category were a) oversize locking shoulder holes and b) worn out locking catch lugs on the rear of the body or c) where the cutting action of the carrying handle stem had chomped away at the recess in the body making it too wide/oversize to support the carrying handle in its position.

The locking shoulder opening/hole problem could be overcome by using the oversized locking shoulders but really, once they were oversize, nothing would solve the problem. The DP ones were locktited in place with a splodge of tig weld on the right (?) side - on the basis that they weren't going to get a pasting so would stay in place. The worn locking catch lug could be re-ground and welded then re-machined once, then it was scrap. There was also an oversize locking catch too but once you'd used up your options, it was DP or the big scrapyard in the sky. The carrying handle stem slot was beyond any repair except just keep on bending the stem to fit the ever increasing width opening. There was a 'fix' being formulkated in the 80's but so far as I remember, it never got past the initial stage (WO1 Ian K----- from 14 MAG was looking at it...) and was abandoned due to the rifle being shelved in a few years time. I'd bet that it will be one of these almost invisible faults that are on these Australian L1A1's

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:surrender:No lead sled or string with this one:thup: