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How times have changed!
Thumbing through some old copies of the UK's Guns Review Magazine and came across this advert placed by the Falkland Islands Government in 1993
I seem to remember reading a post somewhere that this was the source for the Anglo Custom (via Luxdeftec) Straight Pull conversions?
Well, you could have a great weekend with that little lot!:)
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Interesting, I seem to recall that all the Anglo examples I looked at were all BSA, no Enfields among them, I often wondered if there was some convoluted legal reason that BSA (commercial MOD contact examples) were sold off and not Government owned ROF Enfield made examples.Quote:
Originally Posted by waco16
Jeez, I'll take two of each!
Could be possible that the SLR's sent to the Falklands were all BSA contract? If drawn from MoD stores, you'd think they would be mixed manufacture.
One of each please.I wonder what they were purchased for in the end.
I think, most, (if not all) the Falklands L1A1's were deactivated and sold with authenticity certificates.
I'm not really sure what was so collectable about these anyway, they were supplied after the Falklands war to re-equip the Falkland Islands Defence Force..
John,
Regardless...............oh for building a time machine. :lol:
Absolutely Gil, I would be like a kid in a sweet shop!:thup:
Might seek out a legal US range next time I'm over where I can shoot a "proper" SLR, I know where there are a few that side of the pond in ex Police hands ;)
Come and visit SC. We can shoot the whole line up of weapons from your time in service. SLR, SMG, GPMG and even pistols if you like. The range is about 50 paces from the back door of the shop.
That sounds like a dream come true Brian, happy days...
Been working on one for sometime Gill, its the power source for the flux capacitor that is causing issues........ There is a quite a few adverts in Guns Review that I need to go back for, mainly the Sherman tanks for £10KQuote:
Originally Posted by Gil Boyd
Regarding the SLR and Browning HP, I'm lucky in the aspect that I get to shoot them twice a year , ( I can assure all tax payers it is a good cause and brings great happiness for a few)
Oh I feel assured Geoff, but as a Tax payer, it's only right that I should assist the tiresome chore of brass conversion mate...
John,
Looking out for that De Lorean with all the kit in it................that'll get me back in time accurately!!
LDT also sold a number of them on the German market. I have one.Quote:
Originally Posted by waco16
Attachment 101934Attachment 101935Here's my 1961 BSAQuote:
Originally Posted by Ex Crab
Originally came from LDT (via Anglo Customs) in Plastic furniture, now dressed in first pattern British wood
Great fun to shoot!
Gil, They used to joke about following the white lines to your DeLorean! :lol:
Which ammo does it prefer and what sort of grouping do you get?Quote:
Originally Posted by waco16
Nice looking SP example. I can feel we're going into the great SP extraction debate again!
GGG is your one stop shop for factory loaded SP L1's, it works and surprisingly well.
Others experience may vary of course!
:lol::lol::lol: Brian yes spot on with that observation.
John, Don't start me off. I regret selling mine last year, it was a real pain in competitions. Straight pulling anything, when the barrel gets hot you are going to get stoppages, on extraction, which was the issue with mine even on GGG, which was supposed to be the solution.
Yes it was great for the first 7 rounds, but therafter, fitted with the original cocking handle, (not the big landrover starting handle version) the only solution was to stand it on its butt and really force the cocking handle backwards as hard as you could, with both hands or a rubber mallet!!
I know there will be those on here who have had no problems at all on a 20 round mag, but it is an issue on the size of the neck and how that was reamed out by the "convertor" IMHO.
Evening Gil, they really are only suitable for occasional target shooting at a sedate firing rate.
It's better than not having an L1 though..
If you want semiauto, then you have to go .22 conversion kit, not cheap or plentiful and it requires hand fitting to fit and run reliability.
You really have to want it and be prepared to jump through many hoops!
Maybe John, but if it's like my LDT/Anglo Customs L1A1 it has been re-chambered for .308. Now we can have the .308/7.62mm debate!Quote:
Originally Posted by mrclark303
I use handloads - RWS .308 cases (F/L sized) SMK 155 palma match bullets 43 grains N140 loaded to 2.775"Quote:
Originally Posted by Ex Crab
I've got through over 100 rounds in one session with not a hard extraction in sight
Its certainly not a 'target' load, but it consistently hits a figure 11 target at 600 yds
Oh, here we go again Charlie ....Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie303
I've tried the Russian steel cased stuff, loaded with curry powder and cushed celluloid film / hundreds and thousands / powdered milk etc and it functions very well, couldn't hit a barn door if it fell off the hinges on top of me though!
But GGG, from my Lithgow with my 'good' SUIT on was printing very small groups at 100 yds, as Charlie can attest on our last outing...
+1 for Lithuanian GGG...that stuff is amazing.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrclark303