Canadian C1 SMG

[Vincent]

Thanks, Steve.

I am trying to gather more information and pictures of the C1. Aside from the chapter in Captain Laidler's book "The Guns of Dagenham", there's not much info available on the C1.

I found a few pictures, but none of them show the sights or the barrel support in any detail.

[Peter Laidler]

Internally, the barrel support will be pretty well identical to the L2A3 because it does an identical job supporting an identical barrel - internally. I don't thinki that the C1 front barrel support was rolled in place at the front either but will have (?) been pinned.

[browningautorifle]

pinned.

I thought it was silver soldered...? Can't recall for certain. But pinning doesn't sound quite right...

[Brian Dick]

I have excellent reprints available. I also have the British training pams, IPL and EMER as well as the user handbook. Contact direct at bdlltd@bellsouth.net.

[Peter Laidler]

The reason they were(?) pinned as well BAR was because when used in the classroom and training and dry fired, the breech block will hit the face of the barrel with a hefty, heavy steel impact onto the rear face of the barrel and act like a constant impact hammer that will drive through the barrel onto the barrel support out UNLESS it is secured with a secondary means. Ours were pinned AND rolled at the front and they still occasionally work loose. But so loing as they didn't come out (which you'd occasionallt get.....) you could simply braze them back with a torch. And being at the very end of the casing and through 360 degrees, didn't distort the casing in doing so.

[browningautorifle]

in the classroom and training and dry fired,

Seen. Yes, we had a bad habit of doing that.

[Vincent]

Attachment 58819

Yes, internally very similar to the L2A3. Externally, though, it looks quite different.

[browningautorifle]

And my question for Peter(or any that know for sure) would be where is it pinned?

[Vincent]

Attachment 58845

Several of the pictures I have found have what look like pins in the same places. Probably for alignment during assembly would be my guess.

[browningautorifle]

I see, I just don't remember them. It makes sense though.