Rare early (1971) Lithgow full auto L1A1!!

[mrclark303]

Morning all,

I tried to make the title as sarcastic as possible....

Deactivated Old Spec L1A1 SLR

Well cough, cough, this rare variant is missing from my collection, who knew that Lithgow supplied the Singapore Police with Enfield made slightly adjusted change lever, "full auto" L1A1's??

Second hand car sales come to mind for some strange reason...

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[Peter Laidler]

I made my issue L1A1 into an auto-fire L1A1 and fired it a few times on automatic out at Batu ranges. It just roared like a lion, shook like it was a kango hammer and was totally uncontrollable. Looked good but totally useless. Even standing/crouched fired from off the firing-post it was the same. Prone was even worse.

[browningautorifle]

I did the same with my FN C1 A1 regularly. Changed the trigger plunger and kept a selector in my kit. They were fun with blank ammo but as Peter says, what a cooker when they were live. Can't really imagine a use for it now...

[Paul S.]

Creative writing at its best (worst) in the advert. But, then throw 'SAS' into an advert for the unexperienced and ignorant and you have a sale for a ridiculous price.

[tankhunter]

Creative writing at its best (worst) in the advert. But, then throw 'SAS' into an advert for the unexperienced and ignorant and you have a sale for a ridiculous price.

Or 'PARA'!..................

[Gil Boyd]

Tanky,
I see you left the best till last then

[Brian Dick]

I've fired both metric and inch pattern rifles on full auto and they're as worthless as tits on a boar hog.

[tankhunter]

Tanky,
I see you left the best till last then

Gil, 'Quality, not Quantity' Mate! AIRBORNE!......

[Lee Enfield]

I did the same with my FN C1 A1 regularly. Changed the trigger plunger and kept a selector in my kit. They were fun with blank ammo but as Peter says, what a cooker when they were live. Can't really imagine a use for it now...

They were great with the 22 kit...in a c2

[browningautorifle]

I used the sub cal many times in my rifle with the FA selector. When we were living out for a week, I'd have it in there for grouse or gophers and such. Those were long ago days though. We'd also likely have a handgun of some kind...the training NCOs that is. I once did an assault on a gopher colony with the FN sub cal, much to the mirth of my fellow training NCOs that watched from a safe distance. They sure ran fast on FA as well...in .22... For those that ever walked Camp Wainwright, that was out in the lost farm area...