1990 price of the L85 for the purposes of a Board of Enquiry was £290. The SUSAT sight cost just over £300.

Repairability is also a great factor too. One that I never thought about until one came in following a fairly serious incident during an exercise when one was run over by a run-a-way APC (caused by stupidity....., but that was another story...) The rifle was seriously damaged and had been lost in a wet mudbath for several hours following the mishap. It was washed off, stripped down as best it could be. The trigger housing was slightly twisted but no welds were broken so it was dollied straight. Within a couple of hours the rifle was back in the Armoury, fully test fired and function tested.