L42A1 bolt head question

[chosenman]

I have read those accounts. Very much different than in the USMC. Unless an M40A3 was beyond repair, it was always sent back to the owning unit after higher echelon maintenance was completed.

Ha! you fellas probably had lots of spare rifles at unit level. Unfortunately most British infantry units, with the exception of the SAS and RM had 7-8 rifles which were all subject to a heavy pasting once a year when the battalion ran its own sniper cadre.