I like the SA80

[mrclark303]

To honour our proud tradition of going off on a tangent and in the spirit of the previous fascinating post by David, showing what used to be available here in the UK, here's a couple of AR15's that survived the gas torch and passed through my hands about 5 years back now.

The AR15 sporter was used for a few years by its owner at Bisley and when the ban came in he had it very carefully deactivated and kept it as a reminder.

The second is an AR15 A2 HBAR, this came from a chap (A true gentleman if there ever was one) who used to import AR15's and M1A's to the UK before the ban, it was absolutely mint and un-fired bar factory test and UK proof...

It hung around a Sec 5 armoury for many years before finally being deactivated in 1995, the owner again keeping it to remind him of happier times.

That one came to me with everything Armalite related (unresticted) he still had in the back of the stock room, hammers, trigger sets, go, no go gauges, cleaning kits etc etc.

All just thrown in, a really nice guy!

It's a shame both got the chop, but its better than facing a cutting torch! Today, the HBAR is in a Museum collection and the A1 Sporter is in a private collection.

I shot a HBAR A2 a few years back, I thought they might shoot well and I wasn't wrong, superb rifles, I would dearly love one!

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