Did Canada export L1 receivers to the UK?

[Peter Laidler]

This is a very interesting question from another point of view too Longy........... Did Britain ever import Canadian made C1 rifles or did any come into the Ordnance system? I ask because while we had mixed/pooled Ordnance stockpiles in Germany and they all went through the same Base Workshops at Werl (or was it Verl) and later Wetter in Germany, did they find their way into UK stockpiles?

We have a few Canadian L1A1's at Warminster but they were brought over for interchangeability reasons and other trials. The UK also bought stocks of Lithgow L1A1's to augment stocks in the 70's but even before then, Australian L1A1's were in our system and note was made in the 60's EMER's that rifles with an AD prefix were in the system.

Another question............. Were new-made Canadian LB made C1's exported to other nations as were the UK and Australian rifles?

Just interested and at the same time, keep the FN FAL thread interesting too!

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[Longshaor]

Hi Peter,

This one has me stumped. The "UB 58" is on the left side to the rear of the safety. The size, style & location are consistant with a BSA rifle. On the right side in small caps and about even with the hole in the LB that holds the rat tail it says "Made in Canada". I'll post photos later.

Cheers!