My Pet Peeve

[Peter Laidler]

I have heard the old L1A1 SLR referred to elsewhere, especially in civilian circles as a SLUR but never heard it called that in the UK, NZ or Australia military. It was always simply the SLR. however, the trusty old FN MAG/L7/GPMG was referred to as the GIMPY but you dont hear that now either. It's proved itself too often and for too long now, that everyone, from the lowest to the highest refer to it in revered terms at 'THE GENERAL' And deservedly so............, and long may it reign

[villiers]

Or people that call all Lugers P.08.

Or ignorant b*stards who don´t

[smellie]

Oh, lordy!

I took a whack at this cutsie practice of handing out sweet names on another forum, mentioning that Mousies and older Tikkies, Winnies and Sakkies all had long-claw extractors, whereas Savvies and Remmies have not..... whereas the Lee-Enfield Rifle doesn't break down, so it doesn't matter that much.

The next six guys who posted flamed me and some of them got downright crude, rude and vulgar about it.

Just no sense of ha-ha, some folks.

I ignored them, just stayed home and played with my Lugies and Webbies and my new Mousie (got another Kar. 71).
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[Patrick Chadwick]

another Kar. 71
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Congrats! Think of me as being green with "jeallie"! Will you actually shoot it? I would like to hear how it performs.

Patrick

[smellie]

Oh, of course. I bought it ($60 at auction) because I needed the rear sight as a pattern for my original Kar. 71, so I can make a rear sight for it. Bore is okay but not as good as my original (which was a $3 rifle back when I was in school; it had spent a number of years in a chicken-coop, so zero finish. Stock was cut, too.) Neither is what you would call collector-grade, of course. Between them, I could use 1 buttplate, 2 nosecaps, 2 stocks and a few other bits. They are survivors and so must be respected as such.

They show up here at gun shows and country auctionsat prices from $60 or so, up to about $1100. The $1100 ones are REALLY nice, all matching, never cut, decent finish. I have a friend who deals in really good ones, but I can't afford them, so I go for the cast-offs, which are just as much fun and just as much history.

I shot my original until CIL stopped making shells, recently have got out my old brass and got a set of dies, waiting for a mould. Right now, looking for more brass. Should have them both barking next Summer.

Especially cut-down, these are fun rifles. When cut, they look like a regular single-shot .22, just a bit beefier. It's when you drop in that HUGE cartridge and touch it off that everybody else on the range really looks at you. But it's fun.

When I grow up, I'm gonna get a ticket to Tabora and join the Kaiserliche Schutztruppe, then we're gonna invade Mozambique again! Only problem is that this new map doesn't show it! Must be defective.

Lota funs!

[Son]

I have heard the old L1A1 SLR referred to elsewhere, especially in civilian circles as a SLUR but never heard it called that in the UK, NZ or Australia military. It was always simply the SLR. however, the trusty old FN MAG/L7/GPMG was referred to as the GIMPY but you dont hear that now either. It's proved itself too often and for too long now, that everyone, from the lowest to the highest refer to it in revered terms at 'THE GENERAL' And deservedly so............, and long may it reign

Funny, that. The rest here get their name or designation, the Mag58 gets "the Gun" or just "Gun" almost as if everything else isn't. I wondered if it had more to do with "Cartridge, respect for the"

[Peter Laidler]

You're right there Son about 'the gun'. It's the one gun that I always gives me a warm feeling whenever I fire it. The hotter it gets and the more rounds that pour down the barrel, the longer the bursts, the more it likes it. My little boy fired a whole belt, virtually non stop when he was quite young and didn't stop smiling for a week afterwards.

Hey Brian (of BDL fame, what about a pic of your L7A2 going full tilt to put a smile on our faces...........)

Call me sloppy but while I'm a great fan and admirer of the Bren, if I had to choose, I'd have to say '.....give me The General'

[Brit plumber]

....
Call me sloppy but while I'm a great fan and admirer of the Bren, if I had to choose, I'd have to say '.....give me The General'.....

Shame on you Peter, I hope the Warminster Brens arn't listening or they will go on STRIKE!!!

[Son]

You're right there Son about 'the gun'. It's the one gun that I always gives me a warm feeling whenever I fire it. The hotter it gets and the more rounds that pour down the barrel, the longer the bursts, the more it likes it. My little boy fired a whole belt, virtually non stop when he was quite young and didn't stop smiling for a week afterwards.

Got a dozen or so OHF guns to certify in a fortnite.... can't wait! A full day of "shake, rattle and roll"

[Johnny Peppers]

Or ignorant b*stards who don´t

It would certainly be an ignorant b*stard that called this one a P.08.