L1A1 Single Shot "UK" spec?? Any ideas?

[David TS]

David, the more I see your rifle....the more I want one!! Looks great!

Prepping some "upgrades" already (although I've yet to order!!). Found a nice set of 1st Pattern L1A1 furniture with a brass buttplate....I notice yours has steel.
Anyone know when the transition took place or were UK rifles always steel?

Andy
My buttplate is actually aluminium, polished.

My parts list only lists one part number, but doesn't state material, or if there were substitutions.....

[Peter Laidler]

L1A1 Brass buttplates............. I don't remember them. They were all LM25 (or was it LM28/2) cast aluminium alloy made by Birmaloy and Qualcast in Birmingham. But not brass................

[David TS]

L1A1 Brass buttplates............. I don't remember them. They were all LM25 (or was it LM28/2) cast aluminium alloy made by Birmaloy and Qualcast in Birmingham. But not brass................

Qualcast.....Christ, i've got bits of lawn mower on my SLR.......

[OxfordAndy]

L1A1 Brass buttplates............. I don't remember them. They were all LM25 (or was it LM28/2) cast aluminium alloy made by Birmaloy and Qualcast in Birmingham. But not brass................

David/Peter - my mistake. It looks like brass in the pics I have. Checked with the seller and it is alloy.

[David TS]

David/Peter - my mistake. It looks like brass in the pics I have. Checked with the seller and it is alloy.

No worries

[tankhunter]

L1A1 Brass buttplates............. I don't remember them. They were all LM25 (or was it LM28/2) cast aluminium alloy made by Birmaloy and Qualcast in Birmingham. But not brass................

I never ever saw any Brass Buttplates, & to my Knowlege none were ever issued! There WERE, however. Two variants of buttplate in Brit/commonwealth Service. First pattern had a 'Trap' that the used could open & store the Oil bottle, & pullthrough & combined weight inside the Butt. The combi-Tool, debris brush & bronze chamber brush had to carried in personal equipment or in the smock somewhere.
The Second Pattern, was blank with NO provision for a trap to allow access to store anything! If I remember correctly, there was an E.M.E.R mod that entailed the gluing shut of Buttplate Traps when the stock of trap springs ran out. As the cleaning kit was for a LONG time issued in a Tin, & later a plastic container. this really rendered the old 'store inside the Butt' method, obsolete!
When later on the Full Plastic Black Furniture came into Service. There was NO provision right from the start for the user to be able to store anything inside Butts whatsoever.

[nzl1a1collector]

Canadians used Steel Butt Plates, fitted to the butt in the same way FAL butt plates were fitted by a central screw, screwed into the return spring tube nut.

Australia had just the one aluminium alloy Butt plate with trap

British had the two Alloy butt plates at tank hunter said. Early with a trap and the later without the trap.

[OxfordAndy]

Order placed. Gavin currently quoting two weeks on delivery.

[tailz]

Order placed. Gavin currently quoting two weeks on delivery.

Nice one Andy, will be the longest 2 weeks of your life..

[David TS]

Order placed. Gavin currently quoting two weeks on delivery.

Well done

Nice one Andy, will be the longest 2 weeks of your life..

Pfft.....I had to wait SEVEN MONTHS