Quote Originally Posted by mrclark303 View Post
Morning Mike,

I would assume they were all top notch refurbished war reserve pieces too, most of the examples seen in the hands of those drug fuelled "gangs", in the old news clips appear to be in excellent condition.
Morning John, Yes you are quite correct. ( & as you can see, Peter backs this up) They were ALL refurbished stock weapons.
Anything going back into stock. Would as a matter of routine. Have been totally refurbed to as new standard before being put back into reserve.
It would be pointless quite frankly, to have done anything else. If they were ever needed, thy could be issued out with confidence.
That they were fit for purpose & Ready for further service. As required.

(And the 'Bounus' of this procedure was. That it kept the Civvy Employee's workflow going!.....)