Rare early (1971) Lithgow full auto L1A1!!

[mrclark303]

Sounds like a riot Jim! To be fair, I bet they did run fast, the local wildlife are probably more use to a local with a shotgun, not a full on Canadian Army assault with automatic weapons!!

I bet the kit has a blistering rate of fire on full auto too!

[browningautorifle]

Yes, it was the kit I meant. It ran about the same as the rifle, about 750 I think...

[martins8589]

I made my issue L1A1 into an auto-fire L1A1 and fired it a few times on automatic out at Batu ranges. It just roared like a lion, shook like it was a kango hammer and was totally uncontrollable. Looked good but totally useless. Even standing/crouched fired from off the firing-post it was the same. Prone was even worse.

Was that with Houtchie chord or a match stick!

[Peter Laidler]

No such rough Armouring from us! ..... we had the makings from the L2's we had!

[browningautorifle]

I always trimmed my trigger plunger and kept a selector in my kit...

[tankhunter]

'ere, anyone want to buy an L1A1 SLR that once belonged to the Queen?.....I know where there are hundered's of Thousands of 'em!......................LOL

[Gil Boyd]

I know the Indian Army have 25,000 just waiting to be replaced by the SA80. Albeit, they try to run a similar disposal policy to the UK, I have always wondered what they do with thier "seconds"
If they have any sense they'll keep hold of the SLR's as long as they can.........best rifle ever made IMHO

[Peter Laidler]

India adopting the SA80......... Are you SURE Gil? They've only just perfected (well, in the last 8 years or so.....) their INSAS rifle (and the INSAS-LSW that was plagued by the same problems as our LSW. A boy trying to do a mans job!). They won't divulge the true size of their Army but when I quoted 1.5 million 'available', including reserves, the ILO at Warminster smiled.

[Gil Boyd]

Yes Peter.......they will always follow our lead when it comes to weapon systems, and when we have got bored with the SA80, they'll want the usual deal of ammo and parts and servicing thrown in. Don't ask me why, perhaps its because you REME types keep the old SLR's going just that little bit longer for them without complaining in parts.

The issues are of course that things are, and will be drastically changing this end what with Bordon going and other fine REME/Stores establishments that go back centuries...............but heyho when have Politicians given a toss as to how we maintain kit issued to whoever, including our own!!

[Sentryduty]

They've only just perfected (well, in the last 8 years or so.....) their INSAS rifle

Again I learn something today, I had never heard of the INSAS rifle and gave wikipedia a quick look over.

An interesting take on a service rifle, and trust India to copy, clone, and kludge something together.

Main speaking points are a 5.56mm rifle which is 9.1 lbs unloaded and features what AR15 users refer to as a "pencil barrel". I especially like the bit of engineering that must have went into the Lubrication, Jet, Eyeball Mark 1.

Makes the Chinese evolution of Type-53 (Mosin-Nagant) -> Type-56 (AK-47) -> Type 81 (Modernized SKS) -> Type 95 (Bullpup Rifle) -> Type 03 (Non-bullpup Type 95) look positively first rate by comparison.