When was the last L42 withdrawn from MoD service?

[Lee Enfield]

I was taught that you must ALWAYS check a weapon to ensure it is safe when first picking it up and that some-one telling you that it is safe is simply not good enough.

I think WE all were...

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I had an RFI 1A1 rifle many years ago. A very interesting rifle. A cross between an FAL and L1A1, I reckon they beat both FN and the RSAF out of the royalty payments!

1 piece firing pins,
Ex1/X8E1 single locking angle on the bolt and carrier (with sand cuts), Inch pattern extractor.
metric style front sight in a inch style gas block.
Inch pattern gas regulator & gas tube,
3rd model Metric butt stock,
Inch pattern hammer & trigger mech, & mag release.

metric(ish) barrel thread...

Just a note:
Make sure that if you are using an Indian bolt, you always use an Indian bolt carrier (and vice versa unless you have an Ex/X8/ EARLY Israeli bolt/carrier to mix match).