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mrclark303 SAS L1A1 (but not really) 04-18-2017, 04:47 AM
Peter Laidler O, bless 'em! But they do... 04-18-2017, 06:06 AM
mrclark303 The straight pull L1A1'S... 04-18-2017, 08:36 AM
Peter Laidler To be honest, I served in... 04-18-2017, 09:20 AM
browningautorifle It is interesting how they... 04-18-2017, 09:47 AM
mrclark303 Funny that Jim, as you say,... 04-18-2017, 01:38 PM
Gil Boyd John, No one had them down... 04-18-2017, 04:25 PM
mrclark303 Cheers Gil, thanks for the... 04-18-2017, 06:15 PM
Flying10uk Is it possible to tell from... 04-18-2017, 06:49 PM
browningautorifle I remember the long, long... 04-18-2017, 07:06 PM
mrclark303 Receiver is Lithgow cut F10,... 04-18-2017, 08:02 PM
Buccaneer If it is a British Build I... 05-07-2017, 08:11 AM
mrclark303 This what is and what isn't... 05-07-2017, 01:47 PM
CINDERS VN SLR's 04-18-2017, 09:55 PM
mrclark303 Thanks for posting Cinders,... 04-19-2017, 03:01 AM
Brit plumber Original NI photo of a shorty... 04-19-2017, 04:36 PM
mrclark303 I see the FE is attached to... 04-19-2017, 07:41 PM
browningautorifle That pic has been altered and... 04-19-2017, 09:27 PM
Woodsy In my experience (having made... 04-19-2017, 05:18 PM
Peter Laidler No need to go through it all... 04-19-2017, 05:40 PM
Flying10uk I can't say that I've ever... 04-19-2017, 06:29 PM
tankhunter The REAL reason these were... 04-20-2017, 02:12 AM
mrclark303 Finally, a respected Armourer... 04-20-2017, 03:03 AM
Gil Boyd I never knew April the 1st... 04-20-2017, 04:01 AM
tankhunter No probs John, The real... 04-21-2017, 01:48 AM
Peter Laidler Bayonets were fixed early on,... 04-20-2017, 05:43 AM
Gil Boyd Never ever used or were... 04-20-2017, 06:54 AM
Gil Boyd Good old image as it was... 04-20-2017, 07:11 AM
browningautorifle Don't take a glass jar into... 04-20-2017, 09:39 AM
enbloc8 Was it always the front end... 04-25-2017, 09:54 PM
Gil Boyd Preference to the... 04-26-2017, 04:11 AM
enbloc8 Thanks for your explanation;... 04-26-2017, 07:49 PM
mrclark303 Thanks for sharing the great... 04-20-2017, 07:25 AM
Peter Laidler They also found that as... 04-20-2017, 10:44 AM
browningautorifle That must have been... 04-20-2017, 11:13 AM
Gil Boyd Peter, That made me spit out... 04-20-2017, 11:39 AM
Peter Laidler The Scouts certainly earned... 04-20-2017, 02:01 PM
Flying10uk Gil, do you remember a GPMG... 04-20-2017, 06:03 PM
Gil Boyd So many weapons stolen over... 04-21-2017, 03:39 AM
browningautorifle Long time since I saw a Bell... 04-20-2017, 07:50 PM
mrclark303 I can remember a very brief... 04-21-2017, 04:12 AM
Bruce_in_Oz The only "funny" I ever saw,... 04-21-2017, 04:28 AM
mrclark303 Ring any bells Bruce? 04-21-2017, 09:44 AM
Gil Boyd In view of the current... 04-21-2017, 10:05 AM
CINDERS I do not think the paddies... 04-21-2017, 04:54 AM
Peter Laidler The snatch GPMG saga was the... 04-21-2017, 05:33 AM
Peter Laidler Re Bruce in Oz, thread 37 and... 04-21-2017, 11:44 AM
mrclark303 Interesting to see a pic if... 04-21-2017, 12:31 PM
Gil Boyd .................oh no not... 04-21-2017, 01:22 PM
mrclark303 Now being a true Brit, I take... 04-22-2017, 05:14 AM
Bruce_in_Oz That looks VERY similar. I... 04-21-2017, 07:09 PM
mrclark303 Hi Bruce, the picture was... 04-22-2017, 04:29 AM
Bruce_in_Oz Someting a bit different 04-23-2017, 09:13 PM
tankhunter Bruce, Well! That REALLY... 04-24-2017, 02:01 AM
Peter Laidler We had a church service on... 04-24-2017, 06:33 AM
mrclark303 A very happy ANZAC day from... 04-24-2017, 09:45 AM
Gil Boyd Have a good... 04-24-2017, 10:22 AM
Peter Laidler We also had a RNZEME Corps... 04-24-2017, 12:00 PM
Woodsy Peter, the CAC factory was in... 04-25-2017, 09:21 PM
CINDERS Think you meant a Hangi Peter... 04-25-2017, 09:32 PM
Peter Laidler Gil, wasn't an RCT bloke shot... 04-26-2017, 04:58 AM
Gil Boyd Peter, As answered above, I... 04-26-2017, 05:18 AM
Gil Boyd First image again shows it in... 04-26-2017, 07:44 AM
Peter Laidler Made me chuckle Gil. In real... 04-26-2017, 11:20 AM
Gil Boyd Salt of the earth both Chesh... 04-26-2017, 12:19 PM
browningautorifle You only got half of them. ... 04-26-2017, 07:19 PM
Paul S. Gil said, 'Grrrrrrrr those... 04-26-2017, 10:44 PM
Gil Boyd EnblocB, That is a staged... 04-27-2017, 03:13 AM
Peter Laidler Good thread but it makes a... 04-27-2017, 07:14 AM
Gil Boyd Didn't have many of them... 04-27-2017, 05:20 PM
Peter Laidler That made me laugh Gil........ 04-27-2017, 05:45 PM
Gil Boyd Sadly, 1971 to 1974 were... 04-27-2017, 06:14 PM
mrclark303 As you say Gil ... and for... 04-27-2017, 06:51 PM
Gil Boyd anyway, back to the... 04-28-2017, 03:12 AM
mrclark303 Not really a rifle I have... 04-28-2017, 05:27 AM
browningautorifle Wish digital cameras had been... 04-28-2017, 09:54 AM
Gil Boyd Mon... 04-28-2017, 11:51 AM
mrclark303 Don't panic, all is right... 04-28-2017, 12:21 PM
green In the late 70s the first FN... 04-28-2017, 01:08 PM
Peter Laidler So far as I recall Gil, the... 04-28-2017, 03:31 PM
tankhunter Pete, I never encountered any... 04-29-2017, 04:23 AM
Woodsy When I bought 1,000 L1A1's... 04-29-2017, 06:31 PM
browningautorifle I wonder how they would work... 04-29-2017, 10:41 PM
enbloc8 I'm curious, are there any... 04-29-2017, 11:57 PM
Woodsy NZ had 15,663 L1A1's and 375... 04-30-2017, 05:42 AM
browningautorifle That would be interesting to... 04-30-2017, 09:59 AM
Woodsy 83488 This is not the... 04-30-2017, 05:45 PM
mrclark303 Very interesting concept... 04-30-2017, 07:39 PM
Woodsy I hand fired it, first with... 04-30-2017, 09:32 PM
browningautorifle I didn't find any gun shops... 05-01-2017, 12:12 AM
Peter Laidler Mmmmmmmmmm......... The... 05-08-2017, 09:51 AM
mrclark303 Its a tricky situation Peter,... 05-08-2017, 12:37 PM
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