The trials rifle – no stampings, or marks to say it was in the trials. However, it was owned by Owen International who used to be based in St Leonards or thereabouts. They provided the trials AI’s & Lapua ammo. They also had the initial contract to supply SR98 & the Lapua HPS ammo.
There were 4 rifles returned to them by the ADF when the trials were over, mine ( which technically is an AWP rather than an AW ), 2 x green AW’s that were from a
Swedish
contract run ( MSG90 – I have the Swedish manual for one ), & another plain green AW. All were boxed with scopes. Owen International held onto them for a number of years, & they were sold as a job lot in 1998. Condition wise, mine was the best of the bunch, the others were well worn & worn well. How do I know ? I brokered the deal J AI in the
UK put me onto Owen International & it took a few years to get the deal together. Hardest thing was finding 3 others who wanted to buy an AW as I could not afford all 4.
These 4 were never owned by the ADF, just used by them as trails units.
PM
