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    SLR L1A1 STRAIGHT PULL

    Well this morning I put a good 20+ rounds down the range of my old personel weapon. First time in many years. 7.62 x 51 GGG ammo through a 1961 all wood rifle triangle stock.

    Fine for the first 5 rounds and then the usual hard to eject the empty case when the barrel gets hot, until you had fed the rifle with plenty of Browning spray oil!!!

    I know I have discussed this with a number of people on here already in the UKicon.

    What a waste of a beautiful self loading rifle to make it a straight Pull, when other rifles out there in the UK like the MASS conversions, could so easily have been applied to this weapon.

    Only my point of view, but as I write, I understand the MASS days and the 50 Calibre days are very numbered here in the UK!!!

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    'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA

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