my C1A1 build

[browningautorifle]

The carry handle pictured is Australian. Ours was brown- red bakelite type material. The rear swivel is incorrect and the breech block carrier should be smooth. The stock marking disc was never used. The buttplate isn't the right one, but that would explain the presence of the disc. Maybe UK buttstock? Pre black? Your mag catch looks to be solid and ours were stamped. That would make me suspect the hold open device too.

I wouldn't worry about any of it as it looks just mint. You have all the hard to find parts, after all.

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[arado]

I got into building FAL's. I tried to make a representable example of types. The C1A1 was the most difficult to source. The easiest and best was the Stg58. these HB's were interesting. NOTE, I built my fals years ago.

[browningautorifle]

Like I said Gary, they're all gorgeous. I'd love to carry any of them.

[browningautorifle]

No, that is more like the metric type. The sling swivels on ours were like the late ones on the #4 rifles too. I'd say leave the butt you have on there as it's so nice. Not many will catch it. If I can find pics, I'll send them. I'm pretty sure they're here somewhere though because there's a couple Canadian collectors have shown their stuff on this forum...

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Bottom Left: Canadian Plastic Carrying Handles

You mean bottom right...C1 top, C2 bottom...they don't quite look right, but I guess...

[Peter Laidler]

I agree with BAR. All of the zillions of UK, Lithgows and fewer CAL L1A1's and L2's I dealt with in the UK, Australia and NZ were pretty-well to the UK spec that I'd grown up with.

The RNZAF (?) butt marking disc also looks like a bit of a red herring too. We serviced the RNZAF stuff (was it Ohakea, near Hamilton.....? Someone correct me please....) and their newly issued in 1969 L1A1's and a couple of A2's were all Lithgow/UK spec

[Brit plumber]

Theres also a RAF 41 Sqn too but Sqns were never issued rifles, they were all held in the station armoury so its unlikely they would have had a marking disc.