L96A1 manufacturer

[Surpmil]

Subcontractor long out of business and still the solicitors prowl seeking the unwary?!

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[Peter Laidler]

2nd to last para Chosenman. You were a bit hasty with that comment. Misinformed................I think not! Based on nothing more than been doing this a long time. Let me ask you a pertinent question that the wise might have asked in situ.............. No, maybe not!

[chosenman]

Hi Peter,

My comment is purely in response to the information you provided, with some authority I might add. I've now responded having visited AI and dealt directly with the two design engineers of the L96 and who oversaw the solution to the catastrophic problem. I would just like to point out to anyone with an L96 that bolt locking ring, crack testing and a potential bolt replacement is not necessary and simply never happened back in the day. The problem was rectified by quite simply removing the existing shroud and pin replacing with the new one, thirty seconds, problem solved. I'm just saying the source from which you concluded your answer is wrong. The guys at AI seemed pretty clued up.

[Peter Laidler]

I read what you said in thread 11 Chosenman. Misinformed indeed........... Someone a tad more technically inclined would have been slightly more forensic

[XL39E1]

A real reason for the "C" Suffix.

"C" = consession.

Extract from the L96A1 Inspection and Repair publication!

Attachment 60511

Components include, Bolt Body, Bolt lugs, Bolt locking lugs and trigger boxes!

And Chosenman, your firing pin was replaced because it was bent and was causing missfires!