"L8A5" for sale....

[Troglodyte]

I think what I find most amusing about the sales pitch is seeing the phrases "results from the L8 program were uninspiring", and "undoubtedly a superior shooter", in the same paragraph.

I could be wrong, but I read that to mean "While the rifles produced were both reliable and accurate, it quickly became clear that the complexity of performing the conversions required factory work, rendering the plan for mass unit-level conversions completely unfeasible and dooming the project to cancellation."

But you're right, as written it's kinda funny.

I hasten to add that my interpretation is a guess, as I've never even seen one of theese club or military conversions.

[Gil Boyd]

How True Alan....repeated enough on this site for the benefit of all to protect their hard earned cash!!

[Promo]

I wouldn't have expected a "military armourer at unit level" to have had access to a commercial proofed barrel, and the UK doesn't 'export mark' the firearms but the receiving country often marks the with import markings showing where they came from.

The ENGLAND mark commonly found in the USA and is considered by many to be an England EXPORT marking is in fact a pre-1968 import requirement by the US authorities.

There is a saying - "buy the rifle not the story".

Please tell that Ian Skennerton. I was only quoting his wording in the description.