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05-27-2015 01:20 PM
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On our L1A1's the change levers were retained in place by a fiddly split pin too that was as much a bugger to insert and bend over to secure as it was to straighten and pull out, due to the tight confines of the bowels of the TMH. You had to get this pin and the ch lever out and then rotate the retainer plate to really get to the rest of the parts.
Ours (and the Aust made L1's) also had a long trigger plunger that would not allow the trigger to be fully rotated to engage A/Auto fire. Additionally, the standard plunger spring would become coil bound without the short shouldered plunger and........... and.............
It was made to be difficult but not totally impossible. But in reality it just shook the poor girls to bits. Wow.......... that's taken my memory buds back a bit!
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Ours (and the Aust made L1's) also had a long trigger plunger that would not allow the trigger to be fully rotated to engage A/Auto fire. Additionally, the standard plunger spring would become coil bound without the short shouldered plunger
Pretty much the same as ours, except as you know we didn't have the cotter pin. We were required to strip and clean our. There were never many issues I can recall, we didn't strip the sear and sleeve...and the 2" long spring... I would change the plunger and change lever...
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Yes, the Aussie L1A1's change levers were NOT drilled to accommodate a split pin. That is why I always selected an Aussie one for 'conversion' for Field exercises when I played 'Enemy' for various units. You HAD to mod the Trigger return plunger as well. But it was a simple matter once done, to 'break' the rifle. Remove the change lever, & pop in the 'Modified' one. And then fit a 30 round mag of blanks, & clip on Armalite Bipod. & you had an 'LMG'!..........
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Trivia I know, but I'm sure our change levers were drilled for a split pin hole in Oz. Or am I mistaken - anyone......? The change lever also had to clear the longer sear axis pin too before it could be rotated fully round to A
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Thanks Brian. Who'd have thought that! Maybe we didn't trust our crunchies enough to make stripping the TMH easy!
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[QUOTE=Peter Laidler
;333329]Thanks Brian. Who'd have thought that! Maybe we didn't trust our crunchies enough to make stripping the TMH easy
And subsequently some lost components!!.....
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Originally Posted by
tankhunter
And subsequently some lost components!!.....
I know you and Peter have spoken about this part before, but I've never understood why that happened. Like I say, we trained to regularly maintain the trigger group and had absolutely minimum issues with loss and such... Obviously that's why you folk had yours fixed to avoid issues...because at some point there was illustrated an issue...
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Jim, Apart from Losing components. It was to prevent Infanteers Etc, from obtaining/Modifying (Thinking they were clever!) & inserting select fire Change levers. Also the possibility of putting parts in from other Rifles/ Getting things mixed up. Was also a Factor. If incorrectly set up parts had been inserted. There was also the possibility of a VERY Dangerous Potential situation occurring! That is why it was a NO, No for Brit Service personel NOT to strip TMH's out!..........
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