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Falkland Island Imbel vs. L1A1
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04-08-2009 05:26 PM
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True - to a point. The British soldiers were issued rifles by Her Majesty. A soldier in battle 'losing' his rifle is just about the most discreditable thing to do. However, after the battle the Argie rifles were gathered in piles.
I read somewhere that selective fire, folding stock rifles were set aside for use by Special Forces. (The mention was that a man in Northern Ireland had a cutdown captured 'SLR' on his lap under a newspaper when they were stopped at a roadblock.)
But, the real prize were Argie .45cal handguns. Every swinging dick needed one of those!
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Argie FN Fals were captured in large numbers but I have to say, they were in what we call 'crap' condition. I have never seen butts as loose as on them! The only ones I ever saw back in the UK were a few hundred that came back and were converted to lookalike L1A1's and upgraded to L60A1 DP configuration for paras, training on the wilds of Brecon etc etc. I know this because I drew up the specification to convert them to DP. In fact, one turned up in private hands a year or so ago but it was still deemed to be dewat
I had an Argentine Navy (Armarda) .45 pistol that had cooked off in a unimog truck fire. But it wasn't an M1911 as we know it but a local copy called, if I remember correctly, a simplified model 1927 or something. I got it back to the UK and then dewatted it and sold it a couple of years ago
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Arkley Arms had a large number of L1A1's that Al N. bought out of the Falklands when they were offered by the gov. Some were still in wraps. Some wood, some plastic..all NICE. I believe he sold all but 1 or 2. Regret I couldn't import any to the US.
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The Systema or 1927 is a true 1911 copy licensed by Colt. All parts are interchangable.
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The pistol might've been a Ballester-Molina.
The Argentines used FMAP-manufactured FALs not Imbels.
Eli
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Eli; I never heard of a FMAP could you please give more info"?
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Argie Govt. arms factory. Also made/make licenced copies of the BHP and a few other little goodies.
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Boy that link to Cruffler and then to the old JLD page is a blast from the past. I studied long and hard about buying a Colt marked Argie pistol. Went for the Mod 27 instead.