Sub Calibre adaptors.............

[AmEngRifles]

Very nice indeed. Not counting the crate, you are one third of the way to having a complete conversion kit. Just need the breechblock, action rod and then the barrel insert. Easy Peasy!

[Peter Laidler]

The breech blocks, 'action rod' and barrel inserts are the easy bits Ameng! It's the magazines that are the rocking horse manure....... Or more correctly, the .22 into 7.62 magazine interface block

[Kev G]

Very nice indeed. Not counting the crate, you are one third of the way to having a complete conversion kit. Just need the breechblock, action rod and then the barrel insert. Easy Peasy!

The kit is the easy bit in the UK -



The hard bit is that you can't own a L1A1 as it was made as semi-auto (section 5)
Even if you were to permantly fix the sub cal kit in situ you still can't have one !
So unfortunatly it is now with someone who can use it.

ATB Kevin

[Rotor]

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Here's the cross section in the HK G3 manual. It looks like the block is right up there at the top.

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A couple years ago I found a spare for my G3 kit. See if you can guess which one it is?
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JR

[Peter Laidler]

I bet that they've used the same bits of the kit for both the L1A1 and the G3. It certainly looks like it from the G3 side elevation print. Are G3 sub calibre kits rare?

[Rotor]

G3 kits are not particularly rare in the US. They are still available today at the retail level for $500-600.

I'll bet that HK made a lot of the components. These differ in the shape of the breech of the barrel insert and bolt configuration of course. But I would not be surprised if some more of the internal bits were interchangeable. I'll probably never have them side by side.
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JR

[ickmann]

Recently picked this kit up from the Great White North. Insert is HK stamped. Have used it in the C2A1 reproduction and it runs like a champ. Cheers.
Ian

[Peter Laidler]

All the rest of the world wants now are the magazine interface part that connects the H&K .22 magazine to the big 7.62mm magazine. Anyone out there in the plastics industry fancy making a killing?

[Nick S]

The kit is the easy bit in the UK -

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...a/22subcal.jpg

The hard bit is that you can't own a L1A1 as it was made as semi-auto (section 5)
Even if you were to permantly fix the sub cal kit in situ you still can't have one !
So unfortunatly it is now with someone who can use it.

ATB Kevin

Where could I source a kit from in the UK - even without the magazines. ( and what sort of cost are they?)

Thanks

[Peter Laidler]

Anyone out there reading this ought to look on the Lee Enfield forum under .22" Lee nfiield. It looks liike BDL has a couple of full and 1 part kit to dispose of.................................