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[enbloc8]

But there hangs the problem. The 4 x 2 indicates INCHES. So you'd blab on about 4x2 but the young soldiers would think in millimetres. They'd think '....... 4x2 mm is a bit small but 4x2 cm's is also a tad small, so I'll try 4x2 metres'. Only joking but you get the idea..........

Did they not issue packages of precut patches, like in the States??

[Peter Laidler]

Noooooooooo, we're not THAT civilised yet Enblock! The 4x2 is still issued in 4" wide 50 yard long rolls with a red line every 2". So you get a foot length and tear off a bit, about 4" long, fold it in half so that it's now 2" long, and thread that into the pullthrough, thinking illogically that it's now 4" x 2" and will fit snugly down the bore. It wont!

Only we're not allowed to call it 4x2 now........ or even a foot length it's something else. But to us older types, we just call it 4 x2 CENTI inches and get on with it!

[Lithy]

CORPORAL!! IT IS NOT FOURBEE. YOU WILL REFER TO IT AS SERVICE FLANNELETTE!!

Just another blast I got from an RSM that was a stikler for the book. You should have seen the fit he threw when I referred to the breech block carrier return rod as the rat's tail.