L96A1 Purchase? or New Accuracy International AW

[Peter Laidler]

Try Fulton in England if you're serious. They have a few plus spare parts too

[Brian Dick]

Unfortunately, BATFE Imports Branch won't approve the L96A1 for import to the USA because it's not a curio and relic. Military firearms can only be approved for civilian use if they're on the U.S. C&R list. Maybe they'll approve them as C&R's in another 25 years since they have to be 50 years old.

[Mk VII]

If they are ever surplus to requirements, they will be destroyed by mutilation, as per the various international agreements on this subject.

[Peter Laidler]

If you're still here Brian B and want an L96, there were a few that were never military. So you might find that an email/call to Fultons - as I suggested at the start, in your interest

[Brian B]

Thank you Peter!!

[Roy W]

There's a Police version L96 currently for sale at Devizes Gunsmiths

http://www.thedevizesgunsmith.co.uk/...ce-and-sniper/

[Gil Boyd]

Brian,
Speak to Richard Stork at Devizes Guns the owner, I am sure he would love to do you a deal just before Christmas.

[Peter Laidler]

But it ain't an L96 - and never will be! It's like having a 2005 VW Beetle when you really want the real McCoy.......... a 1969 VW Beetle. Just my opinion of course!

[Roy W]

Pete,
Apart from the flash hider, lack of iron sights, serial number and lack of NSN engraving on the receiver, are there any other physical differences apart from the original owners?

[Peter Laidler]

Apart from all those things, they're the same. The lack of iron sights shouldn't be a problem as such. In UK Military service it was left fixed to the rifle to use as a back-up sight in much the same way as the iron sight remained on the No4T.

I only ever saw a couple of Police 'L96's' as their needs were too specialised for us. I never quite got to the technicalities of the swirly type whatever it was called. I know that it was screwed on to the barrel with a cack-handed thread and I seem to recall that the standard bladed foresight block wouldn't fit either (might be wrong here.....) because when I needed to fit a standard UK Mil blade foresight to a commercial L96, I had to change the whole barrel - and then couldn't refit the swirly-girly flash enhancer thinggy