Here here Tankie............. Never stamped but engraved. As a matter of interest Tankie, do you ever remember ring punching the TMH axis pin hole. I mean........ It must have been a 'tiffy' who invented that bodge. He never realised that if it'd already worn oversize once, then thinning the steel down will ensure that it wears out even quicker the next time!
(A 'tiffy' is an artificer...... don't even bother to ask me why some of them got this title! and a 'bodge' is a REME technical term that yuou wild colonials and antipodeans call a 'bubba')
One of the civvy Armourers at Sterling came up with a brilliant solution that was a permanent FIX. I sat on the panel to assess it. It passed with flying colours but then.................
Thanks for the thread Dirtbag. Excellent looking rifle.
On the various parts topic, my ACR L1A1 is made up of many different BSA, Enfield and Fazakerly bits as one might expect. The receiver is BSA 1958. The lower part (trigger housing) is stamped with the same s/n, but is an Enfield part dated 1965.
Would the armourers have stamped the s/n on a 'new' trigger housing when this was added to the rifle?
Charlie
Hi I have uploaded a video of me shooting this. Camera angle needs work so apologies
Fixing a floppy carrying handle is easy to cure. Remove it and add a little more bend to the coil that wraps around the SCREW, carrying handle. But DO NOT allow the sharp end of the coil to engage the body as it'll act like a lathe tool and cut away at it. Allow part of the loop to tighten into the body. Problem solved
Here here Tankie............. Never stamped but engraved. As a matter of interest Tankie, do you ever remember ring punching the TMH axis pin hole. I mean........ It must have been a 'tiffy' who invented that bodge. He never realised that if it'd already worn oversize once, then thinning the steel down will ensure that it wears out even quicker the next time!
(A 'tiffy' is an artificer...... don't even bother to ask me why some of them got this title! and a 'bodge' is a REME technical term that yuou wild colonials and antipodeans call a 'bubba')
One of the civvy Armourers at Sterling came up with a brilliant solution that was a permanent FIX. I sat on the panel to assess it. It passed with flying colours but then.................
Pete, Yes I Do remember that HUGE jig that was available. I concurr with your comments about thinning the metal.
In my expirience, once a TMH was Ring Punched & the wepaon used again. It didnt take more than six months for the TMH to loosen up again at the axis holes!
The only Correct solution would have been to open out the axis holes & braise or weld & dress to profile. A couple of bushes in the TMH to rectify oevrsize axis pin holes. In reality, the TMH eventually was replaced after a couple of the 'ring punching' ''Repairs''! So all it did was delay the inevitable! These days of course. Engineerin materials & methods & machinery has moved on at a tremendous pace. & the selection of repair methods available for choice,are a lot better & varied!
my l1a1 arrived yesterday and im as as happy as pig in sh1t its been a long time since i had one of these it brings back a lot of happy memory,s in the 80s i had one of these and a galil sniper i was realy ****ed off when they were banned ,a gang of us loaded a landrover with as much 7.62 as we could lay are hands on went to the range shot the lot ,bent the barrel,s then handed them in but hey thats history! on a brighter note, gavin is very good to do buisness with what i would call a bloody nice chap .
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