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The real knack is to master the double tap on a continuos basis 
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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10-24-2014 10:44 AM
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Well, the first video shows that you CAN do it! You can't get any more conclusive than that. I have to say that the internal machining defeated me. I say 'defeated'..... in that it worked superficially but only due to prior knowledge.
The front of the magazine well defeated the Design Office at Enfield at first until someone had a brain-wave. They slit a body right down the centre line in a 'one picture describes a thousand words' sort of way. That way a picture emerged of the TRUE problem and within hours, the solution was found to yet another seemingly impossible hurdle. A small pin to act as a stop in the barrel nut plunger spring hole.
Good work C130 and thanks for the video........
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Is that an early L4A1 type flash eliminator on the L4A3 conversion C130? These were weak at the heavily tapered muzzle end and were prone to splitting the prongs. Same as old and well worn/used L1A1 rifle flash eliminators used to do eventually. Nice to see an L4 singing for its supper. We could always tell the different Brens when you had mixed ranges. The old Brens made a gentlemanly pop-pop-pop-popping sound while the big bad L4's just went banging away........... for want of a better word!
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I will have to rely on your knowledge for the barrel/flash hider id.
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That's the real McCoy L4 later barrel with stronger flash eliminator and reinforced breech end. What finish is that on the main body? Just white bead blasted metal awaiting phosphate and paint/engraving or another finish. Brian at BDL
can do exact UK Military finish.
I just need to see the video again to get my daily fix of L4's........
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That's the real McCoy L4 later barrel with stronger flash eliminator and reinforced breech end. What finish is that on the main body? Just white bead blasted metal awaiting phosphate and paint/engraving or another finish. Brian at
BDL can do exact
UK Military finish.
I just need to see the video again to get my daily fix of L4's........
Correct. Just in the white bead blasted. There was no point in finishing until the engraving is done. You wouldn't happen to know/have the font would you? I talked with Brian in the past and unfortunately he led me to believe his Suncorite supply is very low and he was saving it for his own projects.
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that paint is available now and then. there was a guy selling 1 litre cans for 20 quid in the uk
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but its hazmat and illegal to import! 
Last edited by c310pilot; 10-26-2014 at 09:29 AM.
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I think that you might find Brian abit more sympathetic now he's seen what you've done - and done so damn well! The font...... Ask Brian to do a pencil/tracing rubbing of his markings or a good close-up photo of the markings against a scale. He might have an original A3 as I understand.
Did you modify the butt slide too C130? Not that it makes any difference. Some of the foreign nations on a budget just sent in, say, 100 gun bodies and got 100 L4A3 bodies and matching/numbered breech blocks back to reassemble to the almost scrap and worn out butt slides and bipod assembliess that they had taken off earlier. Mind you, those equally hard-up almost bankrupt African nations that were on an aid budget from the benevolent UK just sent in complete scrap Brens in and got almost new, factory fresh L4A3's. Ghana being one such..... Oh, don't get me going...........
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I think that you might find Brian abit more sympathetic now he's seen what you've done - and done so damn well! The font...... Ask Brian to do a pencil/tracing rubbing of his markings or a good close-up photo of the markings against a scale. He might have an original A3 as I understand.
Did you modify the butt slide too C130? Not that it makes any difference. Some of the foreign nations on a budget just sent in, say, 100 gun bodies and got 100 L4A3 bodies and matching/numbered breech blocks back to reassemble to the almost scrap and worn out butt slides and bipod assembliess that they had taken off earlier. Mind you, those equally hard-up almost bankrupt African nations that were on an aid budget from the benevolent
UK just sent in complete scrap Brens in and got almost new, factory fresh L4A3's. Ghana being one such..... Oh, don't get me going...........
The bipod assembly was purchased from Kevin. Kevin also supplied me with pencil rubbings. With luck, the Gorton 3U will be here in a month. It's paid for but the logistics of shipping from Connecticut to Virginia is hampering things bit. The butt slide, I am unsure what mods were to be accomplished. Do you care to shed some light on those mods?
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