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    L12A1 (SLR in .22LR)

    Recently there was a thread about the L12A1 and its availability. I bought one 4 years ago and after a bit of testing managed some quite good groups with Eley Rifle Match at 100 mtrs. At 25 mtrs CCI was the best. Whilst CCI only costs € 2.50 a box, Eley Match costs € 12.40! Here are results:
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    Please show us photos of the gun

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    Ask and ye shall receive:

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    Sorry wrong gun, I meant this one:

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    Here are the bits that go inside, The barrel insert has extremely thin walls (7.62-5.56= not much) is obviously not a very tight fit in the 7.62 bbl, therefore not exactly super accurate, but good enough for Gov't work.

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    The extractor plate and some other parts are the same as the sub-cal kit for the L85.

    Is it the light playing tricks or perhaps the painter playing a cruel game but........ those 25 pounders don't look like the same colours of the guns used in our Army. In Malaya the vehicles and guns were a mid bronze green instead of the usual deep bronze green but that green seems to be a bit, er............ What's the word I'm looking for.........?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    The extractor plate and some other parts are the same as the sub-cal kit for the L85.

    Is it the light playing tricks or perhaps the painter playing a cruel game but........ those 25 pounders don't look like the same colours of the guns used in our Army. In Malaya the vehicles and guns were a mid bronze green instead of the usual deep bronze green but that green seems to be a bit, er............ What's the word I'm looking for.........?
    Those guns were not in the main compound in JHQ when I didn't photograph them around 3 years ago. 'onest Guv.
    Actually strictly for parade/looking pretty at formal occasions.

    I posted the pictures because they are mil surplus and because somebody asked for pictures of guns. Simples.

    PS. In reply to your question about the colour, could it be that whoever painted them is Irish?
    Emerald Isle etc.
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    Ex Crab.............hope that pink webbing in shot, isn't from a QM's stores or a new issue
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    I remember an old time REME Gun Fitter making a small scale replica of a 25 pounder from steel and brass etc etc. I remember him drilling the main blast shield and trail with hundreds of holes into which he soft soldered cut off pins to replicate the rivet heads. It was just a beautiful work of art. As I remember, he couldn't get the correct rubber tyres to suit the wheel size. I expect that he has now. I think that the NZicon Artillery who provided the Artillery support has just been equipped with UKicon supplied 105mm pack howitzers and the 25 pounders were returned to the OFP at Johore for transport to Sylvia Park (? is this the right place) Ordnance Depot in NZ

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gil Boyd View Post
    Ex Crab.............hope that pink webbing in shot, isn't from a QM's stores or a new issue
    Do you mean the pink plassy bag in the top left of the picture?

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