ANZAC SAS L1A1 recreation..

[browningautorifle]

I wondered what I was missing...

[CINDERS]

Did you move it to another forum!

[mrclark303]

Morning all, it's odd, I corrected a spelling mistake and the whole post dissapered, I obviously bugged something up! Just waiting to hear back from Doug to see if he can sort it.

Otherwise I will repost the pics and blurb later on guys

[Badger]

Morning all, it's odd, I corrected a spelling mistake and the whole post dissapered, I obviously bugged something up! Just waiting to hear back from Doug to see if he can sort it.

Otherwise I will repost the pics and blurb later on guys

Found a post in this thread that had pics uploaded with it...

If it's the one you're referring to, it had been "soft deleted", so perhaps you hit the "delete" button by accident instead of "submit" after your changes.

I've restored it now..

Regards,
Doug

[mrclark303]

Thanks Doug, you are a star, I work with computers every day, so you would think I would know better, what a dumb ***!

Cheers mate

[browningautorifle]

ANZAC SAS L1A1

Interesting concept rifle...

[Peter Laidler]

Not to be a pooper in regard to Mr Clark's excellent re-creation, I am one of those who who doubts the reliability and/or ruggedness of the front grip fixed to a set of plywood handguards via a screw and block of whatever and with handguards fixed to the front and rear inserts by alloy rivets. And those rivets would often need swaging to tighten up the front inserts........ They were a bit of a handful fired from the standing position (especially for me, as a lightweight scrawny 20 year old wearing jungle greens and webbing). So imagine firing one holding that pistol grip holding the rifle DOWNwards and rearwards as it's trying to follow the laws of physics and rotate UPwards. And then in the automatic fire role. Nope........ My views are well known.

AS a matter of interest clarkie, why didn't you replace the chopped-off flash eliminator as per the 'standard'

[mrclark303]

Evening Peter, I agree the pistol grip isn't what I would call robustly fitted, but I fitted mine exactly as per the original rifle.

I was provided with a picture of the handguards stripped to enable me to re-create the pistol grip fitting as per the original.

With regard to the Flash eliminator, it's modified in exactly the same way as the original rifle too, why was it done this way, I am not qualified to say, must have been bloody loud though on rock and roll!

[nzl1a1collector]

Very nice looking rifle, now all you need to do is tie a rope to it and tie the rope to the back of the car and then take it for a spin around some gravel to give it that 'used' looks.

The pistol grip works well, and dose keep the muzzle from rising when on full auto, so I've been told.

The flash eliminator has been cut down and acts as a bit of a muzzle weight, but it also protects the threads and without the bayonet lug there is less chance of it being snagged in dense undergrowth.

[mrclark303]

Cheers Cinders, I would agree this interesting side story of the Inch pattern rifle shouldn't be forgotten.