Just A Young Man And His Dad Who Appreciates An SLR

[BruceHMX]

My Son is 15 and shares my passion for collecting and shooting Commonwealth arms. Last summer we had the opportunity to take this SLR to the range. It started life as a Lithgow mixed in with some British parts and then ended up at Century Arms to be made into a sporter. ARS made it run the way it was suppose too several years ago. It has an Imbel metric receiver but alas I had sold my all British Law Enforcement sample years ago. I was fortunate in the early 80's to do one of the exchange shoots in Germany and loved them ever since. Never humped one like many of you on the forum but respect all who have.

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[Gil Boyd]

BruceHMX,

All credit to you for introducing your son, the BEST rifle we ever had in service which excelled in ALL conditions thrown at it.

[Eaglelord17]

BruceHMX,

All credit to you for introducing your son, the BEST rifle we ever had in service which excelled in ALL conditions thrown at it.

To be fair from what I have read on the SA80 (especially before the Germans fixed them), anything is basically a better alternative. They didn't call the FN the right hand of the free world for nothing.

[Brit plumber]

To be fair from what I have read on the SA80 (especially before the Germans fixed them), anything is basically a better alternative. They didn't call the FN the right hand of the free world for nothing.

Don't let Peter Laidler hear you say that! The SA80 was built to budget, had they been allowed to incorporate what they wanted in the first place, the HK update would not have been required. They simply put into practice what Enfield wanted to do from day one.

[Paul S.]

. . . They simply put into practice what Enfield wanted to do from day one.

More like what H.M.G., namely the sitting government at the time, wanted since they wanted to 'shift' ROF Enfield and get out of the weapons production business.

[browningautorifle]

They didn't call the FN the right hand of the free world for nothing.

I taught lots of lefties to use the FN without problem. They had no issues. We had the same problems stated by Gil changing over to the C7. Whether or not it fit the spot for the FN doesn't matter, the FN was gone and that was a done deal. It was foregone before they had been withdrawn, so when they say "Trials" it's a misnomer. They aren't even close, it's just how it is.

[Eaglelord17]

I taught lots of lefties to use the FN without problem. They had no issues. We had the same problems stated by Gil changing over to the C7. Whether or not it fit the spot for the FN doesn't matter, the FN was gone and that was a done deal. It was foregone before they had been withdrawn, so when they say "Trials" it's a misnomer. They aren't even close, it's just how it is.

Funniest bit is the fact they have now made the C7A2 loaded weigh the same amount as the FN C1 loaded.

[browningautorifle]

C7A2 loaded weigh the same amount as the FN C1 loaded.

You are correct sir. The only ones of us that know the difference are the old guys that had M16A1 on issue at one time or another.

[mrclark303]

Funniest bit is the fact they have now made the C7A2 loaded weigh the same amount as the FN C1 loaded.

Now that does surprise me, I would have thought the the C7A2 was significantly lighter, I assume that's thanks to alloy railed forends, scope ect?

[browningautorifle]

My Son is 15

He looks about as old as I did when I started shooting FN also...I was 17 going on 12...all he's lacking is the combat clothing.