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    I have a very few now in the cartridge collection from those days.
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    WHAT! No OWEN GUN!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paul S. View Post
    Somewhere in one of his books, Skennertonicon says that the M60 was selected over the FN-MAG because the Yanks successfully 'wined and dined' the Brigadier who was sent to assess both for the selection committee. As I recall, from Skennerton, the bugger went to the US first and that was that.
    And they replaced it with the FN MAG didn't they?

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    I think that all of our Owens had gone by then! The last I saw were in Malaya in 68 or so!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    I think that all of our Owens had gone by then! The last I saw were in Malaya in 68 or so!

    The only Owen I have ever seen and handled is the example at Warminster Peter, very surprised at the remarkably compact nature of the piece.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mrclark303 View Post
    The only Owen I have ever seen and handled is the example at Warminster Peter, very surprised at the remarkably compact nature of the piece.
    At the small arms museum in Lithgowicon, there are a couple of deactivated pieces you can handle. There's a picture of my wife holdinbg an owen in one hand and an F88 in the other around here somewhere =D

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    Quote Originally Posted by BushyFromOz View Post
    And they replaced it with the FN MAG didn't they?
    But of course.

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