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Roy,
Just phoned a mate who has a PM and he says the same, the NSN was only put on the L96 contract, but the definitve answer to all the speculation, would be to contact: ai@accuracyinternational.org who would assist I'm sure.
Last edited by Gil Boyd; 12-22-2020 at 12:20 PM.
'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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12-22-2020 08:00 AM
# ADS
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Originally Posted by
Roy W
Does it not have a date prefix before the 'AW' ?
13 AW *****
'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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I would like to see a sub forum for early Accuracy Internationals too.
Don
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Originally Posted by
Gil Boyd
Roy,
Just phoned a mate who has a PM and he says the same, the NSN was only put on the L96 contract, but the definitve answer to all the speculation, would be to call Nick Privett at
NDP@accint.org, who would assist I'm sure.
Clearly this is wrong because there are many PM prefixed rifles bearing the NSN and L96A1 engraving. The original post has photos showing this and there are many other documented examples in this forum alone.
Last edited by Roy W; 12-22-2020 at 10:20 AM.
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Originally Posted by
Gil Boyd
Roy,
Just phoned a mate who has a PM and he says the same, the NSN was only put on the L96 contract, but the definitve answer to all the speculation, would be to call Nick Privett at
NDP@accint.org, who would assist I'm sure.
All of the L96's supplied to Bedfordshire police (of which Promo's is one) carried the full L96A1 designation and NSN number
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Originally Posted by
waco16
All of the L96's supplied to Bedfordshire police (of which Promo's is one) carried the full L96A1 designation and NSN number
You mean all of the PM's supplied to Bedfordshire Police carried the L96A1 designation and NSN
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Roy,
Since reading the 14/15/16 posts I am a tad confused.
Could you just clarify whether it should or should not be present on PM's please?
'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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Originally Posted by
Roy W
You mean all of the PM's supplied to Bedfordshire Police carried the L96A1 designation and NSN
Ahh.......
The PM, L96 debate
Yes the Police purchased PM's from Accuracy international.
The receivers (certainly the Beds police ones) were marked CR138 GA RIFLE 7.62mm L96A1 1005-99-967-3405 on the LH side with a PM serial number on the RH side
The only differences between a military issue L96 and the Beds police rifles (at the time they were purchased) was the barrel (swirl type flash eliminator on the police rifle) and the scope/mount set up
The only difference between Promo's Beds Police PM rifle (in its current form) and a military issue L96A1 is the serial number configuration
As an interesting aside look at the way the 'Infantry' rifle is referred to in some early AI publicity material
Last edited by waco16; 12-22-2020 at 11:10 AM.
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I am neither native speaker nor from the UK, so please forgive me if my question sounds stupid: what does NSN mean? This somehow does not allow me to understand most of the replies in here. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by
Promo
I am neither native speaker nor from the
UK, so please forgive me if my question sounds stupid: what does NSN mean? This somehow does not allow me to understand most of the replies in here. Thanks!
NSN = Nato Stock Number
CR = Carbine/Rifle Part Number
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