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XRCD011 said:
^ I never knew the Brits had wood furniture on their L1s rifles way back when, then then went over to plastic.

Man do I ever miss the C1, the M305 just does not cut it for me. A nice rifle and all but not in the same league as the C1/L1/SLR/FAL/etc.
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x2 Owned a Match TRW, but really miss the C1A1. Comparing M 305's to C1A1's is like comparing Lamborginis to Ladas.
 
Sharps '63 said:
Never knew a Brit who didn't refer to the rifle as the SLR (Self Loading Rifle), the official Army nomenclature for the type.
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But that was while it was current issue, correct? Because after the Brits switched over from the FN FAL to their new 5.56mm rifle, THAT would have been "the SLR", so an oldtimer would have to call the FN FAL something else to differentiate between the real SLR and that new so-called rifle...
 
I qualified with it for Cross Arms and Crown. I remember that Cross Arms was marksman but not was the designation with Crown. We did not have snipers then in the early 70s.
 
Rod B said:
Was that picture taken at Bisley?
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Yes they were.

screwtape said:
But that was while it was current issue, correct? Because after the Brits switched over from the FN FAL to their new 5.56mm rifle, THAT would have been "the SLR", so an oldtimer would have to call the FN FAL something else to differentiate between the real SLR and that new so-called rifle...
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Indeed, I first went shooting with him around 1980, when he was already out of the service. We didnt really start talking guns till the early 90s, and then it was LEs and #3s (which I always called p14s). In the later years I think for him the SLR was simply the automatic to differentiate it from being manual. Likewise a Vickers or a Sten didnt get an official designation in our chats, unless it was about a specific model, it was assumed you knew what each other was talking about, besides he wasnt talking to an ex-Brit military man. Back in the day he had been sent to various outposts of the Empire to clean up sloppy depots and get people back o the straight and narrow, stories of old equipment being buried in the desert, and old Vickers being dumped out of planes over the Indian ocean were the stuff I loved hearing about.
 
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hnachaj said:
I qualified with it for Cross Arms and Crown. I remember that Cross Arms was marksman but not was the designation with Crown. We did not have snipers then in the early 70s.
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Interesting times the late 60s and early 70s. Snipers were simply "one of the guys" No sniper rifles issued. Until at least 70, we had the #4T in stock but not issued. The C1 was not a good sniper rifle. It was a battle rifle. We used to set an issue scope on the C2 and it was far more accurate than the C1 but it was not allowed. Jeeze the BS of the military. In 73, I was told that the Canadian army did in fact have a sniper rifle but it was held in stores. Never did see one or know what the hell it was.
 
points said:
Interesting times the late 60s and early 70s. Snipers were simply "one of the guys" No sniper rifles issued. Until at least 70, we had the #4T in stock but not issued. The C1 was not a good sniper rifle. It was a battle rifle. We used to set an issue scope on the C2 and it was far more accurate than the C1 but it was not allowed. Jeeze the BS of the military. In 73, I was told that the Canadian army did in fact have a sniper rifle but it was held in stores. Never did see one or know what the hell it was.
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I took the bipod off my C2 and installed a hollowed out C1 handguard, so I had, in effect, a heavy barrel C1. Just had to make sure the fun switch stayed in the right place.
 
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