Nor did I...until I was issued a C7. lol
C1A1 Sniper
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Nice i sold off most of my stuff for divorce lawyers and a new harley i only have about 20 guns left out of 250 .i was not and still am not that much into modern stuff ..just enfields and a few CA and OIC to keep my pal i have a few coming still waiting for the rcmp to get off their ass i had all the new welds done on 3 CAs but the guy assigned to me went on mental leave and he gave my file to his co worker now im back at the bottom of pile...took 5 years for my last transfer
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Ouch! That right there, is why I won't touch any 12(3) CAs unless they have very recently been inspected such that updated photos will suffice. Anything that has to go to the Lab for "inspection" might as well disappear down a black hole in terms of whether or not you will live long enough to actually receive the firearm years down the road. What a pathetic joke the SFSS "lab" and its "technicians" are. I'm sure that the positive impact on public safety accrued by withholding property from law-abiding citizens is well worth the time, money and effort expended, right? Right?!?
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Mark, I'd hazard a guess that if it has a trigger, you're getting one.
If it has a post WWII military pedigree and is legal to own, then pretty much!
Looks like a C2 mag in your first post, Bartok?
I enjoyed my time with the C1. Shot it in two ORA matches but always preferred the No 4.
It was heavy but pleasant with the x51 cartridge. I hated its length.
I enjoyed my time with the C1. Shot it in two ORA matches but always preferred the No 4.
It was heavy but pleasant with the x51 cartridge. I hated its length.
I thought so at first. Then we started hanging stuff off our AR's like teenage girls hang jewelry on themselves. Now I see AR's that are heavier than the FN's. So weight may have been an argument for the design, but doesn't seem to matter that much in the field. No recoil with a 12 pound AR though, there's that. - dan
Sweet sister Sadie where did you get that!
I'm old and spent my kids' inheritances.....
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I don't know what the "new kids on the block" do these days, when deployed in the field, but it's been my personal experience that once troopies get "blooded" and have been there, done that a few times all of the "superfluous" junk gets ditched pretty quickly, or "misplaced" before heading out.
Less is more in the field, especially under stressful circumstances, where resupply is dodgy at best. The important things become water, food, boots/socks and just enough ammo to get you through. Everything else can be improvised.
Keeping the "clutter" to a minimum can save your life in the field.
There's a difference between being on "walkabout" and full alert for days on end, without complicating anything more than absolutely necessary.
If a troopie is going to miss what they're shooting at with issue sights, they're going to miss with just about any type of sight when stress factors in.
Add ons are mostly just something else that can go wrong when it's least needed to happen.
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Much the same fer me back in '70, but I was 6' an 150 lbs. Had no worries on qualifying with & packing the C1 around. Yes, the C2 was a bugger
to move about and one had to avoid the auto mode to get the best grouping on targets and save the barrels from cooking out. I always
used the the 3 round short burst regimen when running either variant of these units out to 600+yds. Yep, they ain't soft kickers from prone.
You deploy the Vickers to make sure the kids finish their vegetables? In Lanark County, its called over watch!
