Canadian Full Auto FN in navy

Most of the ones I handled while I was in the reserves during the early 80's were ready to be decommissioned anyway. Some of the more common problems were: cracked receivers and receiver covers, weak rear sight spring leafs, and out of spec gas block assemblies.
 
Morpheus32 said:
Besides what is in museums or trophies, there are no FNs, C5s or EIS left in Canada. They were all destroyed in summer 2007 due to costs of storage and maintenance. So there are no FNs....all gone...
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I asked the LCMM in charge of these weapons about their fate a few years back. 300 of each model were retained for museum or research purposes. There are still small stocks of each (with the exception of the C5A1s) in the depot. And, as mentioned in this thread, the odd ones still languish in armouries and units.

I have managed to aquire some examples of the Canadian models in deactivated format for my collection over the years. They were never cheap, but rare enough that one doesn't do a lot of negotiating. I still need to talk someone out of an EX2. Since the C1D/C1A1D were navy weapons, I don't need one for the collection.

Were the receivers marked differently on the D model, or was it simply the buttstock (and the relevant selective fire parts) that made it a "D"?
 
Panman said:
Those were called the C1A1D, and were identified as select fire by the A carved in the stock. Only in use by the Navy.
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Actually saw these in the hands of 25 Med Coy back in the 80s on a range ex at Borden. Had fun shooting them. The handguards smoked like chimneys after a few mags. Pretty much uncontrollable with selectors set to "fun" but no one could resist trying them.
 
y2k said:
It was not a soliders trick it was a specific variation of the Canadian FN weapon and as i said.It had a large letter A carved in the stock, carved with a dremel type tool not a jack knife. Armory or manufacturer creation.
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Yes and no. There was indeed a soldier's trick to turn the bog-standard FN C1 into a full-auto weapon. Hard on the tube for more than a couple of rounds.
 
my c1a1 sits in its safe waiting for the day i die so it can go to the happy smelter down the road..........ahhh canada home of the free ..sort of
 
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