Deactivated FN C2
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C2 was the heavy-barrel, selective-fire version of the FN-FAL used as a squad LMG. It had a variety of accessories and generally used a 30-round mag. C2A1 was same thing with updates.
From what I was told, they were not all that popular in the Service, although everybody wanted to try one out. Aussies had a similar beast they called the "bang-bang-jam", or so goes the legend.
Regulars please chip in now that I have made a complete ass of myself!
From what I was told, they were not all that popular in the Service, although everybody wanted to try one out. Aussies had a similar beast they called the "bang-bang-jam", or so goes the legend.
Regulars please chip in now that I have made a complete ass of myself!
There are some C2A1 around. Canadian Arsenals sold off 100 of them, complete with 4 mags (30s) bayo and sling. They cost $199 each.
I shot mine a bit. I used it as a heavy barrel C1. It worked ok.
In full auto it was hopeless. First shot hit the target, second was in the dirt on front and third was over the top.
Whearas a Bren could put a burst on target. I think a 308 Bren would have been the better choice.
I shot mine a bit. I used it as a heavy barrel C1. It worked ok.
In full auto it was hopeless. First shot hit the target, second was in the dirt on front and third was over the top.
Whearas a Bren could put a burst on target. I think a 308 Bren would have been the better choice.
The C2 was a retrograde step from the BREN. The Brits converted their BRENs to 7.62 with good results. The last BRENs I saw in use were with the Nepalese in Lebanon in the late 1980s.
My last experience with the C2 was when I used it with tracers to indicate targets for CF5s.
The C2 or officially "The Light Automatic Rifle 7.62mm FN C2" was exactly that ,an automatic rifle in the same class as a BAR. The Cdn Army tried to shoehorn it into the LMG role.
In many years of collecting I have never saw a C2 in civvie hands. The nearest was a C1 built at Longbranch with C2 barrel and bipod for a DCRA shooter.
In many years of collecting I have never saw a C2 in civvie hands. The nearest was a C1 built at Longbranch with C2 barrel and bipod for a DCRA shooter.
stencollector
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I have a deactivated C2A1. It was on the EE here on gunnutz about 12 years ago for $1600 IIRC, being sold as a live full auto. I let it BTT once (back then I think it was 3 days) and when nobody went to grab it as a live gun, I made arrangements with the dealer to buy it and have it transferred to my local gunsmith for deactivation. Here is a thread on it from back then: https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/75530-Bubba-is-a-saint-compared-to-me!!?
Nice unit.
maple_leaf_eh
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There are pieces for C2s in circulation. British SLRs and Australian F1s trade from time to time. Indian Ishapores are even more numerous, but like scooters and chubbies, most guys don't want to be seen with them in public. If you want to make up a C2-replica, the toughest piece to locate will be the gas block and bipod base.
stencollector
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A bunch of years back some of might recall that the Ottawa Sun had a website with information they had of all the firearms registered in Canada. You could search by model number and it would list the quantities out there, and give you the postal code of each owner. At that time, I queried their data base on the C2 / C2A1s that were registered, and found the following information:
C2A1s in Canada: 3 converted auto, and 3 full auto. There are another 4 registered full autos as C2 (including one as a C2 1) and one more converted auto. Grand total = 10 in civilian hands.
Lee Enfield
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I've had 3 12.2 c2s in my hands in the last 5 years.
One problem with the registry is that (originally) each registering agency was responsible for the description of the firearm - there are more than 10 C2's out there, but they may be registered as every other FN-FAL description under the sun.
When the citizen info was available, i searched to find specific guns that i knew, sometimes i had to search by postal code and read each description until i found the specific gun - lets just say that there are some really weird misidentifications enshrined in the registry...
One problem with the registry is that (originally) each registering agency was responsible for the description of the firearm - there are more than 10 C2's out there, but they may be registered as every other FN-FAL description under the sun.
When the citizen info was available, i searched to find specific guns that i knew, sometimes i had to search by postal code and read each description until i found the specific gun - lets just say that there are some really weird misidentifications enshrined in the registry...
Hmmm.. Arsenals sold 100 of them. I wonder where they went?
I Imagine, Like mentioned, some are registered under different models, some are probably sitting in museum archives, Some deactivated and are wall hangars, and I imagine quite a few were turned in after they went prohibited.
