FN C1 7.62 rifles

maritimer4life said:
Was/Is a great weapon but after you carry it in the field for a few weeks it gets damn heavy lol. It would be nice if it wasn't prohibited but I doubt it ever will have its classification changed. The FNC1 is still used in the Navy as a heavy small arm as the C7 does not have anywhere near the same punch, at least it was a few yrs ago when I was last on a boat. Side note, anyone ever take off the BFA on the FN and use a blank to launch a thunderflare?

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Yes many times but dont you mean thunderflash......Is not hard to tell you were in the Navy....LOL
 
Here is a copy of an invoice from Canadian Arsenals to a group of DCRA shooters in 1972 for a number of rifles and magazines. Apparently this was one of the last sales of these rifles. This invoice was shown in Blake Steven's early work on the FNs.
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A few years ago I bought a dewat FN C1A1 from the EE. When I got it, the serial number seemed familiar. It is the last one on the invoice.
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While on the subject of Canadian FNs, does anyone know how many of the EX1 and EX2s were sold off or how they got into public hands. There are not many, but some seem to have made it into private collections. Seems to me I recall milarm having a couple back in the early 80s.
 
can14 said:
We imported a bunch of British military surplus Sterling 9mm's from the UK around 1977 and there was a few Canadian Sterlings in with the British one's. The British one's were in exc condition and the Canadian one's were in VG condition. So there are some Canadian one's in the system.
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3 C1 Sterlings made it into our Canadian 12.3 "system". They started in the Congo, then to UK, converted to semi auto, proofed in UK and returned back to Canada.
 
Those were the days....
I had an Enfield made G3 (HK) with green furniture, that had been converted to semi-auto only. It still had the selective fire selector lever on it.
With the 20 rnd mag(s) it was my favorite bear hunting rifle for years.
The RCMP classified it 12.3 which made it useless to me so I sold it to some collector in E-town. I'll bet it hasn't seen the sun since.
Too bad!
 
Rule 303 said:
The Ishy that I paid $126.00 for back in 1991 ( only worth $186.00 today according to the CPI) really was a POS.

Very poor workmanship by a then third world country who stole the pattern and subsequently paid FAL no royalties.

I got the thing deactivated and it now is an accessory in the rifle rack of my 1971 M38A1CDN3.
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It was indeed made under license from FN Belgium by IOF. Although I agree about it's quality, it was hit or miss at the best, in our armoury I had some very good shooters whereas most were simply piece of junks, the same held true for the FN Browning pistols. The only somewhat reliable firearm we had were the Sterling SMGs (again maufactured under license). A few years ago I got a chance to fire the new ones -INSAS- and found them worse.
 
Tom Morrison said:
The Ghurkas used to be allowed to take their service rifles with them, but I don't think that is still the case. When I did my 3's course in Chilliwack, I was was issued a pristine C1 (new I think). I would have loved to take that sweet heart of a rifle home with me.
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Not True. Neither the British Army gurkhas nor the Indian Army gurkhas were/are allowed to take their rifles back home. Indian Army had no such provision, we officers had to keep account of each & every (including empties) rounds fired at the range. When for an year I was transfered from my cavalry/armoured regiment (H.H.) and attached to one of GRs battalions (5/1 GR) I had many nepalese gurkhas* in my unit who had their brothers or other male relatives in British GR, none ever reported of such privilage. Moreover, in Nepal the Firearms ownership was quite restricted till the reign of Shah dynasty, and now since the communists have taken over I believe the private ownership of firearms is completely banned they are not issuing any new licences.
* For people who doesn't knows the composition of Gurkha Regiments; There are some battalions purely recruited from specific regions of Nepal whereas some battalions are formed of the gurkhas residing in India.
 
stencollector said:
Surprising we gave any to the Congo. Our license agreement with Sterling was that we produced them for our own domestic use only.
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I don't know the exact connection, but that is the lineage I was told. I wonder if this is from when we had guys in the Congo in the '60s????

Either way, here is 33.3% of the CA C1 SMGs in Canada. At least in the CFC system.
Notice the plug rivet in the base of the mag. If it saves just one life, it will all be worth it.

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The Canadian c1a1's were for the most part crushed. I purchased 37 pallets of c1a1 parts from the canadian government back in 1993. There were also sterling smg, 30cal Gpmg, browning hi power and other parts in the mix. To give you an idea I had 14,000 flash suppressors and close to 4000 c1a1 lowers, about 7000 mag bodies. I believe i had about 40 different c1a1parts.
 
Riverviewnb said:
The Canadian c1a1's were for the most part crushed. I purchased 37 pallets of c1a1 parts from the canadian government back in 1993. There were also sterling smg, 30cal Gpmg, browning hi power and other parts in the mix. To give you an idea I had 14,000 flash suppressors and close to 4000 c1a1 lowers, about 7000 mag bodies. I believe i had about 40 different c1a1parts.
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so, what's left?
 
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