Fn-c1

here on the east coast the ones stored in moncton were shipped to nova scotia and melted to nothing. i work with an older civie weapons tech who was on hand to watch them go and turn to liquid. he tells a fine story of mountians of rifles, brens, smg's all going into the smelter.
 
Most of the Australian made L1 A1s came from the Singapore Police Force. There is a serial number on the lower that starts with SPF. They arrived into the country as non-restricted then the government made an Order In Council that made them restricted. If you are in the 12-5 class, look on the back of your POL or PAL you will see 12-5, OIC #13. The OIC #13 could be for the FN owners but it might be for all 12-5 class firearms.
 
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Don't think they were all destroyed. Remember seeing some for sale at one time, ironically enough they came from the OPP. :D Much ado about getting an 8L serial number, cause they were supposed to be the best quality. Sarco seems to have Canadian parts, so some of those must have been sold off. Bunch of Australian L1A1s, some of them just junk, imported here, as well. Then of course, there were the Indians. Laugh2

Grizz
 
Grizzly Adams said:
Much ado about getting an 8L serial number, cause they were supposed to be the best qualityGrizz
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I've got one of the OPP 8L guns. It wasn't that they were the nicest ones, but the improvements made to them. They are damn nice though.

Replaceable front sight ears like the C2 and the simplified ejector block that didn't need 2nd line replacement almost made them into an FN C1A2 but the govt/army didn't bother with the name change. Couple of other small tweaks were done as well.
 
dan belisle said:
I have an Australian issue L1A1 and a friend who used to have an Australian Bren CA. So there are a few of them in country. - dan
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The story I heard [pure hearsay...can't prove a thing] was that the FAL was declared prohib specifically because the RCMP was afraid of large numbers of them being imported and falling into the 'wrong hands'. And then there was the urban legend about how easily the FAL could be turned into a full-auto [I don't know the truth of that, either.] People who already had them got to keep them, of course.
 
Tengoo said:
The story I heard [pure hearsay...can't prove a thing] was that the FAL was declared prohib specifically because the RCMP was afraid of large numbers of them being imported and falling into the 'wrong hands'. And then there was the urban legend about how easily the FAL could be turned into a full-auto [I don't know the truth of that, either.] People who already had them got to keep them, of course.
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The early imported ones had the safety sear cut off, and what was left of it, welded into the slot, making a FA conversion about impossible. :D Also the little trip, ground off the bolt carrier. The later ones didn't, so that possibility exists. Gotta wonder what that did to the heat treatment of the receiver and the safety sear is just that, an additional safety device to make sure the weapon can't fire till fully closed. The American reproduction receivers are built with no slot for the safety sear though.

Grizz
 
Tengoo said:
The story I heard [pure hearsay...can't prove a thing] was that the FAL was declared prohib specifically because the RCMP was afraid of large numbers of them being imported and falling into the 'wrong hands'. And then there was the urban legend about how easily the FAL could be turned into a full-auto [I don't know the truth of that, either.] People who already had them got to keep them, of course.
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i no for a fact the fnc1a1 can be easily changed to full auto. if you stick some thing under the sear or don't put it in properly. thing is it is a uncontroled fire. meaning once you pull the trigger thats that. reason i no is, on my battle school course, the night befor we started shoot to live we cleaned ar fn's. one of the fella's obviously didn't put his togeather properly. any way, next morning on the range were doing run ups, the fella is beside me on the range (went alphabeticaly). "target to your front, at your own time 5 rounds" (20+ years so forgive me a break if the command isn't correct). so you start hearing pop... pop ... as soldiers start shooting. then i hear and it startled me, because like i said he was what? 10' or so from me. braaaap. He's standing there with a look of wtf? the nco quicly grabs the rifle and basicly knocks him down. long story longer, turns out he didn't assemble his trigger group correctly. they wanted to charge him because we weren't trained to go that far in stripping. but you would get charged with a dirty wpn if you didn't clean it that thourgh. so the old, don't do this (wink, wink, node, node). the older soldiers will understand. lol
 
Used to have an L1A1, wish I had kept it, I used it for moose hunting, until they restricted it. I preferred the rotary sight of the C1A1, and the capability of charger loading
 
I had a similar experience during basic training. (70's)
FNC1 easily mis-assembled to go full auto.

BTW King666, your memory is pretty accurate on the range commands.
 
I hauled one of those heavy pigs up and down more than one hill. Still, given the choice, it would be the weapon I would choose - granted it would be a modernized 16" or 18.5" version with a rail system for mounting optics to help out my old peepers.
 
Lots of them still tucked away in the odd unit Armoury, don't get regularily maintained however (at least the ones I know of), just likely a yearly lube for the vault inspection.

Seen a few Sterlings too! Neat little toy.
 
saskcop said:
I hauled one of those heavy pigs up and down more than one hill. Still, given the choice, it would be the weapon I would choose - granted it would be a modernized 16" or 18.5" version with a rail system for mounting optics to help out my old peepers.
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X2 ..lol ...

I bought an Indian FN from S.I.R in Montreal after I got out and regrettably sold it before the regs were changed .
Reliable,accurate and hard hitting rifle .
Too bad they were melted and now the pistols are next for the ovens.
 
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