L1A1 Question

can14 said:
all L1A1 rifles have the three selector positions....british or australia. the selectors have a "paddle" like safety for semi-auto and no "paddle" for FA. most all of the australian L1A1's came from singapore police.
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So do the C1's. All recievers have the notch cut for the automatic position for ease of making the lowers. The extended foot on the safety lever was not the only difference between the semi and auto versions.


bear.23
The "make sense" comment at the end of my post was sarcasm.
 
tiriaq said:
If the firearm was manufactured as an L2, its an L2; if it was manufactured as an L1, its an L1.
Its original configuration would determine its classification.
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Well, sort of. For a while the government played fast and loose with their own definitions, so you can find semi FNs, FA FN's, CA FN's, and they may, or may not, be correctly registered. I have one Aussie FN that started life as a FA, was turned into a CA, which the government (which had me do it, and I have the letters and correspondence to go with it) then decided was an SA only, regardless of current condition or what it was manufactured as. FWIW - dan
 
If anyone finds an FN registered with 2 serial numbers (upper, lower) on the reg slip, you have my old one :D. The CE at the desk in Surrey had a lousy attitude towards gun owners (early 90's) and when I transferred it in to my name she didn't know which SN to use, so I told her to use both (which to my disbelief she did - that's what went on the green slip). The rifle was a parts gun with mostly Australian parts. Incidently, I turned in the mag that came with it - it was the most wretched Ishy produced mag I've ever seen, really beaten to hell - it turned out that I was the only person in Surrey who surrendered a mag for destruction which shows how effective that particular law was. I only turned in that one because it wasn't going to work.
 
bear.23 said:
Sure where you can have a PSP but not a snub nose 38... A 22 with a drum, a AR with 5 or 10 if the markings on the magazine are just right.... But you can't hunt with the AR but if you wanted too you could with a Mini-14 with a collapsible stock....


Sure it all makes sense...
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Worst part is that this particular batch of laws were the result of Marc Lepine's shooting up the Polytechnique in Mtl. Strangest part is that he went in with a Mini-14. Which wasn't even affected by these laws :runaway:
 
recce said:
So do the C1's. . The extended foot on the safety lever was not the only difference between the semi and auto versions.
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actually the safety on the auto has 2 cuts made on the round bar 1 slightly deeper to allow the main sear to remain tripped, and thereby the "safety sear" trips the hammer when the carrier reaches battery. I had a cartridge fire out of battery due to a reload that wasn't properly sized. blew off the top cover, magazine and bent the charging handle slide replaced all, and it still worked, though with a few more scratches. I shouldn't have sold it, damn
 
I understand that which is why I said the extended foot on the lever was not the only difference between the two.

Plus I was a C2 gunner for a while : )
 
L1A1's

All of the Australian L1 A1's I have had in my collection had SPF and a serial number on the lower receiver not the top. Singapore Police Force

I sold some of my new C1 lowers to guys who wanted to convert or up grade their FN's and take the SPF serial number lower off the gun.
I find the Australian FN's better than the British made guns.
The Canadian 8L FN C1's are the cream of the crop.
I sold a New OPP 8L C1 to Quebec years ago and it was in new condition except being proofed in Englend before being returned to Canada.
I still have a C2 box stored some place around here.
 
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