This year I officially entered curio and relic status myself, so I had an L1A1 produced in the style that I learned to shoot with, on another continent a long, long time ago.
The L1A1 "should" be a Curio and Relic, except, the receivers were never fully converted to SA by the British MOD, (despite the Brit version being SA only) - it was only by way of a stopper on the selector, hence they don't get imported as full rifles, just parts kits. Meaning you (or the seller) have to rebuild these old warriors on a safe SA only receiver, this one is built on an Imbel receiver.
Arizona Response Systems did the rest of the work and it is a beauty.
A friend of mine is producing faithful reproductions of the first pattern Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife, so I photographed his knife with my L1A1, Trilux sight and Bayonet.
(The berets are from the SAS and Royal Marine Commandos, I was a member of neither unit.)
The other image is the one ARS send you when the rifle is built.
Happy weekend whichever of the three faiths you follow.
The L1A1 "should" be a Curio and Relic, except, the receivers were never fully converted to SA by the British MOD, (despite the Brit version being SA only) - it was only by way of a stopper on the selector, hence they don't get imported as full rifles, just parts kits. Meaning you (or the seller) have to rebuild these old warriors on a safe SA only receiver, this one is built on an Imbel receiver.
Arizona Response Systems did the rest of the work and it is a beauty.
A friend of mine is producing faithful reproductions of the first pattern Fairbairn Sykes fighting knife, so I photographed his knife with my L1A1, Trilux sight and Bayonet.
(The berets are from the SAS and Royal Marine Commandos, I was a member of neither unit.)
The other image is the one ARS send you when the rifle is built.
Happy weekend whichever of the three faiths you follow.
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