The PH Gun Cabinet - Shooting Matters
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Frogmella said:
Green pea introducing himself. 
I've been wanting to get involved in this thread for a while. However, I am based in the US (but British). My hobby differs from the motherland due to the obvious access we have to firearms in this part of the world.
But, I have just started a build that I thought may be of interest. My father was in the Army from late 60's through till 1979 and his firearm was a L1A1/SLR/Fal. Rather than buy yet another of the usual pistols and AR based platform which I have plenty of, I have decided to build a period and specification correct L1A1.
Parts are a little trickier to source over here for the British 'inch' pattern guns. Once they are all sourced it will be sent out to a renowned builder for assembly. His response to my build was 'just buy a modern replica, it will be far cheaper and quicker'. My response to that is, a great deal of the reward of this project is the thrill of the chase to find the elusive L1A1 parts!
Anyhow, enough blather. Here is a photo of what I have collated so far:
While it’s not something I know anything about, it’s certainly a cool project. I’m looking forward to updates and learning more!!I've been wanting to get involved in this thread for a while. However, I am based in the US (but British). My hobby differs from the motherland due to the obvious access we have to firearms in this part of the world.
But, I have just started a build that I thought may be of interest. My father was in the Army from late 60's through till 1979 and his firearm was a L1A1/SLR/Fal. Rather than buy yet another of the usual pistols and AR based platform which I have plenty of, I have decided to build a period and specification correct L1A1.
Parts are a little trickier to source over here for the British 'inch' pattern guns. Once they are all sourced it will be sent out to a renowned builder for assembly. His response to my build was 'just buy a modern replica, it will be far cheaper and quicker'. My response to that is, a great deal of the reward of this project is the thrill of the chase to find the elusive L1A1 parts!
Anyhow, enough blather. Here is a photo of what I have collated so far:
Frogmella said:
I've been wanting to get involved in this thread for a while. However, I am based in the US (but British). My hobby differs from the motherland due to the obvious access we have to firearms in this part of the world.
But, I have just started a build that I thought may be of interest. My father was in the Army from late 60's through till 1979 and his firearm was a L1A1/SLR/Fal. Rather than buy yet another of the usual pistols and AR based platform which I have plenty of, I have decided to build a period and specification correct L1A1.
Parts are a little trickier to source over here for the British 'inch' pattern guns. Once they are all sourced it will be sent out to a renowned builder for assembly. His response to my build was 'just buy a modern replica, it will be far cheaper and quicker'. My response to that is, a great deal of the reward of this project is the thrill of the chase to find the elusive L1A1 parts!
Anyhow, enough blather. Here is a photo of what I have collated so far:
Excellent project, and for excellent reasons as well. Good luck in your quest for correct bits. There seems to be a fair few US based people with built up 'inch' SLR's over on the FAL section on Milsurps forum in link here.... https://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=116 ....... maybe worth having a search through, if you haven't already.But, I have just started a build that I thought may be of interest. My father was in the Army from late 60's through till 1979 and his firearm was a L1A1/SLR/Fal. Rather than buy yet another of the usual pistols and AR based platform which I have plenty of, I have decided to build a period and specification correct L1A1.
Parts are a little trickier to source over here for the British 'inch' pattern guns. Once they are all sourced it will be sent out to a renowned builder for assembly. His response to my build was 'just buy a modern replica, it will be far cheaper and quicker'. My response to that is, a great deal of the reward of this project is the thrill of the chase to find the elusive L1A1 parts!
Anyhow, enough blather. Here is a photo of what I have collated so far:
The reason you want a L1A1 is the same reason I wanted a Lee-Enfield No.5
aeropilot said:
The reason you want a L1A1 is the same reason I wanted a Lee-Enfield No.5
Thank you! Yes, I have already stumbled across milsurp.com, Falfiles have also been of immense help.
Good luck with the Lee-Enfield. A IV Mk 1 is on my list, a rifle I used whilst in the Cadets. I can't quite believe the allowed us to use those at age 13-14!
I can highly recommend following through on your pursuit of a Lee-Enfield. Even just having this random box of parts is extremely satisfying from a nostalgia/memories viewpoint.
Frogmella said:
aeropilot said:
The reason you want a L1A1 is the same reason I wanted a Lee-Enfield No.5
Thank you! Yes, I have already stumbled across milsurp.com, Falfiles have also been of immense help.
Good luck with the Lee-Enfield. A IV Mk 1 is on my list, a rifle I used whilst in the Cadets. I can't quite believe the allowed us to use those at age 13-14!
I can highly recommend following through on your pursuit of a Lee-Enfield.
Every time I take it to the range, I can hear my Dad's voice from up above saying "tighter into your shoulder son"
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