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Another view, same area.
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Top of the breech-block.
It should be noted that the original finish of the breech-block was a grey parkerizing, but at some point it this gun's history, the owner (me) decided that it'd be a great idea to polish it up. *shrug* Oops. I guess I'm a bubba.
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Here you can see the inside of the L1A1's receiver, again, note the rough tooling marks.
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View vorward into the action.
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The L1A1 field-stripped.
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A better view of the modified pin for the Bolt Hold Open.
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My newest addition...an Ex-OPP FN-C1A1, with a C1 bayonet.
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You can see it was made in 1968, and is an 8L series rifle.
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Here is the XXXX'd out OPP markings.
In this view, you can see the rather fine condition this rifle is in. Note the discoloured portions on the top-cover...that appears to be grease/cosmoline, rather than rust.
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The serial number is also found here under the ejection port. Note, the bolt-carrier (or breech-block carrier for you purists!) has no sand cuts.
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Speaks for itself....
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You can tell this rifle travelled through the UK at some point in it's life. It has a UK proof-stamp. It's unobtrusively located on the bottom of the barrel, forward of the handguards.
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Comes with a "NORMAL" length butt.
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The bayonet I have is a 1957 one, and the handle is formed sheet steel, rather than wood.
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The Canadian bolt group. Note the two-piece firing pin. I do not know what the "3" means.
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The bolt-carrier. Note the absolute lack of wear, and the absence of sand-cuts.
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This is a VERY good shot of the inside of the C1A1 receiver. See any milling machine tool marks? Me either.
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And the view forward into the action. Again, note the absence of wear.....she's almost new.
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A side-by-side comparison ot the breech-block carriers. The Indian at the top, the Brit, then the Canadian.
This does not really show very well the really ROUGH condition of the metal finish on the Indian carrier.
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You can see the roughness on the Indian bolt a bit more here.
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Similar wear patters on all three, and for once, you can actually see tool-marks on the Canadian Carrier (bottom)
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A slightly different angle. Again, Indian, British, Canadian.
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Top-covers. You can see a partial NSN on the Indian one at the top, starts with the standard 1005- of any weapons part, and goes from there.
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Firing pins. Indian at the top with the one piece construction and longer spring. Then British, and finally the Canadian.
Note the stepped construction of the British pin, and the long taper on the Canadian pin.
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