 | Spot the mistake!| The NAAFI & PX Discuss Spot the mistake! in the Military Matters forums; The SA-80 is not a gun, it is a rifle! Guns are towed by trucks!
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01-04-2007, 04:47 AM
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#31 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | The SA-80 is not a gun, it is a rifle! Guns are towed by trucks! 
I'm surprised 20 rounds were shot off with the SA-80 without the piece of crap jamming.
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01-04-2007, 05:48 AM
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#32 | | Der Crewchief
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Excuse me pD, you are correct...
"This is my rifle and this is my gun, this ones for shooting and this ones for fun!"
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12-23-2007, 04:19 PM
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#33 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | Surprised at your comments, D. My personal weapon was initially the 9mm Stirling SMG; OK-ish. But I never wanted to be that close to the enemy that I would be able to use it effectively.
Then I got promoted: “This, Sah, is your noo Personal Weapon – the 9mm Browning Automatic Pistol, Sah!”
“What do I do with it, Sergeant? Throw it at him?“
“No, Sah! You frighten the nearest LAC with it, ooh shoots the commie ba$tard for you, Sah!”
“Oh, jolly good! Will they do that a lot for me, then Sergeant?”
“Yes, Sah. Just as long as you ‘ave been really nice to ‘em in the past, Sah!”
“Arrr, I’m bu@@ered then, aren’t I, Sergeant?”
“You could well be, Sah!” The 9mm BAP was not a piece of kit that I was terribly, ever, very keen on.
Then we got the SA 80/L85. Being Light Blue, we didn’t get SUSAT sights – just iron ones. I found it really ‘handy’, light, easy to fire and VERY accurate. Fired off 100’s of rounds with no jams as I recall. Complete pain in the arse to strip I grant you with all the small fiddley bits – and this was in the days of the Cold War when everything was done in NBC kit with at least 2 layers of gloves. No, I liked the SA 80. But I understand why some might not. Perhaps it was because they were ‘new’ and not worn like they must be now. | |
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12-23-2007, 06:43 PM
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#34 | | Senior Member
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Country: | The new SA-80s (Mk.II) are supposed to be good.
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12-26-2007, 02:17 PM
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#35 | | Junior Member
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Country: | I found the SA 80 to be accurate, tough, easy to keep clean, light on the arms, and reliable. | |
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01-02-2008, 01:29 PM
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#36 | | Senior Member
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Country: | SA80 ASSAULT RIFLE (SLR)
I loved the good old SLR, The L85A1 was total crap,you had to heel the bolt when loading & keep it dry. In the Air cadets we fired 303s, the Good old days
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01-03-2008, 05:31 AM
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#37 | | Senior Member
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Country: | I was going off the comments that used the L1A1 SLR which was a handy weapon and felt like a rifle. A lot of people probably didn't enjoy moving from 7.62mm to 5.56mm.
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01-03-2008, 06:08 AM
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#38 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | Agree PD they probably felt that they were being someting that was less effective and to an extent i can see their point of view.
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