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01-28-2007, 02:45 PM
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#166 | | Junior Member
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Country:  | loved my SLR..only hated carrying it ...much preferred to carry the F1 during patrols...but that couldn't stop a man in a wet trench coat.
could strip the old SLR in less than a minute.....and keep it operational for all but 1 operating part......but thats academic.
5.56 compared to 7.62....pleassssssssssseeeeeee....7.62 hurts...a lot
5.56 always reminds me of the old westerns on tv where the guy takes 6 shots and still crawls to his side arm and gets that last shot off.
but were talking assault rifles.
"An assault rifle is a selective fire automatic rifle or carbine firing ammunition with muzzle energies intermediate between those typical of pistol and battle rifle ammunition. Assault rifles are categorized between light machine guns that are intended more for sustained automatic fire in a support role, and smaller submachine guns that fire a handgun cartridge rather than a rifle cartridge."
so unless you have the heavy barrel on an SLR it doesn't really qualify.(or you stick a bit of cardboard in it and get a 30 round mag off the Bren)
pity as i have used the Steyr/M16/SLR and prefer the SLR on all counts except weight.
as a close in weapon...the M16/14 is probably the better option between that and the SLR but over range and in a section environment the SLR gives the better weight to target ability.
but as far as a pure assault rifle.....has to be the AK
as for stories of the M16 in Vietnam versus the SLR...my Uncle (a Lon Tan and two tour Vet) relates how the US used to call up an Aussie with an SLR to hit the enemy hiding behind banana trees...the 5.56 wouldn't penetrate far enough. | 
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01-28-2007, 02:50 PM
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#167 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Thumper  my Uncle (a Lon Tan and two tour Vet) relates how the US used to call up an Aussie with an SLR to hit the enemy hiding behind banana trees...the 5.56 wouldn't penetrate far enough. | See my point? 
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01-28-2007, 02:51 PM
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#168 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country:  | All good points, ndicki.
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01-28-2007, 03:00 PM
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01-28-2007, 03:48 PM
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#170 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | I've got an L1A1, but the **** rear sight is jammed and I cannot regulate it to point of aim. It's drift pressed and I need to get another assembly. Barrels pretty warn too. Looks like some dumb*** used a cleaning rod from the barrel end. Its seen quite a bit of use. Wish I had NIB version. 
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01-29-2007, 10:33 AM
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Country: | Cleaning rods are rubbish; we had pull-throughs, they're less wear on the barrel.
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01-29-2007, 10:37 AM
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01-29-2007, 03:32 PM
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#173 | | aka Dickcheese
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Country: | Agreed. That was the beauty of the FAL design. Can figure why even with a cleaning rod they just didn't open her up, remove the bolt and clean away. The muzzle is slightly oblong and accuracy really suffers. But then again. I got what I paid for. 
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01-29-2007, 05:50 PM
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01-30-2007, 04:04 PM
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#176 | | He who does not skim
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01-30-2007, 04:09 PM
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01-30-2007, 04:13 PM
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#178 | | He who does not skim
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Country: | See? A flare pistol. God, I are smart.  | |
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01-31-2007, 12:30 PM
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#180 | | Master of Ewes
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