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Originally Posted by malcolm erik bogaert
Roger that Jiff however will have to take you to task on your comments.ref enfield rifle not being up to taking 7.62 rounds...in fact we had a rifle(SNIPER) and I think it was called a Fulton Conversion...anyways we had them on strength in our Sqn...best regards malcolm  |
The Lee Enfields would take 7.62mm conversions all right, but the trouble was that the excess pressure would stretch the receivers over time, leading to all sorts of headspace problems. The rifle was the fastest and most reliable bolt action in the world until conversion... but it was of course made moot by the introduction of the excellent FAL series of rifles (L1A1, C1A1 etc), so just as well. Nowadays our snipers use Mauser-based actions with even more powerful rounds than the "old" 7.62.
Ref the Bren, I was referring to the excellent 7.92mm Bren we manufactured over here for export (primarily to China). They were very good weapons and would have complimented the 7.92 Besas our British-based armour carried.