Description
Enfield L1A1 SLR Self-Loading Rifle no:C24990 with deactivated EU Certificate
Details from Norfolk Tank Museum about this type of gun – see link to read more
L1A1 SELF LOADING RIFLE (SLR) – Norfolk Tank Museum
“RIFLE 7.62MM. L.I.A.I. COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE S.L.R. (SELF LOADING RIFLE). Since the end of the Second World War, many countries around the world had adopted some form of self-loading rifle for general service. This means that once an initial round of ammunition had been fed into the chamber of the barrel, firing that round produced pressure, some of which could he used to extract, eject, feed and chamber another round without any help from the user. Germany in particular, had developed many outstanding “assault rifles” during the war while the Americans were almost totally equipped with the 8 shot Garand. We still used the No.4, Lee-Enfield.303” bolt action rifle. A manually operated arm, splendid thing but in the main, still in service because “Arms Drill” centred around “Slope Arms”, and the rifle favoured by us being the F.N.F.A.L. which had a projecting cocking handle would have dug into the shoulder when being carried at the “slope” and therefore could not have been seen as a replacement rifle for service by us. Discipline on “Gods Hallowed Acre”, the drill square ruled over by the Regimental Sergeant Major was total, and therefore, a thing that could not be carried at the slope would not be tolerated.”
