On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 19:01:36 +1300, Tom wrote:

Too true Tom. But often ballisticians (or at the least the US ones)
(and marketing wonks) consider groove diameter, rather than purely
bore diameter to be the deciding/naming convention factor, so there is
indeed some sloppy terminology. It is indeed a .30 caliber, using a
.308 diameter bullet. As far as going against convention..then
perhaps so did the originators of the .243, the 270, the .223, the
.257 Roberts, the 264 Mag, the 375 H&H, and so forth? G
Oddly enough..its the Euros that do the bore diameter thingy..the 303
Brit, the 6/7/8 mms...and then of course..the 6.5s

As far as possibly exceeding my experience..unless you have fired more
than somerwhere over 80,000 rounds through the Fals...shrug

Your L1A1 is an interesting rifle, able to accept inch or metric
magazines.

Btw..Ive several Lithgow SMLEs in the collection.

Gunner

Well I'm glad we've got that sorted. However I'm at a loss
as to why you would have fired so much through such a weapon.
My expenditure of ammo was courtesy of the military where the
rifle was regarded as the "mechanical musket" not anyone's
favourite weapon and one never bothered to keep count especially
when using the L2A1 version..

Tom

I entered into a lot of combat rifle matches, "practical rifle
shooting"/tactical rifle:

Some examples:
http://www.guntactics.com/page6.php
http://www.ashlandlakegunclub.org/tact_2005-06-04.html

And did a fair amount of practice..and taught a few classes to various
select individuals and small groups.

I was buying 7.62 Nato, by the double spam cans each month for a few
years. Shrug..it was cheaper then..and I was in better financial shape
too...shrug again. Not to mention better physical shape..some of those
courses were pretty physical. Matchs often included current SWAT guys,
currerent and former mercs, and fellow travelers. Most were by
invitation only, and seldom open to the public. Bunch of hard assed
shooters competing against each other..with me..the harmless lovable
fuzzball, sorta along for the ride.

When California put the Fal on the banned list..I sold all of mine out
of state rather than registering them. Now Ive got "California Legal"
toys. FN-49 is an interesting arm, when properly setup and so forth.

Gunner

"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner