Excellent video. Was lucky enough to use the SLR (wooden furniture on mine) back in the early 1990's as a TA infantryman in 3 Cheshire. The sound of it firing in the video brings back many fond memories of this awesome rifle - I was also a gunner so used the GPMG (unfortunately had to carry the heavy lump as well!)
@martinmckowen15883 ай бұрын
This brings back memories. One of my jobs was to write the script for the Australian army to replace the English accent. This was in 1986 about the same time I was developing degrees of weapon readiness for the Steyr.
@sergioarodrigues4 ай бұрын
By far the most reliable battle rifle!
@wastenmany4 ай бұрын
Match stick anyone
@randywatson83474 ай бұрын
Recoil must be awfull. Approx 3 cm the muzzle has shifted off target.
@Fabio.Labate5 ай бұрын
I served in the Brazilian Army in 1994 and I used the Fal rifle! It's a wonderful Rifle ! The difference to the SLR is that the FAL can fire shots in full auto and semi mode!
@MC14may6 ай бұрын
A decent rifle of its time....all the dinosaurs swear by it yet most never used it in Combat 😂😂😂
@wills6818 ай бұрын
I enjoyed this v.much. Clearly it is a training film for armourers or PW instructors rather than recruits. The audio might also have a function as an aid for those who have insomnia. :) I found it most relaxing.
@mothmagic19 ай бұрын
That was the most user friendly furniture on the fore end, even the later rounded wood fore end was less comfortable in the hand. The plastic furniture was even worse and actually added a few ounces to the over all weight.
@ichimonjiguy9 ай бұрын
The L1A1 lives on in the parts of the free world.
@garychynne13779 ай бұрын
great
@blitz2110 ай бұрын
The most important thing I remember through weapon drills is getting shouted at, a lot. Great weapon in the good old days.
@kyoujinko10 ай бұрын
The best weapon ever in the British army.
@MortonBartlett-yy3cn3 ай бұрын
Worked well for us in NZ too.carried one mid 70's to early 80's, also the heavy barrel LMG version
@rule3036 Жыл бұрын
Stock too short for this bloke....eye too close to sight.....ouch!
@MrCalman65 Жыл бұрын
We watched this as recruits in Australia at Kapooka. Took me a while to get my head around unlocking.
@stephenrowlands843 Жыл бұрын
Strange thing while watching this - I can smell the gun oil!
@4evaavfc Жыл бұрын
This is a very good video. The LIAI was a great battle rifle.
@chrisbrent7487 Жыл бұрын
We had wooden furniture here in Australia until the end though we ditched the long cooling slot flat sided hand guard for a round profile with drilled circular holes late in the Vietnam war. Load, action, instant, unload.
@danielmarshall4587 Жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for posting this film.
@robshirewood5060 Жыл бұрын
i had the pleasure of firing two variants 1) with wooden furniture and cocking handle as in this film and 2) a model with plastic furniture and a fixed rounded cocking handle, on private ranges, about 20 years ago, nice weapons. I got extra lucky in using one with a Trilux scope, and a Singlepoint red dot sight which the owners swapped over to, in order to show me what they used in Northern Ireland, quite a contrast between the two. I was also shown how the rifle could be still operated as a bolt action rifle if the return spring in the gas tube had been lost (as was apparently a common accident with new recruits) when stripping them for the first time, which i nearly did after being shown how to strip it, to the mirth of the owners. Lesson well learned. It was interesting to find out that the small pocket on the side of the 1958 pattern right ammo pouch was for a device to fire Energa grenades, with adjustment of the gas plug to suit. I was issued 1958 webbing as a cadet , damned heavy stuff which i soon changed over for lighter kit. Fascinating to connect with history as my family had all been Army since before ww1. A great day shooting with L1A1, Lee Enfield No4, then L42 sniper version, a Parker Hale version, and finishing off with the L1A1 with 30 round L4A4 Bren magazine. Great day and i learned so much about how versatile and loved the L1A1 was.
@andreedowns4561 Жыл бұрын
ITS A GAS ...MAN !!!
@paraguard60 Жыл бұрын
I had to smile as Rupert said "Press the trigger......." And not "Squeeze" the trigger.
@BigLisaFan Жыл бұрын
Was handed one of these in Feb 1972. To this day I can still describe all the action from pulling the trigger to resetting.
@samrajsingh6522 Жыл бұрын
So many exercise field rabos spotted.
@lesrush6298 Жыл бұрын
Loved the SLR was a fantastic weapon
@liverpoolscottish6430 Жыл бұрын
Awesome piece of kit. Hewn from granite. Shoulder launched light arty for the infantry man!
@paulbalogh4582 Жыл бұрын
I thought this was going to be a Python short!
@anthonyburke5656 Жыл бұрын
Anyone who consistently used a SLR will have at least one scar on the first joint of their left index finger, from cocking the weapon and the joint running along the cocking lever channel
@bradleydavies47813 ай бұрын
That’s just a love bite dude .
@BAKEDPOTATOLARDYASS Жыл бұрын
Good weapon
@aliman3229 Жыл бұрын
This is firearm ASMR. 👍🏻
@tandemfandom1 Жыл бұрын
Load before lock. Why is there that "Lock and Load" trope in movies etc?
@ms.annthrope415 Жыл бұрын
We heard that all the time in the US army as i was going through officers training. We were told to "lock and load 1 20 round magazine into your rifle." The LOCK is to insert the magazine until it locks into the magazine well. Then pull the charging handle to LOAD a round into thr chamber. Thr lock and load is not referring to the firing sequence as mentioned here.
@tandemfandom1 Жыл бұрын
@@ms.annthrope415 many thanks! Been bugging me for years haha
@grahamshortt2525 Жыл бұрын
As far as I know, it's from the Garand clip loading drill . " lock open ,load "
@hamrmark2 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised he didn't lose his right eye! Great rifle though!
@johnrobertson43842 жыл бұрын
Brilliant weapon
@davidravenscroft92352 жыл бұрын
The Finest Rifle Ever To Serve In The British Army
@mrjockt2 жыл бұрын
It was amazing how much of a step backwards the British Army took in the late eighties.
@ste8872 жыл бұрын
@@mrjockt Well have always said the British army dropping the SLR for the L85 is like dating a 10 but then going and marrying a 3 just cos they're younger
@mrjockt Жыл бұрын
@Will Rose During the NATO Standardisation talks in the early fifties the agreement reached over small arms ammunition was that NATO would adopt the U.S. proposed 7.62x51mm round on the understanding that the U.S. would adopt the T48, U.S. built FAL, they never did, they also agreed to adopt 9mm as the standard pistol/SMG round, again the U.S. basically ignored this. Britain has attempted to adopt a smaller round three times in the last hundred years, .276 Enfield in 1913, 7mm Short in the early fifties and 4.85mm in the mid seventies, there wasn’t anything wrong with the 5.56mm round adopted in the eighties it was the rifle chosen that was the problem, the original L85 had far too many problems that were effectively ignored or brushed over in the rush to get a new British designed rifle into the hands of the British army.
@mrjockt Жыл бұрын
@Will Rose What makes the issues with the L85 even more annoying for me was the fact that I was one of several R.A.F. personnel who got to fire one of the early SA-80’s back in 1983, and every one of us thought this was a brilliant rifle, short, handy and reasonably well balanced for carrying around, it’s a pity we weren’t aware of the issues the rifle was having in the background, I had left the service before the L85 entered general service but saw how much it was disliked during the first Gulf War, it took a long time and a lot more money to finally turn it into the sort of rifle it should have been from the start.
@glenbjack2 жыл бұрын
Ahhhhhhhh🥰🥰🥰🥰😍
@alanmerzcharles2 жыл бұрын
Best rifle ever
@russbetts14672 жыл бұрын
I was shown this film in 1969, shortly after I joined the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Nice to see it again. You don't hear voices like that these days, on modern instruction films. Very clear and precise. Shame the final explanation of the complete cycle was cut short by a couple of minutes, but as it's a very old film, it's probably been deleted, because it was too degraded.
@MarvelousSeven2 жыл бұрын
Love the internet.
@jimmyjohnson7027 Жыл бұрын
RRF was my lot. I'm from Manchester, so of course they sent me to the Geordie First Battalion.
@iwanttoburntheworld4612 жыл бұрын
In india fal rifle is still used by some law enforcement
@admiralrover742 жыл бұрын
Do you have Footage of British Soldiers training with Lee Enfield rifles?
@admiralrover74 Жыл бұрын
@Will Rose Is there a Website for it?
@admiralrover74 Жыл бұрын
@Will Rose Much Obliged, Sir, Really appreciate it....
@admiralrover74 Жыл бұрын
@Will Rose Big Thanks Sir, Really Appreciate it.
@stephensmith44802 жыл бұрын
The Falls Road Equaliser.
@markfryer98802 жыл бұрын
Did we get shown this film in the Australian Army Reserves in the late 80s or something different? It does seem rather familiar and is a very detailed film and given how tight arsed the Aussie Army are I would say that they just showed us the film as is.
@jeffbarr68162 жыл бұрын
Mark - I do not recall seeing this film at all. All my training on the SLR was via formal weapons lessons and demonstrations of the cycle of operation using a cutaway rifle.
@mrmadunit3923 Жыл бұрын
In 1987 we were shown this same vhs recording lol on a big crt telly we also had practical hands on of Corse. having fired a few hunting rifles i was blown away with this rifle I was with M.O.N.U.R who were you with Mr Fryer
@66kbm2 жыл бұрын
Shared this with a few old British Army Groups. Its a great video.
Пікірлер
Excellent video. Was lucky enough to use the SLR (wooden furniture on mine) back in the early 1990's as a TA infantryman in 3 Cheshire. The sound of it firing in the video brings back many fond memories of this awesome rifle - I was also a gunner so used the GPMG (unfortunately had to carry the heavy lump as well!)
This brings back memories. One of my jobs was to write the script for the Australian army to replace the English accent. This was in 1986 about the same time I was developing degrees of weapon readiness for the Steyr.
By far the most reliable battle rifle!
Match stick anyone
Recoil must be awfull. Approx 3 cm the muzzle has shifted off target.
I served in the Brazilian Army in 1994 and I used the Fal rifle! It's a wonderful Rifle ! The difference to the SLR is that the FAL can fire shots in full auto and semi mode!
A decent rifle of its time....all the dinosaurs swear by it yet most never used it in Combat 😂😂😂
I enjoyed this v.much. Clearly it is a training film for armourers or PW instructors rather than recruits. The audio might also have a function as an aid for those who have insomnia. :) I found it most relaxing.
That was the most user friendly furniture on the fore end, even the later rounded wood fore end was less comfortable in the hand. The plastic furniture was even worse and actually added a few ounces to the over all weight.
The L1A1 lives on in the parts of the free world.
great
The most important thing I remember through weapon drills is getting shouted at, a lot. Great weapon in the good old days.
The best weapon ever in the British army.
Worked well for us in NZ too.carried one mid 70's to early 80's, also the heavy barrel LMG version
Stock too short for this bloke....eye too close to sight.....ouch!
We watched this as recruits in Australia at Kapooka. Took me a while to get my head around unlocking.
Strange thing while watching this - I can smell the gun oil!
This is a very good video. The LIAI was a great battle rifle.
We had wooden furniture here in Australia until the end though we ditched the long cooling slot flat sided hand guard for a round profile with drilled circular holes late in the Vietnam war. Load, action, instant, unload.
THANK YOU for posting this film.
i had the pleasure of firing two variants 1) with wooden furniture and cocking handle as in this film and 2) a model with plastic furniture and a fixed rounded cocking handle, on private ranges, about 20 years ago, nice weapons. I got extra lucky in using one with a Trilux scope, and a Singlepoint red dot sight which the owners swapped over to, in order to show me what they used in Northern Ireland, quite a contrast between the two. I was also shown how the rifle could be still operated as a bolt action rifle if the return spring in the gas tube had been lost (as was apparently a common accident with new recruits) when stripping them for the first time, which i nearly did after being shown how to strip it, to the mirth of the owners. Lesson well learned. It was interesting to find out that the small pocket on the side of the 1958 pattern right ammo pouch was for a device to fire Energa grenades, with adjustment of the gas plug to suit. I was issued 1958 webbing as a cadet , damned heavy stuff which i soon changed over for lighter kit. Fascinating to connect with history as my family had all been Army since before ww1. A great day shooting with L1A1, Lee Enfield No4, then L42 sniper version, a Parker Hale version, and finishing off with the L1A1 with 30 round L4A4 Bren magazine. Great day and i learned so much about how versatile and loved the L1A1 was.
ITS A GAS ...MAN !!!
I had to smile as Rupert said "Press the trigger......." And not "Squeeze" the trigger.
Was handed one of these in Feb 1972. To this day I can still describe all the action from pulling the trigger to resetting.
So many exercise field rabos spotted.
Loved the SLR was a fantastic weapon
Awesome piece of kit. Hewn from granite. Shoulder launched light arty for the infantry man!
I thought this was going to be a Python short!
Anyone who consistently used a SLR will have at least one scar on the first joint of their left index finger, from cocking the weapon and the joint running along the cocking lever channel
That’s just a love bite dude .
Good weapon
This is firearm ASMR. 👍🏻
Load before lock. Why is there that "Lock and Load" trope in movies etc?
We heard that all the time in the US army as i was going through officers training. We were told to "lock and load 1 20 round magazine into your rifle." The LOCK is to insert the magazine until it locks into the magazine well. Then pull the charging handle to LOAD a round into thr chamber. Thr lock and load is not referring to the firing sequence as mentioned here.
@@ms.annthrope415 many thanks! Been bugging me for years haha
As far as I know, it's from the Garand clip loading drill . " lock open ,load "
I'm surprised he didn't lose his right eye! Great rifle though!
Brilliant weapon
The Finest Rifle Ever To Serve In The British Army
It was amazing how much of a step backwards the British Army took in the late eighties.
@@mrjockt Well have always said the British army dropping the SLR for the L85 is like dating a 10 but then going and marrying a 3 just cos they're younger
@Will Rose During the NATO Standardisation talks in the early fifties the agreement reached over small arms ammunition was that NATO would adopt the U.S. proposed 7.62x51mm round on the understanding that the U.S. would adopt the T48, U.S. built FAL, they never did, they also agreed to adopt 9mm as the standard pistol/SMG round, again the U.S. basically ignored this. Britain has attempted to adopt a smaller round three times in the last hundred years, .276 Enfield in 1913, 7mm Short in the early fifties and 4.85mm in the mid seventies, there wasn’t anything wrong with the 5.56mm round adopted in the eighties it was the rifle chosen that was the problem, the original L85 had far too many problems that were effectively ignored or brushed over in the rush to get a new British designed rifle into the hands of the British army.
@Will Rose What makes the issues with the L85 even more annoying for me was the fact that I was one of several R.A.F. personnel who got to fire one of the early SA-80’s back in 1983, and every one of us thought this was a brilliant rifle, short, handy and reasonably well balanced for carrying around, it’s a pity we weren’t aware of the issues the rifle was having in the background, I had left the service before the L85 entered general service but saw how much it was disliked during the first Gulf War, it took a long time and a lot more money to finally turn it into the sort of rifle it should have been from the start.
Ahhhhhhhh🥰🥰🥰🥰😍
Best rifle ever
I was shown this film in 1969, shortly after I joined the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. Nice to see it again. You don't hear voices like that these days, on modern instruction films. Very clear and precise. Shame the final explanation of the complete cycle was cut short by a couple of minutes, but as it's a very old film, it's probably been deleted, because it was too degraded.
Love the internet.
RRF was my lot. I'm from Manchester, so of course they sent me to the Geordie First Battalion.
In india fal rifle is still used by some law enforcement
Do you have Footage of British Soldiers training with Lee Enfield rifles?
@Will Rose Is there a Website for it?
@Will Rose Much Obliged, Sir, Really appreciate it....
@Will Rose Big Thanks Sir, Really Appreciate it.
The Falls Road Equaliser.
Did we get shown this film in the Australian Army Reserves in the late 80s or something different? It does seem rather familiar and is a very detailed film and given how tight arsed the Aussie Army are I would say that they just showed us the film as is.
Mark - I do not recall seeing this film at all. All my training on the SLR was via formal weapons lessons and demonstrations of the cycle of operation using a cutaway rifle.
In 1987 we were shown this same vhs recording lol on a big crt telly we also had practical hands on of Corse. having fired a few hunting rifles i was blown away with this rifle I was with M.O.N.U.R who were you with Mr Fryer
Shared this with a few old British Army Groups. Its a great video.
nice find! brings back memories