ferretfixer

Just heard on Newsnight that the Home Secretary is expected to make a statement in Parliament tomorrow saying that all Gurkhas will be allowed to stay in this country. Good news if this turns out to be the case.

NICE U Turn!! Now all we need for them to say is they are going to abolish Tax on Petrol!!:yay: (Yeah, like THAT's going to happen!) :confused:

Borrowed an assortment of sockets on Monday, job done :yay: only need to do a test run, see if the adjustment is enough.

Look at the cutout in the interior tan coloured padding which is done to give clearance for the tops of the two steering levers.

With box COLD, pull a lever back one at a time to JUST take up the slack.

Using your fingers as a guide. Measure from the tips of your fingers against the hull to the rear underside of the palm of your hand.

the levers SHOULD only pull back that far & then adjustment is correct.

As all vehicles are individual, the vehicle should be be test driven afterwards to confirm correct functioning. Too much & the band will get hot & constrict & subsequently slow the vehicle down.

Too little & you will have to re-adjust as the lever will come back too far.

NOTE: It must be borne in mind that using your fingers as the gauge.

You MUST have the standard Issue Mark I Hand!

If you have small hands, allow a little LESS adjusting the band up!

Just a QUICK guide used in service as a standard check. Easy to do in seconds at ANY time...........:coffee:

Hope this is of some small assitance to you. (And any other 430 Series owners!) Mike

Not being smug, but! got absolute living hell for bouncing a white hard rifle bullet off Mum's vase on the mantelpice. Going on e pay for about 500 Quid!!!!!:sweat:

 

I would let my Mum hit me with anything if she had bought me one of those! :banana:

how true they was the days . i think someone got the idea for rambo watching me run round the sreets shouting with a gun bigger than myself ahh , lol .

The one gun I ALWAYS wanted was The Jonny Seven. Do you remember those? What a fantastic mobile arsenal all in one gun!

The machine gun was great, you just pulled a cocking handle back. It was an internal ratchet mech. & as you pulled the trigger, you got bursts. Awesome. My parents couldnt afford one of those for me in those days. But I managed to make up for it in later years by geting lots of real ones! .........:banana:

They always seemed bigger back in them far off days. Deeeepsigh!

Thats' what happens when you get older........:rofl:

I think I know teh meatl one you mean. Can you imagine the uproar now? Let a kid loose with a metal real looking gun AND add explosive materials like caps? :shake: There was also a cracking good metal Webley Mk 5 revolver available about that time. Expensive though about 7/6 (That's about 37 1/2 p to you sprogs)

I never 'Encountered' the Webley. I bet it looked good! :cool2:

It would probably come under the VCR act now. & who can blame them!

It would most likely make a kid want to turn to Crime & rob a Bank with it. Instead of instilling care of weapon handling & only 'attacking' bad guys with it. Such a fearsome toy would turn a boys head today! Forget instilling patriotisem & Military Pride in your Country. (Is it still OUR country?) :sweat:

No, it's far more fun to Hug a Bunny with Mixemitosis or a Tree with Duch Elm disease! :argh: Opps! Im starting to rant about the joys of living in a 'Free Country' (Free, as long as you shut up & do as your told!)

Best shut up & walk away Meekly! :??? (Undefended, of course!)

There was a Thompson 1921 to go with it. Spent many happy hourd in and out of bunkrers sniping at the enemy with one. My late Mother decided to drive her Singer gazzelle off road once, 15 feet sheer drop followed by about 150 foot down a 1:1 slope covered with trees and bushes. She, my neice and car survived. She said afterwards while she was sitting in hospital, a Police oficer came in with a plastic Airfix SLR in one hand and a bible, he'd found in the car and said 'Well, you were ready for anything'.

Yes those far off Halcyon days of 'Warfare' as a kid were marvelous.

I lost count of how many Victoria Crosses I won in enemy 'engagements'!

The SLRs from Airfix were very popular & now WHEN you encounter one. Are very expensive collectors items! The barrel was the weak point on these, always snapping off. Still I was a potential Armourer then, so it wasnt a prob. Went on to fix many THOUSANDS of the real things later in life! I remember when my Father was stationed in Germany in the late sixties. I bought a version from the N.A.F.F.I when we did our weekly shop. It was all metal with a working action that fired a roll of caps. I never fired caps in mine which today would make it mint. It had plastic furniture & a plastic sling with removable plastic magazine. It was very detailed as I recall & a realistic shrunk down version. I would love to have that hanging on my wall now! :-\ Oh those childhood memories.........:coffee:

REMEBER: Boys dont' grow up, thier toys just get more sophisticated! (& Expensive!) :yay: Mike.

Evening all

 

At a loss where to throw this one in so Wepaons it is. Many years ago, aged 9 I think, I had a toy SLR. Now, Dad was a Rockape and ex-QCS so to have a scale version of an SLR was pretty cool.

 

I've got de-acs on the Pinkie now but somehow, back then, that brittle black plastic SLR was even cooler.

 

I take my youngest with me to shows, Jack is now 9 and wants 2 things to take to Eastnor, first is the toy SLR, the other is a ghillie suit. The ghillie suit is the easiest to do, albeit time consuming (it's a brilliant premise, do you want to know how to get a kid that age to behave, be quiet and keep still? Get him into the toy sniping thing, building a bivvy, cams it up, pair of old binos, compo and a flask of screech and the hours just fly by. I'm just sorry he won't experience the joy that was cheese possessed.)

 

I'm expecting to pay Top Dorrar for one of these since collecting tacky toys has become mainstream but has anyone here still got theirs? What do you mean you never had one, you'll tell me you never had Super Flight Deck next. Look, I lost mine in an MFO box somewhere between Wickrath and Catterick OK.

I bet you lost the Bayonet that came with it first! :cool2:

...yes item 20, this nut is very large !!

There was dedicated ring spaner for this nut. I remeber having one in my toolbox when I worked in the 432 section for my last six months before retraining for another trade. it is very thick gauge steel (Almost 1/2" thick all round) appor 10" long.& looks like a handled saucepan, but obviously a hexagon cutout in the centre. This was heavy duty so you could hit it with a hammer to unlock, or tighten the lock nut after adjustment. After all, you would not want this nut to unscrew during use on the road!! :shocked:

There must be a N.A.T.O stock number for this item. After all, our section sergeant put in a demand (Spare request) .for one for each of us for our individual usage .to make life easier instead of having to keep going to the g1098 stores to sign one out! :cool2:

May have someone interested in the Ferret, what sort of price and what kit?

Dave

Dave, PM me.

Mike....:coffee:

Mike are you only interested in project vehicles or are you happy to pay more for second hands ones? There are 2 on the club website at the moment:

http://www.101club.org/forums/viewforum.php?f=10

Hi John, Definately ONLY interested in a Runner roadworthy example.

I am chasing one thats just come up at £1,5oo at the moment.

I have no doubt I will have to pay more but, am prepared to pay for the right example.

Do you know anyone looking for a nice Ferret? :-D

Will sell seperately, not just up for part Ex. :cool2:

Cheers,

Regards:Mike

Hello Mike

 

I think that this unit might be the exception as it is in excelent condition. I took it in today for our inspection to register it for the road and it did not need a thing. The mechanic said the truck was in perfect mechanical condition with a lot of new parts in it.On a side note the GMC trucks that were at the same auction were in sad shape with the ones at the auction before having cracked frames ECT, see pictures.

Hello Dave, Well, you might have been lucky & got one of the camp 'Runabouts'. They were utilised for stores & collection / delivery in Calgary.

The GMC's look like range safety vehicles & they would have taken a real punishing. Lot's of milage on VERY harsh terrain! :shake:

If your vehicle is as you say, you have got a nice buy. I presume the Mech checked the spring shackles? They would have the most wear if it WAS used on the Training Area?.........:-D

I somehow cannot get the advertisement posting facility to work when attempting to post an ad! (Please forgive my ignorance!) :confused:

Sooooooooo, here goes!

Like the A team, umpteen million rounds and never hit anyone! :n00b:

Yes, wouldnt it be a nicer world if Warfare was like that. All the fun of firing weapons & no one actually getting hurt! :yay:

Any potential conflicts, They should put the opposing politicians in a field & let THEM fight it out! :cool2:

I think you will find that you can not hand in a weapon to any RFD you will find that some RFD are only permitted to deal in section 5's and some can deal in section 1's

so find out what catergory yours falls into before you get into more bother you can

do the work yourself and submit it to the proof house but if not upto current standard

you risk loosing it just my 2pennyworth as I understand the law but I am sure if wrong

someone will soon post and correct me

Commander

I THOUGHT THIS THREAD HAD BEEN EXPLANED IN DEPTH!

I also offered, if you are having difficulties, PM me & I can get this item 'Done' & certified.

Why is it STILL being persued please? :confused:

When you know your'e dealing with experts. I did wonder how the Stirling quieted the action. Being an open bolt, the mass is critical and of course you would get some gas escaping on ejection. On the revolver side, SOE did produce a padded sort of glove that a revolver would fit into, one shot only and quite hairy to use I'd have thought. Makes me laugh when you see the 'baddy' in a film shove the barrel against a pillow and all you here is 'phut'.

Yes, Im always amused at 'The ever lasting magazine' that apparantly holds hundereds of rounds before it is changed. If changed at all in some films! :cool2:

The STERLING (Note correct spelling!) was a superlative weapon to use.

The bolt was lightened, & the only way you could check was by noting the part number on it. Or, weighing it against a known normal one!

Because they also removed the inner smaller return spring. The end cap had a steel buffer ring & a rubber washer held in with an allen screw to absorb the very last kick from the bolt without causing damage (or noise) to the weapon in use. a VERY well thought out design. :yay:

AND, it was BRITISH!!!! :yay: Hurrah!!!!

De Lisle is back in production apparently!

It has been for a number of years under a different company name. I belive they bought the patent rights.

Any moderator is only efficent for a small number of rounds anyway. And they should use subsonic rounds,

Not quite correct. a silencer (Sound moderator to give it it's correct title) only works correctly with sub-sonic ammo as you say. The Sterling uses an ingenious design. there are 134 small holes approx 1mm in Dia drilled all the way down the barrel in the twist of the rifling. This in use, 'slows' down the round as it passes down the barrel. To be efficient, ANY round has to be sub-sonic when it exits the weapons muzzle. IE: it HAS to be at the most 928 Feet per second. The sterling achieves this by the bleeding off of gas as the round travels down the barrel. the bled off gas passes through a spiral wrap of alliuminium & hit's the silencer casing internally. this then travels down the casing & hit's a spiral diffuser. this looks like a helter skelter. the gases are swirled around this & pass into an expansion chamber & then exit the front of the casing. By the time this happens, the round has long since left the weapon & the gasses have been slowed down to a level where they can exit to atmophere below the seed of sound. very clever device indeed.

To silence any weapon there are factors to be considered.

1. gas noise.

2.Action noise.

3.the round HAS to be sub-sonic for the weapon to be 'silenced'.

You see people in Films screwing silencers on revolvers. TOTALY wrong! There is ONLY one revolver you can silence properly, that is the Moisin Nagant. With a revolver there is a flash gap between the rear of the barrel (The forcing cone) & the face of the cylinder. This gap must be kept to a minimum. (The Armourer has gauges to check this) but enough to ensure the cylinder can turn & does NOT bear on the face of the barrel.

This gap WILL allow gase to vent to atmosphere & you WILL hear a crack here. The Moisin Nagant cylinder turns & goes forward to seal this gap (The only revlover I know to do this!) All Smi-auto pistols are NOT in silenced mode. There is the S&W Model 52 for Navy seals & the walther p.1 both 9mm with 'silencer'. To make it silent, the user has to engage a swinging catch to lock the slide forward to prevent it's rearward movement. That way, ONLY the gas from the sub-sonic bullet can be dealt with by the silencer to make it work. The action has to be unlocked & worked manually to eject the spent case & reload a fresh round.

The Mkii & VI silenced sten used a similar method to the Sterling L34 but the design was cruder. The bolt in a Sterling is also a lightend version & has a weaker mainspring to effect semi-auto movement with a round that produces less backward gasses for the action to function. (As is the Sten)

The whole action of mechenisim is too long & complicated to put down here in words. But if anybody requires indepth information, I am happy to oblige............:coffee:

The "word" from the Regimental Armourer was they were to be used in single shot only. Automatic fire was for life or death situations only and if you did it and survived the enemy - he would kill you!!! I think he was only joking but it was always safe to err on the side of caution in this area!!!

Apparently - so he told us - auto-fire ruined the silencer and cost a lot of money to put right. I know it was a very effective silencer. All you could hear was the action moving when firing it and from 15 to 20 feet away you coudn't even here that!!

As I said - 21 used it as a drill weapon on those rare occasions we did such things as carrying a loaded SLR though the streets of london was a no-no for obvious reasons....

He was absolutely correct! If you used full auto, it would burn the silencer out!

Full Auto was indeed, EMERGENCY only! :shocked:

There were some silver plated or chrome Lee Enfeild number ones found with Saddam's bodygaurds. Funny thing, they'd been de activated. :cool2:

I guess even his own bodyguards couldnt be trusted!

What a lovely Regime! :cool2:

Mike

I just recently picked up a 1990 Leyland daf from a auction here in southern Alberta. They came from the base at Suffield where the British train. A friend told me about this site and I hopeing to find out some information regarding this truck as they are far and few between here. I hope I am posting in the right section here as what I gather this was a British/Dutch produced unit? The one thing I am looking for at the moment would be the Manuals for it possibly on CD format. I would like to get the Operators and Maintenance Manuals as there are a lot of different controles on it that I do not know what they do. Also is there any dealers that carry parts for this truck as eventualy I will need to do repairs on it. Any and all help would be appreciated.

 

Dave

Hello dave, & wellcome to the forum.

Nice looking truck, but not wishing to pour oil on your chips!

I can attest that ANY vehicle that was used at B.A.T.U.S Will have had a hard life! The training area is vary harsh terrain & vehicle take a punishing usage tour over there!

I have seen Landrover (Petrol) chassis welded up & patches where they have split, punchered, & generally broken. (How do you break a Landrover chasiss?) such is the life they lead over there.

SO: Check you vehicle over VERY carefully for wear/ damage/ & safety points before going on the road.

All vehicles used actually spent very little time on roads in Canada. Most of the time it was on dusty tracks & all over the prarie training area.

A harsh & impressive at times enviroment. The views from up on plateaus were just like you see in Cowboy films! (Including Rattlesnakes!)

Enjoy your new Toy! :yay:

Mike

Don't fancy this one then... only £3,800

I know EXACTLY where this one is! :-\

What a horrible & prentceious looking gun!

These were marketed by Sterling for the Arab prince side of the market.

They seem to like a lot of Gold things over there! :cool2:

They were aimed at the Arab Royal BodyGuard side of the Market.

If you do some research, you will sometimes see goldplated AK47's also used by Bodyguards.

Check out the bayonet. I mentioned these in a previous post. Brit N0.5 has wood grips. Sterling COMERCIAL sales has Metal SLR versions.....:coffee:

I have one with the grip.i was told it was not fitted to British army but was for private sales,i supose a foreign army could be a private sale as far as the company is concerned.cw.

The British army variant is the L34A1. It was NEVER issued with a wooden foregrip. The fore grip was marketed by Sterling as the 'Comercial' version.

IE: ANY other end user EXCEPT the British Army. It is simply an accessory & is held onto the silencer jacket by a steel band & a retaining screw through the bottom of the grip.

In actual fact, it provides more comfortable handhold on the Weapon in usage!

THE REASON FOR FITTING IS THAT WITH PROLONGED USE, THE SILENCER CASING HEATS UP RAPIDLY!

The Armys usage discouraged that sort of shooting. It was for tactical purposes. IE: Taking out sentrys Etc, so the user would not need to fire many rounds on a patrol. To that end, it was removed as another item that may endure damage & subsequent loss anyway & keep the smooth lines of the weapon for possible concealment.......:cool2:

So, for export sales to foriegn nations military, & all of the Semi-Auto only versions. A wood grip was fitted. If you wish to remove this accessory, it is a simple matter. It then looks similar to a Brit army version.....:coffee:

Not unlike the Land Rovers that went before them then, once any particular drum has got wet!

Yes there is that point to it. BUT, the RB44 is a lot heavier, & going at speed & having to pull up quick nearly caused quite a few accidents im told! If they are a heavier & higher, well you can see the potential outcome im sure. As I say, a great shame, they are a nice looking vehicle.

I cant state for sure, but didnt the GPO use a variant of these?

If that is the case, perhaps looking into thier brake setup/ axle layout MAY be worth checking?

I think it was down to reliability mostly. Maybe the high centre of gravity and narrow track as well, led to a few roll overs I believe.

Sure someone else will know more if you post a question specific to RB44s.

I belive the main problem was brakes. They would not pull up in a straight line when braking hard. There was a mod, but the problem persisted. Design fault at manufacture.They were cast from Service. Nice looking vehicle, but I would consider the safety angle.

Mike (Ferretfixer)