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Kangaroo

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    U.K (at this time)
  • Interests
    Old military vehicles, boats, life in general.
  • Occupation
    Retired (old guy) V.W for the Aus Gov.
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  1. Yes, there was a problem with the feed spring but a good stretching of it fixed that problem, but over time they weakened and broke. However, our armourer cured the problem permanently by making stronger ones locally. We also had some Brit SLR’s, wooden furniture, and they worked just fine on the Bren mags. You were certainly justified in trusting your life to the SLR.
  2. In my experience the problem with 58 pat ammo bags was that if you didn’t pack the FN/R1 mags exceptionally well they would still rattle when you ran. It sounded like cookies scran-wagon going at speed overland. In the end my old unit opted for Bren Mags on our FN’s and R1’s, meaning 10 more rounds for stay alive, and gave our Brenners the 20 round mags to play with. You are right, those were the days.
  3. I don’t know what it is about wellington boots and wartime wrecks but I have come across thousands of them in the holds of many I have visited over the years. The American wrecks tend to have boots and galoshes galore. Amazingly the wellingtons and galoshes are usually found in the wrecks of the Med, Pacific,Far East or any tropical waters. P.S… I no longer SCUBA dive due to the onset of O.F.S (Old Fart Syndrome).
  4. Good dive videos. I am interested in any old abandoned military vehicles, aircraft and vessels, and have come across them in the most strangest of places.
  5. Worked just fine with a field scarf or noddy hat wraped around the mags. When using bren mags (7.62mm type) on the SLR it worked much better.:nut:
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