Wes,
I will be posting photos of the F1 and L1A1 as soon as I can. I have some Brit plastic furniture out for refinishing to replace the CIA-manufacture now installed.
I think I will use the Royal Marines butt stock with both side and bottom mounted rear sling swivels.
[I was surprised that the Maranyl-plastic Royal Marines stock is shorter than the standard infantry stock. To get the same length of pull with the RM stock, you have to install an Extra Long (XL) butt plate while the standard stock uses a Normal (N) butt plate.]
It is a bloody crime that the PNG forces disposed of these unique rifles by dropping them into deep water. Of course, our Canadian brothers were equally stupid in destroying their C1/C1A1/C2/C2A1 rifles along with the spare parts. What idiots!
Not to be out done, we Americans have our own verison of this institutional insanity called the "demilitarization" program. This was the brainchild of Robert Strange McNamara, or Secretary of Defense from 1961 through 1968. McNamara's program has probably wasted enough taxpayer money over the years to outfit 10 Army divisions, several Air Force squadrons, and numerous Navy ships. Example: under the Clinton administration, the DoD demilled about 500,000 M14 rifles being held in war reserve. This was stopped and we are now issuing those same rifles for use in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The reason I asked about the C7/C8 versions of M16A2 was I saw a write-up on how the PNGDF was to be using surplus Canadian 5.56mm rifles. The Canadian product looks exactly like the standard M16A2 except for the use of plastic magazines and the Canadians don't use the 3-round burst. That is, their selectors go: SEMI-SAFE-AUTO not SEMI-SAFE-BURST. PNGDF forces may have decided to use the steel M16 magazines made in Singapore rather than the plastic Canadian ones. The Singapore magazines are very reliable and robust.
A wise man once said: "Those that turn their swords into plow shares will plow for those that do not."
MG
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