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Post by trueblackpool on Oct 24, 2011 14:35:22 GMT 1
Your showing your age with the SLR Yen! We now have all types of new kit, you even rarely see an SA-80 these days.
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Post by yeoldetangerine on Oct 24, 2011 16:48:48 GMT 1
I fired an SLR, does that make me old? Mind you, also fired a 303, so definitely, kick like a mule when you're only 14!
I have a vague recollection that they used it for occasional flights on a casual basis, like they used to at Silverstone circuit, maybe related to the Royal Lancs? Just light stuff.
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Post by yenilira on Oct 24, 2011 19:25:55 GMT 1
Ye Olde, would I be correct in saying that if you fired a .303, at that age, you would have been a member of one of the three cadet forces - CCF, ATC., or Sea Cadets?
Yes, the .303 was a regular weapon on the firing range in the 70s.
YL.
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Post by yeoldetangerine on Oct 24, 2011 20:16:06 GMT 1
Yessir 191 Squadron ATC Sir
Actually, on the other Jackspeak thread, I mention my Dad, he was in the ATC when it first was formed, joined the Navy but still worked as an aircraft sparky
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Oct 24, 2011 20:24:44 GMT 1
i use to be in the ATC and fired the odd SLR along the way
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Post by alderneytangerine on Oct 25, 2011 7:35:16 GMT 1
The RN used the .303 until the mid to late sixties then changed to the SLR, so I fired both. It took a while to get used to not smashing down the rifle butt when doing drill. The SLR was like a toy compared to the old .303
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Oct 25, 2011 21:15:29 GMT 1
new thread
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Post by yenilira on Oct 25, 2011 21:31:12 GMT 1
You forgot the Sterling in the heading.....................................
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Oct 25, 2011 21:37:20 GMT 1
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Post by yenilira on Oct 26, 2011 9:24:48 GMT 1
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Post by april13th1970 on Oct 26, 2011 18:06:37 GMT 1
SLR for me every time . . . . . . though 35mm Canon rather 7.62 L1A1. . . . and more recently a Canon digital SLR, though still with a 35mm full frame sensor
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Post by yenilira on Oct 26, 2011 18:38:43 GMT 1
Uh, oh, I've got a feelin' that another thread is beginning to be hatched....
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Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Oct 26, 2011 20:32:27 GMT 1
april13th1970 your on a roll today lol
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Post by louisea on Oct 26, 2011 22:18:17 GMT 1
I was hoping this was a thread about cameras.
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Post by april13th1970 on Oct 26, 2011 22:28:11 GMT 1
Always happy to discuss cameras and photography Louise
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Post by yenilira on Oct 27, 2011 0:10:59 GMT 1
Start a f. new, separate, thread, eh.
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