Military issue equipment: 1985

[Detritus]

The standard issue Brit sniper rifle was (is?) an L42a1. It's a SMLE no. 4 in .308, with provisions for adding a scope.

i Beleive by 85-86 the transition to the parker-hale and accuracy international types, which were a quantum leap beyound the L42a1, had begun.

adn i THINK a few examples of the L42a1 DID make it over here to the states, but they are out of reach as they are few in number, and therefore cost you as much as a NIB civvy version of an M-40A3 or M-24.