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Old 02-16-2012, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Mahatatain View Post
I was an Army cadet in the mid 80's and on an annual camp I also remember meeting a soldier who had served in the Falklands (I have a feeling that it was "served" rather than "saw action" but this was a long time ago) but I also remember him talking about this subject as it started with him explaining how you could "convert" an SLR into a full auto weapon by using a matchstick. I don't remember how and it sounded incredibly dangerous to the firer but that was what he claimed.
I've heard this before as well. A guy I used to work with was with the 7th Armoured Brigade REME duing Gulf War 1 and spoke about SLR's being converted to fully auto a couple of times. The way he told it it wasn't that tricky to do but I remember he did say that someone nearly shot their own foot off...
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