Canadian C1A1/FAL use during Twilight War

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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier

Does anyone know a rough timeline for the replacement of the C1A1 rifle in Canadian service with the C7? Wiki research shows the C7 enters service in the early 80s, and I'm assuming all the active elements of the Canadian military would have been using it well before the Twilight War. I'm mostly wondering if, and how prevalent, the C1A1 would have been as a primary weapon for reserve units. (I'm also assuming a lot of C1A1s turned up from storage later in the war, but I'm more interested in guys who would have mobilized for wartime service with them as their issued weapon.)

In my reserve unit, we transitioned to the C7 sometime during the winter 1988/1989. The C7A1 we didn't get ours till after 1997, I believe it was around 1999.