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meles meles wrote:Right oomans, back to the challenge - a suitable rifle calibre. This, building a custom rifle, is now Plan B in case another option doesn't come off. It seems to be that 6.55x55 Swedish is what we need, so we just need to settle on the action, barrel and stock.

1) What is Plan A?

2) If this is Plan B has anything else changed in regards to the original specifications?

Plan A is that we may be able to get our paws on a rather special pre-existing rifle, in 7.62x51, currently owned by a member of this forum who might, just might, be considering selling it.

Otherwise it's back to the original plan, now named Plan B, of designing our own - which will probably be built by those aquatic mammals over in Louth. Leading contenders for Plan B at the moment are 6.5x55 Swe, * fired through a stainless barrel, in an AICS or Joe West Tactical stock.


* We already have the matching pistol and ammo... sign92

In that case concentrate on Plan A and see what happens - I'm guessing there is no rush on this, so plan B can wait?

It it was me, I would be looking at getting a custom stock made for the LRB - thus turning it into a rifle for no other reason than to be awkward and to see the look of despair on my FEOs face!

The FLO himself was contemplating classing it as a rifle simply because it had a 23 inch barrel and fired a rifle cartridge. The Firearms team were apparently split 2 : 2 on the decision of rifle versus pistol, and eventually went with pistol 'because the Chief Constable will take the view that it looks like one'

Action ---- Ruger No.1 ?????