L85A1 Rifle
L85A1 Assault Rifle
Antiqued English Pewter 1/6 mounted replica of the L85A1 Rifle and 5.56 round (deactivated) with a short information panel.
On black baize, with green mount and housed in a walnut coloured frame.
size (glass) 222mm x 206mm
Panel Reads :-
Development of this assault rifle began in the late 1960s. The project was known as the SA80 (or Small Arms for 1980s).The L85 rifle variant of the SA80 family has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 variant of the FN FAL. The L85 is a gas operated, selective fire rifle with bullpup layout. Chambered for the standard NATO 5.56 x 45 mm round and using a 30 round magazine. It is reported that about 320,000 of the original L85A1 rifles were produced until production finished in 1994.
