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[challenge entry] Does anyone disagree?

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(strontium190, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 18:57, archived)
# Oo, you've just given me an idea for a compo post
I might not do it though

/lazy
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 14 Jan 2007, 18:59, archived)
# If that's the rifle I think it is.
Then those are so fun, but fucking annoying when the cunt next to you is firing blanks right past your ear and ends up getting his/her rifle jammed 'cause they can't pull the handle right back.
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. Cleo still alive, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 18:59, archived)
# ok.
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:02, archived)
# Hmm.
It's an SA80 and, if they are firing blanks, they should have a BFA (Blank Firing Attachment) on the front (a big yellow thing which forces the gasses back into the chamber).

Whilst poorly maintained SA80s do jam, it would only be necessary to cock it before the first shot as it is, generally, a semi-automatic weapon (It has an automatic setting, but it is only really used for trench clearing).

This seems to have a strange addition to the cocking handle, the sights and the end of the barrel - maybe it has a .22 conversion or something?
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:02, archived)
# If you're under 18 you're not allowed to use automatics.
/Cadets for 6-8 months. I got sick of them.
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. Cleo still alive, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:04, archived)
# Cheers.
I didn't know that and feel enriched.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:06, archived)
# I also know that the cadets at golden hillock has a number missing on the diagram of said gun.
Whilst the others were going over the basics of map reading. I was looking for spelling errors in things.
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. Cleo still alive, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:07, archived)
# Actually my pedantic friend
;)

It's a CGP ( cadet general purpose ) L98A1

( single shot conversion for cadet use )
It requires cocking for each shot and the handle extension is there to help small hands achieve this. They never have a flash supressor either.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L98A1
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:22, archived)
#

(I helped save b3ta! Jessie © needs pirate name suggestions, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:27, archived)
# thanks for that love
makes me look so manly.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:31, archived)
# Zoot, dahrling,
you look nothing like me.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:35, archived)
# I like that shirt
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:35, archived)
# Ralph Polo
you have to be able to fight to carry off a lemon shirt ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:39, archived)
# the best shirt I ever owned was a RL - grey and light blue vertical striped
it lasted years and years without fading or looking scabby at all. I gave it to my dad about 4 years ago and found out he still wears it. That's a total of 7 years wear from one shirt... not bad at all.
(I helped save b3ta! mugatu, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:42, archived)
# BFAs are not flash suppressors,
They do serve in that capacity, but they actually exist because, without a projectile, there is not enough gas pressure to re-cock the weapon, so they force the gas into the cylinder.

Clearly, if Cadets have single shot weapons then this is pointless.

[EDIT: Just read the Wiki article and they are talking about what we called flash eliminators, which makes my post utterly irrelevant. Please ignore me.]
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:34, archived)
# I know this but
I was talking of the muzzle flash supressor (which as you know is nato standard in the field ), not the yellow BFA.
(I helped save b3ta! Pasanonic 's been known to cause insanity in laboratory mice, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:38, archived)
# Please see my edit.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:39, archived)
# Not at all.
What is the source? Why do they have enormous cocking handles and white paint on their SA80s?
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 18:59, archived)
# its because
theyre gay.
(I helped save b3ta! the_man361 bffwaarghhl, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:01, archived)
# Does your computer not let you use apostrophes?
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:01, archived)
# your all gay
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. Cleo still alive, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:06, archived)
# There's no apostrophe in the word "your",
so that is not a good retort to my question.
(I helped save b3ta! Master Of Turnips. Only gays and morons believe in ghosts., Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:07, archived)
# so?
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. Cleo still alive, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:08, archived)
# That's an even worse retort
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:11, archived)
# Gay!
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:14, archived)
# Winnar!
(I helped save b3ta! Dixipoos Bye Bye Blackbird, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:16, archived)
# One does one's best, dear boy.
One does one's best.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:37, archived)
# Actually, there would be in that instance,
however I think that he meant to say that your all gay
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:08, archived)
# correct.
my computers gay.
(I helped save b3ta! the_man361 bffwaarghhl, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:16, archived)
# No idea of the name.
But if it's the rifle I think it is... then the cocking handle is 'cause it's not automatic, and the white paint is so they can be shot at by the enemy?
(I helped save b3ta! Rev. Cleo still alive, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:02, archived)
# I can't believe I know this
but it's because it's the "kiddie-friendly" Cadet GP rifle, not the SA80.
(I helped save b3ta! naeonlite, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:03, archived)
# Ah!
It is the one where there is a sleeve to take it down from 5.56 to .22?

/weird cross measurement conversion blog
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:05, archived)
# sorry
beyond my knowledge now! All I did was point them at pictures of helicopters for 6 months until I realised that military activities weren't my thing.
(I helped save b3ta! naeonlite, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:08, archived)
# This one?
webzoom.freewebs.com/witneyacf/cadet%20gp.JPG
(I helped save b3ta! cronkgarrow I remember when this were all fjords., Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:09, archived)
# fucking hate SA80s
nasty fucking things
(I helped save b3ta! Lizzy_Bee is a mac user now, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:04, archived)
# I loved them,
but they do need to be well maintained.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:05, archived)
# they wern't when I got my mitts on one
I was brused and in pain for days afterwards, the thing jammed on every other shot, and I quit the cadet core....all on the same day!

spent the rest of my time tinkering with cars and pretending it was army related.
(I helped save b3ta! Lizzy_Bee is a mac user now, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:09, archived)
# Jamming (in a proper SA80 anyway)
Is usually caused by fucked magazines (I bought some colts and only ever put 28 rounds in them) and by poorly maintained gas parts.

/Professional killer blog
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:11, archived)
# nah, they were over used, underkept shitty things
I'm more used to delicate sport rifles, so actully having to do stuff to cock it wasn't much to my liking.
(I helped save b3ta! Lizzy_Bee is a mac user now, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:13, archived)
# What sortr of rifle do you use where you don't have to cock it?
I used to do a bit of .22 and .303 range stuff when I was a boy, and a bolt is just part of shooting.

(I only have shotguns now, I am too old and fat for strapping myself to a gun any more)
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:16, archived)
# well you do have to cock it, obviously
but it's not quite as violent is it. I'm talking about the same things as you are.
(I helped save b3ta! Lizzy_Bee is a mac user now, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:19, archived)
# Arctic camouflage.
And big handles so you can use them while wearing arctic mittens.

Obviously.
(I helped save b3ta! DogHorse plop, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:04, archived)
# At the risk of seeming foolish,
Arctic Camouflage my arse.
(I helped save b3ta! LordManley twitter.com/LordManley, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:09, archived)
# By smearing moss and shit on their faces?
I agree wholeheartedly.

Edit: How come everybody on here knows so much about guns? I'm frightened and confused.
(I helped save b3ta! Walrus Man Think hippy thoughts, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:01, archived)
# Hide
they have all gone merkin
(I helped save b3ta! Paedosmile service with a grin., Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:09, archived)
# you should be
:)
(I helped save b3ta! Lizzy_Bee is a mac user now, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:10, archived)
# shurely "well fuck some knocking respect into them"?
(Giggedy_Giggedy, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:10, archived)
# That guy lying on the ground does actually look like one of my brothers
(I helped save b3ta! davew27 hevosen kuva!, Sun 14 Jan 2007, 19:34, archived)