Do you have any photos from Malaya Dullahan? I would be extremely interested in seing the experimental rifle in theatre. Many thanks for the photos already posted. Joe Joe, I looked up my Malaya "Junk" (as my wife calls it) last night and I have no photos of the X8E1 during the field tria...

Do you have any photos from Malaya Dullahan? I would be extremely interested in seing the experimental rifle in theatre. Many thanks for the photos already posted. Joe Hello Joe, Yes I still have a few 'Dog-eared' photos left but not of the rifle in use (it was subject to 'Official Secrets Act' at ...

Dullahan succeeded in sending a few pictures to post. They are a bit small and I couldn't really enlarge them any more without loss of detail. But...Dullahan thanks. Keep at it and you'll be posting pictures with the best of us before long....it's just another learning experience none of us were bo...

...and said, , “I have bad news and worse news”. “Oh dear, what's the bad news?” asks the patient. The doctor replies, “You only have 24 hours to live.” “That's terrible”, said the patient. “How can the news possibly be worse?” The doctor replies, “I've been trying to contact you since yesterday.” ...

Does anybody know what the 'Politically Correct" Brigade call the 'Mannlicher' ?

DuncaninFrance wrote:

I willingly signed this petition,

But do you think this 'Mob' will Listen.

I served with Ghurkas in Malaya 1952-1956.

I know one bloke who owns one and he's had it for years and loves it. I have a bolt action .410 that I got for the youngest sprig. He, now being all but 14, and taller and stronger than his sire has graduated to the double 12 and I've been playing with the .410. Don't knock the .410. I have two 410...

I reported for National Service in August 1952. After the usual Basic training at Caterrick in Yorkshire I was interviewed for allocation to the job I was to do in the Army. Because of my background I was sent to the Sniper Training School at Warminster and "trained" for six weeks. By a sh...