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Originally Posted by Danke
That's the first I've seen of that KA version. All the ones I've held I'd call Belgian vs. Commonwealth.
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Yeah that is another way of looking at it. There is actually three types, Inch (Commonwealth, L1A1, SLR, C1A1 etc..) Metric (Belgian, Brazil, FN exports etc...) and Indian (which has features of Inch and Metric.) There are also Israeli parts from their FAL's that are different too.
It's kind of confusing but generally the Inch guns were licensed copies made in the country they were used in, for instance Canada's rifles were built by Canadian Arsenal Limited at Longbranch, Ontario (the Federal armoury for many years, they built Sten guns during WWII).
The thing that kiboshed this project for me was the stripper clip upper.