The weapons stolen form the ACF were the Drill Use version that had been decommissioned - badly.
You could still use them for weapon training which to be honest was their main use. After they'd been stolen it was found that they could be recommissioned fairly easily so they were all pulled back into the central Armouries for safe keeping.
Now any training on L98s usually has to be carried out where there's a main Armoury as that's the only place you can get your hands on a rifle.
We used to be able to get the rifles for training and keep them in a Sqn Armoury so we could get the kids through the Weapon Handling Test ready to shoot.
Some regions are looking at a hub and spoke solution with some upgraded Armouries at certain locations but as usual that relies on someone being available to give you access to the local armoury and the Cadet Sqn.