Barksdale
I was in that room when GV72 cancellation was announced, gutted. I had moved on by 1980 and was not considered, still as per my first post Black Buck made up for it.
Ahh yes, the Enfield No.4, I cut my teeth on that and I still partly blame that rifle for me having to go on Churchill's funeral. Having only passed out a few weeks before the event, that, and the fact that my hair was still short enough to see the blood running through my head made me a dead ringer.
The SLR was a better rifle, good enough for me to make the station shooting team so I had my own. What I didn't understand was that when I got the chance with a SA80, it was in a cinema !!!!!
LJ
So, the 7.62 was more of an officers weapon than the Barrett .5. Shorter, not as bulky and and less penetrating power, I think I tend to agree.
