Originally Posted by
YellowTom
Thank you YS, I'd never given a thought to the actual legal status of what the armoury happily pass through it's hatch to me other than they're illegal outside the fence. Do the cadets still use .22 rifles before progressing to their manual fire mod L85? The only reason I could imagine a self loading weapon would be of any use to a cadet is if they're not strong enough yet to keep loading a round? The rapid single shot capability we need isn't something they should ever need?
I would strongly suggest if the shooter is not strong enough yet to keep loading a round then they are blatantly not strong enough or safe to be handling the weapon in the first place, much less taking it out and putting lead down the range!
When I was in I could think of some serving soldiers who shouldn't have been let loose with anything larger or more powerful than a restricted .177 air-rifle!