A US Marine, In Scotland, With his SA-80

Posted October 9, 2012 in Rifles by Steve Johnson with 35 Comments
Tags: british, rifle, rifles, sa80, scotland, usmc

A USMC vet emailed us photos of a Marine friend of his training in Scotland. His friend really liked the SA-80 with its short length, full auto switch and recoil management. His criticisms were that it was rear heavy (par for the course with a bullpup) and unfamiliar fire controls.

“Go for a hike they said. It’ll be fun they said. Nobody mention scaling vertical cliff faces!”

I thought I would throw in a couple other photos of the beautiful scottish countyside.

In a snow covered Scottish ruin

[ Many thanks to Jeremy for the tip. ]

Steve Johnson

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