Comments by "rob shirewood" (@robshirewood5060) on "The FAL for British Troop Trials in 1954: X8E1 & X8E2" video.

@williestyle35 British SAS also used the original M16 at the same time as the USAF Security Police, who were the original recipients, SAS in Borneo and Malaya c 1960-65, one of my great uncles was out there.
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@ganndeber1621 No4's were still in use by the Air Cadets in UK in 1972 and later, my father won his RAF Marksman crossed rifles with one, and re qualified on it 3 times before going over to the L1A1 7.62, and winning it again. There were 2 grades ATC Marksman a horizontal rifle under a crown, and RAF marksman the Crossed Lee Enfield rifles. The Army Cadets had 4 grades Rifle, Rifle under a Star, Rifle under a Crown, and crossed rifles. My mother also qualified for her crossed rifles all on Lee Enfield Mk4's. I have fired (No4's, L39, L42, L4A4 Bren, L1A1 SLR,) SA80 range, M16, (Sterling), and others including sniper rifles and some Parker-Hale sporter Lee Enfield action rifles, mostly in Reserve service and a lot of the earlier rifles which were privately owned.(in brackets above)
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@ganndeber1621 My father's ATC Squadron had a P14 rifle in the armoury, in the 1970's, and 14 Lee Enfield No4 Drill Purpose rifles, but used the No4 on the ranges before the SLR and SA80's came in to get their Marksmanship badges.
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@ganndeber1621 I know the difference, and have handled an SMLE owned privately, by a ww1 vet, now passed. I have handled and fired quite a few bolt action Lee Enfield type weapons, and Martini action too. My great grandfather and grandfather were both expert riflemen who had served in the Ox and Bucks LI, my father also an expert shot with rifle, pistol, smg. All of them owned at some time various rifles and i fired all of them. The chap who posted this might have mistaken a Short Magazine Lee Enfield as a generic term for Lee Enfield, best to ask him to clarify.
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@ganndeber1621 I do not know, ask him to clarify, i was not there.
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@victor9sur768 Blimey i will bet he had some lovely nicknames.
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@victor9sur768 Surely for EOD he would have attended Kineton?
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@termitreter6545 Apparently the US were only issued one cleaning rod between two soldiers
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