I recently acquired a de-banned Century L1A1 sporter built on an Imbel receiver. All parts except for the charging handle (early BSA) and furniture (Brit Marynal) are Australian. I would like to know which country it would have been sold to, NZ, Malaysia etc so I can figure how I want to proceed 'resto' wise. I don't have Skennerton's book on the SLR and am awaiting activation over at Falfiles, which I understand can take quite some time. I was hoping someone on the Boards might have the book and be able to tell me where AD6105006 may have gone.

My experience so far with my Century L1A1 FAL. I have a G3 sporter from Century International Arms, and its serial number is G27266. The rifle shoots fine, no. Mar 01, 2012  Century l1a1, fal receiver codes and information CENTURY L1A1, FAL RECEIVER CODES. (5 digit serial number ). Hesse/Vulcan made some receivers for Century and they are usually stamped with Hesse on them, altho a few were not stamped.

Thanks in advance if anyone is able to help. All Aussie-Made L1A1 were marked 'AD' ( Australia Defence) followed by the Two digit Year date eg: AD61 The rest of the 5 digits were the serial proper. The F1 Sub Gun had a similar layout, but with a 6 digit serial after the date.

They were exported to Many, Many commonwealth countries ( Skennertin's Book on the 'SLR' has details of which years/numbers went where.) New Zealand was the Major acquirer, followed by countries like Papua-New Guinea, Fiji, Nigeria, Kenya, Brunei, Malaysia, the British Caribbean Islands, etc. So where CAI bought them is a Mystery. Except for the 'Commercial' L1A1s Produced in Australia in the Late 80s, Australia never 'Surplussed' any SLRs.they preferred to either convert them into deactivated (welded-up) DP rifles, or simply crush and smelt them into Re-Bar.

( along with the F1 SMGs when the change-over to 5,56 (M16 and AUG-F88) came in). That was well before they confiscated the Privately held ones in 1996, and crushed them as well. We have a couple in the arms room at work,one is engraved with a 60' manufacture date and FTR 71 stamped next to it.Most SLR's I see down here actually use the later style wooden hand guards.I was talking to a workmate today about them,he tells me that before the Steyr was adopted by the army here,an infantry squad (either 8 or 9 men) would be armed with usually the scout carrying a M16 A1 with grenade launcher underneath,the squad leader would also have an M16A1,and everyone else carrying a rifle would have the L1A1.The navy and airforce only used the L1A1. All Aussie-Made L1A1 were marked 'AD' ( Australia Defence) followed by the Two digit Year date eg: AD61 The rest of the 5 digits were the serial proper. V-107 helicopter. The F1 Sub Gun had a similar layout, but with a 6 digit serial after the date.

They were exported to Many, Many commonwealth countries ( Skennertin's Book on the 'SLR' has details of which years/numbers went where.) New Zealand was the Major acquirer, followed by countries like Papua-New Guinea, Fiji, Nigeria, Kenya, Brunei, Malaysia, the British Caribbean Islands, etc. So where CAI bought them is a Mystery. Except for the 'Commercial' L1A1s Produced in Australia in the Late 80s, Australia never 'Surplussed' any SLRs.they preferred to either convert them into deactivated (welded-up) DP rifles, or simply crush and smelt them into Re-Bar. ( along with the F1 SMGs when the change-over to 5,56 (M16 and AUG-F88) came in).