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British L85A3 assault rifle (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago by Tervell@hexbear.net to c/guns@hexbear.net

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[–] axont@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I've always thought this was a neat rifle. The spinning helix bolt thing it has is absolute madness that somehow works. The separate gas system settings are also really interesting design, like it has a gas bolt setting intended to keep a rifle grenade from accidentally cycling the bolt.

It looks cool and Does anyone know why there's no civilian model of these? My understanding is the British armed forces destroy their surplus of L85s.

I've also heard the UK special forces tend to prefer using more typical AR variants instead of the L85. Does anyone know why that is? Is it just because of the poor reputation the L85A1 had?