"Empress: 28mm Cold War BAOR Troops Released" Topic

1st guy in pic 3 will get a red hot casing in his face if he fires from the left shoulder

…erm… no he won't.

The ejection opening on the SLR is about 9-10" in front of the face and, in any case the emty case is flung out to the side and not to the rear.

The British Army trained (in the infantry at least) to fire from either shoulder as a result of experiences in Northern Ireland during the the Troubles when it was found that it was a useful skill to be able to be asble to fire left handed round street corners. Some training ranges were even set up with fire positions requiring the user to use the left shoulder.

I could fire from either shoulder but being right handed didn't hit the target as often as when firing from my right shouolder.

I also remember a guy in the regimental shooting team bgeing a left hander and always firing the SLR from the left shoulder.

timecast I bow to your better knoulage, in training I was told never to fire left shoulder, my squad sargent was a big guy so i never argued

You're welcome.

Wasn't it the SA80 that had to be fired from the right shoulder? I prefer to shoot from the left but trained myself to fire from the 'wrong' shoulder and achieved good results, albeit with a slightly unusual stance.

These BAOR figures are superb, those uniforms and helmets seem somewhat old fashioned now, even those this was how soldiers looked through most of my formative years.