Paul,

If the reporting is accurate, then where is the clip?
You tell us.

Chriss.

I got the opportunity to fire them a few times when doing a bit of testing with RAAF armourers, and I didn't like them either; I found that the back blast from ejection somehow hit m y right ear, even though ejection is to the side.
The Owen was a far better gun.

Hi there CHRISGAFF1000 & IS MISE...

Well both of you two gentleman are well up on me, I've never even handled a Thompson Sub-Gun let alone fire the damn thing ? I would've thought firing the .45ACP round would be more noticeable in recoil, then your standard 9mm Sub ? Believe it or not, I rather liked the good ol' reliable Uzi, it 'felt' solid, and had reliability in spades.

Though these days the felt recoil of a Diana .177 would probably knock me A over T ! IS MISE I realise you're a fraction older then me and yet you still regularly hunt with centre fire stuff. Chris are you still active with F/A's ? I don't believe you've ever mentioned it, I understand from previous contributions you're very across Computers etc. Myself, I'm so bloody feeble these days, should I fall I'd probably stay down for the count ?

My good mate ONTHEBEACH, is another very active bloke around my age (mid 70's I think?), I wish I had even a fifth of the energy and commitment of you three ? Whinge, whinge, whinge...sorry fellas.

Is Mise,
o sung wu,
Thank God for the Owen, That was a real man's tool. no matter what you did they kept on firing
and if you happened to be within 50 or 60 yards you went down. In Vietnam they were gradually
replaced by the F1. The Owen like its big brother the Bren had character.
o sung wu
Totally deactivated now, got all the old age problems and most of my mates have dropped
of the perch in the last year. The only thing about ANZAC Day now is the ever growing dip in
battalion numbers. I do a bit of Vwork with the RSL Paws section mainly making sure the kids being
deployed remember to write up every medical incident.
It makes it a lot easier to get them ongoing treatment
when the come home and pensions where needed.

Hi there CHRISGAFF1000...

Yeah, the old F1 was welcomed with mixed reviews by most in the Rifle Coys, personally I reckon they weren't too bad, and they could accommodate a sweet little bayonet as well. If memory serves me correctly the F1 was wholly modeled on the Owen anyway so no wonder it proved pretty successful. Apparently many of the 'experts' didn't favour a top loader mag. but it seemed to work OK better than the Sterling L2 with it's feed from the LHS. No doubt it functioned great, but as you'd appreciate when moving through thick scrub, the side mag. caught on brush etc, where the F1 you could hold the weapon slightly up and back thus avoiding catching the mag. on top.

Chris your sage advice through the RSL to many of the younger Vets now returning home, must be greatly valued by them and theirs. All we got upon our return, was vilification and abuse rather than a hand of friendship after we got home ? It's really good to hear how things have now changed, since the travesty and perversion of the Vietnam era.