The current British L144 A1 Cadet
Small-bore Training & Target Rifle
Manufactured by Savage Arms
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AS OF MID OCTOBER 2024
We have FOR SALE one of the complete kits for the L144A1 as show on this page
This rifle is the replacement for the long serving Lee-Enfield Rifle No.8 which has been purchased
by the M.O.D. (Ministry of Defence) from its Canadian/U.S. manufacturers
under a contract awarded by the British Government in 2016.
There was rumour that the initial mooting of nomenclature for this new rifle was "No.9",
to follow on directly from the No.8 but, quite probably because someone somewhere
took the trouble to look up the history of the Rifles No.8 and No.9, it was recalled,
and quite likely from this very reference site, that the designation had been made before; indeed, more than once.
See the Rifle "No.9" (N.9 for the Royal Navy)
Whilst it is to be regretted that British industry has not been in a position to fulfil the multi-million pound contract to replace the last of our long line of historically significant and faithfully serving home produced .22RF single-shot training and target rifles, the decision to purchase a lightweight import, the very base model of which has sold for around $150.00 in Walmart stores in the U.S.A., has not received universal approval. That even Anschutz withdrew from tendering, reportedly due to difficulties in supplying the quantity required, was a disappointment to many. Whether, in the light of Savage's tender, Anschutz could have brought their usual high quality product down to a competitive price may also have been a factor.
Below: the complete kit as originally issued in its substantial transit case, with the associated documentation. This was later replaced by a canvas sleeve.
The original Savage manual, shown right in the image above, is replicated below.
It is actually the same manual used to cover the FVT models.
The document is in the form of a searchable flip-page PDF that may take a few moments to load.