Thread: 1970s police issue AOS rifle

Yes, the .223 BRNO's were ex NZ Police and were sold in the late 70's from memory. They were sold because Police training was a hangover from the old .303 days and they never took into account the controlled Mauser extractor which meant rounds had to be fed from the magazine. They had a lot of problems with broken extractors and jammed rifles from heavy-handed cops trying drop in a loose round and forcing the bolt closed. There was nothing wrong with the rifles, just the training. I converted a good number of them to .22/250 as the magazines were long enough to work very well.