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[guncrank1]

What you want to know?
.308 gas operated with a piston system.

You buy or build?

[son of liberty]

There are some Turds , so look out! Expect them to be battlefield accurate , same can be said for the trigger, its a battle trigger. Scope mounting is a PITA , requires special top cover and only a few are worth buying. I like the para length FAL, the rifle length just seems to darn long. Heavy , real robust , but heavy. Always had them run well.

[Toddstang]

AR10. That's all.
I didn't care for the FAL myself.

[Wyldman]

Many have a fluted chamber that will effectively destroy any brass cartridge fired in it. Reloading expensive .308 ammo becomes problematic.

Other than that, they are reasonably accurate, robust, & very heavy battle rifles.

[son of liberty]

Many have a fluted chamber that will effectively destroy any brass cartridge fired in it. Reloading expensive .308 ammo becomes problematic.

Other than that, they are reasonably accurate, robust, & very heavy battle rifles.

I thought that was only the HK91 series?

[guncrank1]

Many have a fluted chamber that will effectively destroy any brass cartridge fired in it. Reloading expensive .308 ammo becomes problematic.

Other than that, they are reasonably accurate, robust, & very heavy battle rifles.

I thought that was only the HK91 series?

Yes that is correct HK G3/91 is fluted. FN-FAL unfluted as far as I know.

[guncrank1]

There are some Turds , so look out! Expect them to be battlefield accurate , same can be said for the trigger, its a battle trigger. Scope mounting is a PITA , requires special top cover and only a few are worth buying. I like the para length FAL, the rifle length just seems to darn long. Heavy , real robust , but heavy. Always had them run well.

Yes there are turds
Any Hesse or Vulcan recieviered rifle , Run! Forest Run!

Trigger of FN -FAL can be honed/stoned for improvement.

Scopes are meh as well as SOL said.

[guncrank1]

As too weight this is a 60/70 design so not much plastic there.


Cool rifle

[richief]

True Battle rifles, not poodle shooters.
Reliable, adjustable gas port.
easy to clean, simple to assemble, headspacing achieved with different sized pins.
decent accuracy, some can be very good, but not a sniper platform.
DSA has any part you need, and good quality.

cons, sights not the greatest, and scoping is by precarious means so far.
same for lights / accesories.
All the Portugese, S.African, and Radway Green, surplus, ammo has dried up.
metric and inch versions, go with the more prevalent metric version if possible

[DDgunslinger]

M1A > FAL

... just sayin

[DDgunslinger]

M1A > FAL

... just sayin

I've had an m1a. It's nice for sure.

... MK14

[Tyler]

Falfiles.com has what you need.

[WLJ]

A little info about the inch vs metric pattern FALs
*Inch pattern uppers and metric uppers will fit either inch and metric lowers and you'll find many inch pattern uppers on metric lowers. Mine is like that.
* Metric mags are much more prevalent.
*Metric pattern lowers only accept metric pattern mags.
*Inch pattern lowers accept both inch and metric pattern mags though the metric mag may wobble a bit but this doesn't effect functionally.

[richief]

A little info about the inch vs metric pattern FALs
*Inch pattern uppers and metric uppers will fit either inch and metric lowers and you'll find many inch pattern uppers on metric lowers. Mine is like that.
* Metric mags are much more prevalent.
*Metric pattern lowers only accept metric pattern mags.
*Inch pattern lowers accept both inch and metric pattern mags though the metric mag may wobble a bit but this doesn't effect functionally.

yep Australia, Canada and England used inch version, most others fielded the metric.