Straightpull FAL valuation?

[desperatedan]

The T handles from ARB were never fitted to Fal rifles, he did not do the Fal. The UK spec Fal did not need another handle cycled fine just with the left side handle extended or standard.

The T handle did not work and neither did his rifles. IMO

He may not have done them in volume but he did do the odd FAL (and it is odd!) :)
Pic from ARB of a FAL based creation.

[Sixshot6]

The T handles from ARB were never fitted to Fal rifles, he did not do the Fal. The UK spec Fal did not need another handle cycled fine just with the left side handle extended or standard.

The T handle did not work and neither did his rifles. IMO

He may not have done them in volume but he did do the odd FAL (and it is odd!) :)
Pic from ARB of a FAL based creation.

I have one of those FAB grip bipods, But I've not seen the mag before, is that a polymer FAL mag? Where did you get that?

[desperatedan]

Rifle and mag not mine. ARB sent me the picture! I think similar (and very good by all accounts) polymer mags for FALs are made by Moses Mag in the states.

Getting them over here might be the problem. Hope this helps.

[Sixshot6]

Rifle and mag not mine. ARB sent me the picture! I think similar (and very good by all accounts) polymer mags for FALs are made by Moses Mag in the states.

Getting them over here might be the problem. Hope this helps.

I checked and you might be right. To be fair in the US I can understand new manufacture with companies like DSarms making new FAL's but getting the mags would be a problem. To be fair the one thing I think might be of interest to some that hopefully we'll hear more about will use something more readily available. But that is for another day.

[bradaz11]

I checked and you might be right. To be fair in the US I can understand new manufacture with companies like DSarms making new FAL's but getting the mags would be a problem. To be fair the one thing I think might be of interest to some that hopefully we'll hear more about will use something more readily available. But that is for another day.

oh! shut up until you can tell ppl anything!!

[HALODIN]

That's an L1A1 not a FAL. The hollow foresight, carry handle and flash hider are a giveaway.

The T handles from ARB were never fitted to Fal rifles, he did not do the Fal. The UK spec Fal did not need another handle cycled fine just with the left side handle extended or standard.

The T handle did not work and neither did his rifles. IMO

He may not have done them in volume but he did do the odd FAL (and it is odd!) :)
Pic from ARB of a FAL based creation.

[Sixshot6]

I checked and you might be right. To be fair in the US I can understand new manufacture with companies like DSarms making new FAL's but getting the mags would be a problem. To be fair the one thing I think might be of interest to some that hopefully we'll hear more about will use something more readily available. But that is for another day.

oh! shut up until you can tell ppl anything!!

I wandered off sorry. But its a shame about the polymer FAL mags. I don't know if they're as reliable as old metal FAL mags, but with the stuff magpul and others have done with AR, AK's and other mags. A good poly FAL mag might be something else. But as AR10's are now the rage in the US that is where the 308 semi auto market is going (though strangely I do remember Oberland Arms making an AR10 that used G3 mags, weird). And I'm as p*** I can't tell anyone anything also. In fact I did check and it seems like radio silence, hmmm. But I also realized the fal mag in the pic doesn't quite match the moses mag. Anyway its not like Surplus fal or L1A1 mags are gold dust at all.

One other question, if that's an L1A1, what is that rail dust cover in the pic? My friend has been trying to find one that is plug and play and it seems like its just find a metric one and fettle away. He hasn't got those skills sadly. So does anyone here know of one that goes straight onto an L1A1 rifle?

[desperatedan]

That's an L1A1 not a FAL. The hollow foresight, carry handle and flash hider are a giveaway.

The T handles from ARB were never fitted to Fal rifles, he did not do the Fal. The UK spec Fal did not need another handle cycled fine just with the left side handle extended or standard.

The T handle did not work and neither did his rifles. IMO

He may not have done them in volume but he did do the odd FAL (and it is odd!) :)
Pic from ARB of a FAL based creation.

Yes I completely agree about the front end and I did think twice about posting the picture but the lower receiver is pure FAL and most of the upper may well be. Much as we might like to, unfotunately we can't ask the man himself for clarification given his current indisposition can we?

[Sixshot6]

The T handle did not work and neither did his rifles. IMO[/quote]

He may not have done them in volume but he did do the odd FAL (and it is odd!) :)
Pic from ARB of a FAL based creation.[/quote][/quote]

Yes I completely agree about the front end and I did think twice about posting the picture but the lower receiver is pure FAL and most of the upper may well be. Much as we might like to, unfotunately we can't ask the man himself for clarification given his current indisposition can we?[/quote]

I have heard of franken FAL's in the US being put together on new receivers that can use either metric or inch mags without fail using a mix of fal and L1A1 bits (Argentine and Aussie parts in the same gun for example). So its possible.

[desperatedan]

L1A1 (inch upper) receivers can run FAL mags but not vice versa. Simply a case of the size of recess for the different tabs on the front of the mags.