MY STRAIGHT PULL L1A1

[Laverda981]

Hi Neil,

Ah, so that's what a Congo barrel looks like in the raw, the inch gas block sits well forward of the original dosent it. Well spotted, key missing from the FE.

It will be interesting to hear how she shoots.

Hi John,

I keep looking at the gas block there seems to be something under it around the barrel as the right hand edge of the underneath bit is not square to the barrel/gas block, it's cut at an angle just under the gas regulator, spacer/sleeve maybe so the gas block fits around the slimmer barrel profile?

What do you think.

I would also be interested in how it shoots if there is alot of recoil the way it's been set up, because my congo is not bad at all on recoil.

Laverda981 WOW just noticed you have a Revolt in .308 how does that shoot for a straight pull, you lucky chap very rare....swap you a go with it, with my M14

Hi, it's very light on recoil, much lighter than I recall SLRs being, but it was a long time ago. It definitely needs a longer stock, it's not at all comfortable for me to shoot. Until that's sorted accuracy isn't a given. A mate of mine who's a fair bit shorter than me & has a lot of experience behind proper L1A1s thought it reasonably accurate for the breed even with the shorter barrel.
Love the Revolt. Super accurate, great ergonomics, next to no recoil - But the noise & muzzle blast is immense. I've had people walk off range rather than shoot next to it.
POF certainly produce a very innovative, technically advanced rifle. Want one in .223 when the Suffolk Rifle situation is, hopefully, happily resolved?
...& I need to save up.
Dunno how many are in the country?

[bnz41]

The receiver is Imbel PAC (Pacific Arms Corp)

The Barrel is a FAL you can tell by the grooves behind the gas block these were for the front sling swivel would have fitted and allowed the sling to move from side to side. To the right of the grooves you can see where the original gas block was fitted slot for pin to go through on top, gas block moved forward to it's now location. Rifle would have been a Congo original. You can see where the sling is fitted now it will not move unless you loosen the screw, then it will move forward.

Looks like the pin is missing from the FE behind the bayonet lug.

This might be (probably is!) a stupid question, but how can the gas block's position move relative to the barrel? Is its location not determined by the length of the gas tube? Or are the dimensions of metric/inch blocks that different?

No not at all the Imbel Fal Congo has much shorter barrel/hand guards/gas tube, so to get L1A1 handguards/gas tube to fit they moved the gas block forward to it's now location. Also because your barrel does not have a gas vent meaning the gas block does not work it could have been located anywhere on the barrel as long as the gas tube is altered to suit, if fitted that is.

Ref the stock needs to be longer, I have a extra long butt plate/screw for the L1 which I no longer need, adds about 1-2" when you get chance send me a PM if interested when you have 3 more posts (15). Do not want to break the for sale rule..

Pleased you love the revolt, muzzle blast not a problem for me.... Fingers crossed you are able to get a Revolt in .223

[Laverda981]

a dealer that will haggle????? who is this mythical beast??!!!

I always haggle for second hand guns, dealer or private, & have never failed to have summat knocked off...
Oh, I tell a lie, I tried to knock a bloke down on my M2, he refused to budge saying it was cheap already. It was, to be honest.

M2 Carbine?

Always haggle.......

M2 Benelli

[Laverda981]

Hi Neil,

Ah, so that's what a Congo barrel looks like in the raw, the inch gas block sits well forward of the original dosent it. Well spotted, key missing from the FE.

It will be interesting to hear how she shoots.

Hi John,

I keep looking at the gas block there seems to be something under it around the barrel as the right hand edge of the underneath bit is not square to the barrel/gas block, it's cut at an angle just under the gas regulator, spacer/sleeve maybe so the gas block fits around the slimmer barrel profile?

What do you think.

I would aslo be interested in how it shoots if there is alot of recoil the way it's been set up, because my congo is not bad at all on recoil.

Laverda981 WOW just noticed you have a Revolt in .308 how does that shoot for a straight pull, you lucky chap very rare....swap you a go with it, with my M14

Yep shimmed under the gas block, my next question would be has the block been fitted correctly aligned, the only way to find out is shoot and see if it zeros at 100yds without running out of adjustment.

I bet it used to belong to an RFD, it must have to get all those L1A1 parts for the rebuild, just a shame the original Imbel parts have parted company.

Someone out there in full-bore land must know about this rifle, its a real one off and very distinctive on the range

Yeah, it would be nice to have all the original bits...
Where do I stand with this legally as the gas block & plug don't appear to have been butchered? Is it enough that there's no gas port & if shimmed onto this non-matching metric barrel there's no way they could be functioning components as set up?

[Laverda981]

The receiver is Imbel PAC (Pacific Arms Corp)

The Barrel is a FAL you can tell by the grooves behind the gas block these were for the front sling swivel would have fitted and allowed the sling to move from side to side. To the right of the grooves you can see where the original gas block was fitted slot for pin to go through on top, gas block moved forward to it's now location. Rifle would have been a Congo original. You can see where the sling is fitted now it will not move unless you loosen the screw, then it will move forward.

Looks like the pin is missing from the FE behind the bayonet lug.

This might be (probably is!) a stupid question, but how can the gas block's position move relative to the barrel? Is its location not determined by the length of the gas tube? Or are the dimensions of metric/inch blocks that different?

No not at all the Imbel Fal Congo has much shorter barrel/hand guards/gas tube, so to get L1A1 handguards/gas tube to fit they moved the gas block forward to it's now location. Also because your barrel does not have a gas vent meaning the gas block does not work it could have been located anywhere on the barrel as long as the gas tube is altered to suit, if fitted that is.

Ref the stock needs to be longer, I have a extra long butt plate/screw for the L1 which I no longer need, adds about 1-2" when you get chance send me a PM if interested when you have 3 more posts (15). Do not want to break the for sale rule..

Pleased you love the revolt, muzzle blast not a problem for me.... Fingers crossed you are able to get a Revolt in .223

Hi, definitely interested in the stock extension?...

[bnz41]

Sent you a PM.