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Re: Shortened FAL

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 9:14 pm
by joe817
Good looking rifle Andy! :thumbs2:

Re: Shortened FAL

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 9:24 pm
by The Annoyed Man
Yeah I really like the look of it with the shorter barrel.

Re: Shortened FAL

Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:14 pm
by ghostrider
very nice :-)

Re: Shortened FAL

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 2:24 pm
by Noggin
As someone who carried a version of that rifle through much of my military career I would be interested to know, did he have to alter any of the mechanicals - gas block, regulator etc to allow for pressure changes with a shorter barrel?

Re: Shortened FAL

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 2:28 pm
by The Annoyed Man
Basically, what you've got there is my SCAR 17's grandfather. :mrgreen:

We should get a side-by-side picture of both rifles, suppressors mounted, just to compare. One thing though, my suppressor which fits that SCAR is a 10" long unit, and not the 7" or 7.5" like yours.

Re: Shortened FAL

Posted: Sun Sep 18, 2016 2:47 pm
by ScottDLS
AndyC wrote:Got my FAL back from Andrew at Atwell Tactical in Richardson this evening; I'd asked him to chop the barrel down to 17.5"

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He does nice work.
Andy - Do you buy FN FAL's that are pre-1989 import ban? Or are there US made versions out there? The same thing comes to mind with FN FNC's. I know I missed the boat in getting a FN FNC full auto back in around 2002 when they were going for around $5K, but even then then they were all pre-1986 converted sear guns...and the lack of replacement parts was an issue.

Same goes for HK91 (G3) guns. I wish I bought one in 1987 when my buddy got one, but after Bush 1 banned import in 1989 the became almost as rare as full autos.

Re: Shortened FAL

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:36 pm
by bulletslap
Andy leave your poor weapons be ! :nono:

You defile them all ;-)

Re: Shortened FAL

Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2016 10:21 am
by markthenewf
Nice. I'd have to check, but I THINK mine is 18". Works great. Kinda like the best of the long and shorter barrels DSA makes.

Re: Shortened FAL

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2016 10:48 pm
by glazer1972
Very nice.