One of my favorite movies when I was a kid was, "The Odd, Angry Shot." It was an Australian Vietnam film and the FAL played an extensive role. From that point forward, I have always loved the look of the FAL and wanted one for my collection. While working in a gun store during college, I had access to an extensive collection of rifles and machine guns. After using the FAL, I was just not that enamoured with it to ever buy one. The sights were OK, but the trigger was horrible on the few we shot. From time to time I get the itch to buy one, but always just end up buying more 5.56 for my AR's and shooting the heck out of them. I realize that they are two distinctly different animals, but they just don't fit any realistic need I have at this point. I still think they are very cool and if I had tons of cash would own one or two just for fun.
Here is the trailer, there is some good FAL action towards the end..
I didn't see a single FAL actually fired in that clip. Mostly M16s.