My FALs

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Drakejake

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I just sold the first FAL I ever bought: a Century Incher built on a Century receiver. I now have two FALs left. The one at the top in the photo is an M444 with Imbel Gear Logo receiver marked IAI, Liberty Arms, and Pacific Armament Corp. The stock, IIRC, is the X model from DSA. It has a Williams peep site and DSA scope rail. The lower rifle is someone's home build, apparently, on a non-Gear Logo Imbel receiver. The parts kit is a bit rough but the trigger pull is very good. I have never had any jamming or other issues with these rifles. The mags are 30 round Brens which have been modified to fit into Metric rifles.

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That's a pretty rifle, but I agree with the others. Destroy the brake to remove it without harming the rifle and replace it. Side to side movements would really make me nervous. I wouldn't want an outgoing round bouncing off of the brake on the way out.

John
 
I guess silver soldering the brake to tighten it up or applying permanent Loc-Tite wouldn't work.

(Bleedover from another site: there I stated that the muzzle brake on the upper rifle is slightly loose.)

Drakejake
 
Loctite is heat-sensitive. Heating the item secured by it is a removal method. I would not rely on Loctite to secure anything exposed to gases from the barrel or chamber, or anything else that gets very hot.

Mike
 
That's what I thought. Would doing simple pipe soldering destroy the temper of the barrel? I can solder copper pipe.

Thanks,

Drakejake
 
Gunsmiths silver solder stuff all of the time. I believe they use a heat sink of some sort to avoid overheating the barrel.

You should ask this question in the gunsmithing forum. They'll have definate answers for you there,

Mike
 
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