Grayrider
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Great pics guys! It is always fun to see all the different tastes in configuring the FAL. A great tribute to the versatility of Saive's wonderful rifle.
John Howard
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Hanzo581
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Lone Gunman
I am thinking of ordering from DSA myself, was it easy? What did you get and how much was it total if you don't mind me asking
I am thinking of ordering from DSA myself, was it easy? What did you get and how much was it total if you don't mind me asking
Nightcrawler
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I should give a little info on my rifle.
It started life back in 2001 as a DSA STG-58A "Austrian FAL" rifle, with the 21" barrel and long heavy break. Thing was rock solid reliable and decently accurate, too. (It could do 2.5 MOA with Portugese surplus.)
Overtime, I replaced the stock furniture with synthetic, Penguin because I prefer the non-bipod-cut handguards and hump-back stock. I like the G3-style grip a lot better too.
Sent it off to Arizona Response Systems for carbine conversion. Replaced the Austrian barrel with a 16.25" new barrel from DSA (Badger Ordnance), replaced the steel lower with a DSA lightweight, and had the Gunplumber neatly mate a steel buttplate to the metric plastic stock for a noticably shortened length of pull. (A nice side effect of this is that with the hump-back stock, shortening it thus places your cheek weld higher up. You can still use the irons, but it's perfect with something like an Aimpoint or Tri-Power in an ARMS mount.) Also have a DSA "tactical" rear sight, which has a large and small aperature like the M16A2 and a windage knob.
Of course, I'm having problems with it now. Suspect the gas port needs opening, and I'm sending it back to a 'smith to get it sorted out. Not the fault of any of the parts or construction, mind you. Sometimes these things just need tweaking.
The only other changes I want to do is to replace the carry handle with a washer (part just arrived from DSA today), replace the too-small Belgian type magazine release lever with a larger round Israeli type (I think DSA should make this one standard. The traditional metric one is very small.), and replace the bolt release with a DSA extended one.
Then, (well, once I get it working again), it'll be pretty close to perfect. I'm interested in seeing how well it'll shoot with the new DSA/Badger barrel, and what kind of accuracy I can get with Black Hills and Hornady TAP ammo.
Maybe I'd like to get the L1A1 style sand cuts done, too. Hmm...
It started life back in 2001 as a DSA STG-58A "Austrian FAL" rifle, with the 21" barrel and long heavy break. Thing was rock solid reliable and decently accurate, too. (It could do 2.5 MOA with Portugese surplus.)
Overtime, I replaced the stock furniture with synthetic, Penguin because I prefer the non-bipod-cut handguards and hump-back stock. I like the G3-style grip a lot better too.
Sent it off to Arizona Response Systems for carbine conversion. Replaced the Austrian barrel with a 16.25" new barrel from DSA (Badger Ordnance), replaced the steel lower with a DSA lightweight, and had the Gunplumber neatly mate a steel buttplate to the metric plastic stock for a noticably shortened length of pull. (A nice side effect of this is that with the hump-back stock, shortening it thus places your cheek weld higher up. You can still use the irons, but it's perfect with something like an Aimpoint or Tri-Power in an ARMS mount.) Also have a DSA "tactical" rear sight, which has a large and small aperature like the M16A2 and a windage knob.
Of course, I'm having problems with it now. Suspect the gas port needs opening, and I'm sending it back to a 'smith to get it sorted out. Not the fault of any of the parts or construction, mind you. Sometimes these things just need tweaking.
The only other changes I want to do is to replace the carry handle with a washer (part just arrived from DSA today), replace the too-small Belgian type magazine release lever with a larger round Israeli type (I think DSA should make this one standard. The traditional metric one is very small.), and replace the bolt release with a DSA extended one.
Then, (well, once I get it working again), it'll be pretty close to perfect. I'm interested in seeing how well it'll shoot with the new DSA/Badger barrel, and what kind of accuracy I can get with Black Hills and Hornady TAP ammo.
Maybe I'd like to get the L1A1 style sand cuts done, too. Hmm...
Lone_Gunman
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It was OK. I called DSA and spoke with a rep. They asked if I had talked to my local FFL yet who would receive the shipment. I said no. They told me to talk to the FFL, and get the FFL to call DSA and tell them it was OK for me to buy from them direct and ship it to the FFL. So my FFL called and said they could ship to him and I could deal direct with them.
Next I called DSA back and placed the order. They charged me dealer pricing since my FFL had said it was OK for me to buy from them directly. This was about $200 or $250 below the MSRP shown on the website. The ship time is 12 weeks right now. There is apparently a hold up on Type II upper receivers. They said they would let me know when it was about to ship.
The next day after I placed the order, someone from DSA called to confirm the order again and go over the specs I had requested.
Hanzo581
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So I guess I should talk to my FFL first then thanks for the tip
thanks for the tipLone_Gunman
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Yep. Ask your FFL to call DSA and tell them he will receive your shipment. From talking with others, it sounds like some FFL's want to buy the gun from DSA for you, and mark it up and sell to you. I dont blame them for doing that, but if you have a FFL you do a lot of business with, he probably will just let you deal with DSA direct, and that will let you get dealer pricing.
American By Blood
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Wow. Kukhris, FALs, and Gurkhas. Lethal combo.
LeadPumper
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FAL pics...
DSA STG 58A Type 2 receiver
21" surplus Steyr bipod cut barrel with brake
DSA Freefloat frontend
Falcon G3 grip
VOW Para Rear
Versa-Pod bipod
ARMS railed dust cover
Buffertech recoil buffer
turned down front sight
polished FTG
Dosen't care what type of milsurp ammo you you feed it, keeps right on chugging.
These are old pics, I've got a sturdier Harris bipod on it now with a Trijicon Tri-power scope. Makes big holes in small targets all day.
-LeadPumper
DSA STG 58A Type 2 receiver
21" surplus Steyr bipod cut barrel with brake
DSA Freefloat frontend
Falcon G3 grip
VOW Para Rear
Versa-Pod bipod
ARMS railed dust cover
Buffertech recoil buffer
turned down front sight
polished FTG
Dosen't care what type of milsurp ammo you you feed it, keeps right on chugging.
These are old pics, I've got a sturdier Harris bipod on it now with a Trijicon Tri-power scope. Makes big holes in small targets all day.
-LeadPumper
these are some of my better (10 round @100yd) groups with the SA58 & BHM175.
these were fired at a rate of about 1 round every 3rd second or so (DNR range rules).
man, i REALLY yanked that one out there, didn't i?
i think it's alot better than i am already, we'll see pretty soon how much my new barrel helps my lousy shooting skills.
Fosbery
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Now that's a FAL
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