Sweet little rifle! Decked it out with their "rail interface handguard" (Knight/Swan style foregrip), Ergo Grip pistol grip, and an Aimpoint Comp M2 mounted on the forward rail scout style. Even with the foregip and heavier barrel it balances right at the magazine, is less than 37" long, and weighs only 10.25 lbs complete (with the sight and a fully LOADED mag even)! I've never owned a FAL before and have found it to be the most stupidly easy rifle to maintain and fire. Cleaning is a snap since I retained the original dust cover (sight in scout position) allowing the gun to be stripped in literally a few seconds. The only difficult thing to remove is the extractor but is MUCH easier with the FN extractor tool. However, the extractor is a real beefy unit and is kinda like an SKS on steroids. Also the butstock comes off easier with a special purpose tool but rarely ever needs to be done. I also love the gas setup- it's the most versatile and adjustable system I've ever seen. Being able to adjust the headspace in the field without removing the barrel is pretty cool too. One interesting thing I discovered is that the Buffer Technologies recoil buffer doesn't fit worth a damn. DSA recievers are blueprint speced so maybee it's a buffer thing or simply a Steyr thing? Don't know as the (admitedly simpler) SKS buffer works great.
Anyway, I've come to realize after a few range sessions that I'm going to have to start reloading!
Anyway, I've come to realize after a few range sessions that I'm going to have to start reloading!