POSP Scope for an FAL

[ol' scratch]

I am considering picking up a POSP Weaver mounted scope for my FAL. I have had POSP scopes on other rifles and like them. My only concern is that I found a thread from around 2007 claiming that a POSP scope mounted on an FAL cracked. Does anyone use this scope on FAL rifles? If so, have there been any problems?

 

[WardenWolf]

Considering these scopes were designed for 7.62x54R, and the .308 round the FAL fires is appreciably weaker, there shouldn't be any problem with one on a FAL. That said, I have heard the FAL is particularly hard-recoiling for a .308 semi. They're known to be fairly nasty guns.

 

[Bwana John]

hat said, I have heard the FAL is particularly hard-recoiling for a .308 semi. They're known to be fairly nasty guns.

You heard wrong.

They be might known for there less than stellar precision, their extraneous gas adjustment, their goofy scope mounting system... but not their horrible recoil.

And Ive never heard of them being considered "Nasty" with anything other than a positive meaning on the word.

 

[Caliper_Mi]

but not their horrible recoil.

Well, there is that silly bump in the stock that smacks me in the cheekbone with each shot... And that's with a 1" "stock extension". Silly setup, wish it had a straight stock

Their recoil is only harsh compared to an AR15 though.

 

[Bwana John]

Silly setup, wish it had a straight stock

Try the Austrian StG-58 stock, it is strait without the "humpback." I might even have one for sale if I look around.

 

[Will_Power]

Considering these scopes were designed for 7.62x54R, and the .308 round the FAL fires is appreciably weaker, there shouldn't be any problem with one on a FAL. That said, I have heard the FAL is particularly hard-recoiling for a .308 semi. They're known to be fairly nasty guns.

You might be getting it confused with the G3. Them roller-lockers can smack a man around if he doesn't care for recoil.

 

[M1key]

^ditto on the G3. Harder felt recoil, IMO

FAL are natural pointers. Leupold, Burris, Aimpoint do it for me.

M

 

[henschman]

It's not the scopes themselves that crack -- it is the Weaver mounting clamps that they Jerry rigged onto them. The scopes are solid Russian mil-spec designs. The Weaver mounts are not. The only way I would ever use a POSP would be with the side mount that was designed for it. I looked into this a while back for possible use on a LR-308, and found several complaints of this. I would look elsewhere for optics.

 

[Roadkill]

I would look elsewhere for optics.

good recommendation -

 

[Caliper_Mi]

Try the Austrian StG-58 stock, it is strait without the "humpback." I might even have one for sale if I look around.

I've got a STG58 stock. I mean the bump up from the comb to where it meets the receiver. My cheekbone is resting right against that bump *with* a 1" stock extension. I think the rear sight would bang up my glasses pretty badly without extending the stock.

By straight stock, I mean level from the top of the receiver cover to the stock, or at least much closer to it. Of course, that would require elevating the sights above the bore further and basically turning it into a piston driven AR10. (not that that's a bad thing...)

 

[Bwana John]

I've got a STG58 stock. I mean the bump up from the comb to where it meets the receiver. My cheekbone is resting right against that bump *with* a 1" stock extension.

There is an X-long South Africian R1 hump-back buttstock out there and there are also different thickness SA buttpads.

Im 6'2" and been called "gorilla"... the standard hump-back fit me fine using Para rear sights.