DeMilled-
You have really peaked my interest. Ive found quite a few aftermarket parts for the FAL. How many US made parts are required to be 922r compliant????
Also, where can I find a good well made barrel???? I wouldn't mind some help if you could coach me on this, as I am not familiar with the FAL system. I would like it to be quality, but I don't need some multi-thousand dollar competition rifle. I also love the thought of it being in .308. Thanks man.
Now, I ain't a lawyer so you need to do your own double checking here but 922R works out to be a restriction on the number of
foreign made parts of a specific category/list. Google it and you'll be good to go.
What you are looking at are things like receiver, barrel, muzzle device, fire control group, furniture, magazine parts and such stuff.
There are few "off the shelf" new manufacture barrels.
DSA has barrels and they have a pretty good reputation. I have two Izzy Heavy Barrel clones with DSA barrels and both shoot well, one very well.
There have been private party limited runs on barrels in the past few years but I think most have been sold... can't say for sure. May the google be with you young Padawan.
The new barrels you can buy right now are DSA, or the ones that come with the gunthings.com G1 kits.
To the best of my knowledge.
For a "High Quality" barrel you are into the world of buying a barrel from one of the quality barrel manufactures and it then being fitted to the FAL.
A Remington 700 barrel is a great candidate for being turned into a FAL barrel and that's what my fathers' FAL is sporting. Google Remington 700 into FAL barrel, or something like that, and you'll be getting a good idea of what's involved.
ER Shaw will charge an extra ~30 bucks for a custom profile and that's the route I'm going to go with my next build. Compare the price of an ER Shaw barrel, or any other brand of quality barrel, to a Mil. Surp. barrel and see where you want to spend your money.
If you look into barrels what you need to keep in mind is that the gas block has a specific I.D. and needs to match the O.D. of the barrel at a specific point down the barrels length; if google fails you and you need some numbers hit me up and I'll get the numbers you need for barrel shopping.
This is important Have the specific gas block you intend to use in hand before you order a barrel. The FAL has been manufactured by many different countries, measure
your gas block and work from there.
You may have that guessed we have left plug and play Leggo style Rifle Building behind. It is what it is.
Building a great FAL is a lot like like building a Hot Rod motor.
The big stuff is easy and straight forward; where you will see the best results are in the details and fitting the important parts together.
Gas plug is too loose for your gas block? No biggie buy another and chalk it up to the growing pains of building a FAL.
I've TIG welded pads to the bolt carrier to tighten up the bolt-to-bolt carrier lock up and then milled them down until my bolt-to-bolt carrier lock up was nice and tight. (Not my original idea, can't take credit)
It's all about attitude.
Some like to build 'em.
Some like to buy 'em.
This is what I did with an Imbel magazine release, a MIG welder and a drill press. Ain't another one like it on this earth! lol
I didn't like it and changed the angle of the "pad" until I did like it.
