I've always wanted an FAL, but whenever I had the money, I couldn't find one in my budget, or whenever I saw one, it was out of my budget at the time. Well, recently, I was in one of the many awe-sum shops near my home and I came across an FAL at a price I couldn't pass up so I snagged it.
Here's where the confusion sets in. I only have a very limmited knowledge of these beautiful rifles, and now my head is spinning from inch vs metric, inch receivers with metric barrels, dust cuts, open ears and gas settings!!!!
I need to renew my green membership so I can post pictures so bear with me in my descriptions
Its marked L1A1 sporter on an Imbel receiver. My research tells me that Imbel receivers are metric rifles. My receiver has the pronounced rectangular cut for the magazine and it has a clearly inch magazine provided with the rifle. The bolt has the sand/dust cuts to it, the gas plug is clearly inch, every part that can be identified as an inch rifle is so. The selector markings are marked for safe, semi and full auto but the selector lever has an "ear" on the opposing side of the pivot pin that contacts the upper, preventing it from rotating to the auto position, this I have read, is also a feature of inch rifles. The muzzle brake is the original elongated slotted style ala "M14 style" for lack of better terms and is retained with the doughnut and rivet fixture.
From my brief research I think I have an inch patterned rifle or a "commonwealth rifle" she is in excellent condition with no signs of use or wear and tear, bore is shiny and excellent and everything nice and tight.
I'd like to find out what it is so I can add the correct accessories to it and keep it "correct" ie: bayonet, sling, oiler, cleaning kit ect.....
What says the NES braintrust?
Here's where the confusion sets in. I only have a very limmited knowledge of these beautiful rifles, and now my head is spinning from inch vs metric, inch receivers with metric barrels, dust cuts, open ears and gas settings!!!!
I need to renew my green membership so I can post pictures so bear with me in my descriptions
Its marked L1A1 sporter on an Imbel receiver. My research tells me that Imbel receivers are metric rifles. My receiver has the pronounced rectangular cut for the magazine and it has a clearly inch magazine provided with the rifle. The bolt has the sand/dust cuts to it, the gas plug is clearly inch, every part that can be identified as an inch rifle is so. The selector markings are marked for safe, semi and full auto but the selector lever has an "ear" on the opposing side of the pivot pin that contacts the upper, preventing it from rotating to the auto position, this I have read, is also a feature of inch rifles. The muzzle brake is the original elongated slotted style ala "M14 style" for lack of better terms and is retained with the doughnut and rivet fixture.
From my brief research I think I have an inch patterned rifle or a "commonwealth rifle" she is in excellent condition with no signs of use or wear and tear, bore is shiny and excellent and everything nice and tight.
I'd like to find out what it is so I can add the correct accessories to it and keep it "correct" ie: bayonet, sling, oiler, cleaning kit ect.....
What says the NES braintrust?