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FAL Magic
by Michael Shearn |
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| This is Part One of a two-part article dealing with the FN/FAL Rifle. Part One will deal with the laws surrounding the FN/FAL and Part II will closely examine a rifle built from a kit using an Entréprise Arms Receiver (Editor) |
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Vol.2, No. 2 / Spring 2001 |
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Entreprise Type 01 Metric FAL Receiver
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Primarily chambered in .308 Winchester (7.62 x 51 mm NATO), this outstanding rifle's acceptance by military organizations the world over is only one proof of its capability and ruggedness. Even though the FAL has now been replaced by lighter, more advanced battle rifles, it remains one of the pinnacles of automatic rifle design.
As a sporting rifle, the FAL was only imported into the U.S. for a very short time by Browning Arms. It was sold as a semi-automatic rifle, but the BATF thought it was too easily converted into a selective fire weapon, so imports of complete sporting rifles were halted.
But, because of the large surplus supply of FAL rifles once used by world militaries, there has been an ongoing availability of what is known as FAL Kits coming into the U.S. for several years. The first kits to hit these shores were made up of Inch Pattern parts from Great Britain, Canada and Australia. The latest Kits are Metric Pattern parts that come here from all over the world. These kits contain everything you need to assemble a FAL except the upper receiver which is the serial numbered part.
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| Domestically produced upper receivers are now made by a number of manufacturers. Brownells carries domestically-produced semi-automatic receivers from Entréprise Arms (#292-001-103, #202-001-101, #292-001-100) and D.S. Arms (#274-100-159, #274-100-158). Brownells also carries a foreign-produced receiver from Pacific
Armament (#100-000-065) that is made by Imbel of Brazil. Imbel made receivers for the SAR 4800 Rifle that was assembled and sold through Springfield Armory; Inc.
The Tech Department here at Brownells gets constant calls from many of our customers on what exactly you have to do to assemble a complete FAL rifle. In my opinion, the biggest thing you must remember is that there are two, very important sets of laws concerning how you must go about making your own FAL. These laws are not complicated, but if you violate them you could be in for a real shock.
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