Mil-Spec FAL?

[Tread_Head]

One of the next rifles I want to acquire is a Mil-Spec (semi auto) FAL. I know there are slight variants depending on country of origin, but does anyone have pictures of their mil-spec FALs and the country it is modeled after? The reason I ask is that there are a lot of "sporterized" and "modernized" FALs out there, and I am not sure what the original battle rifle looked like. What would the going price be these days for a good condition Mil-Spec FAL?

[tump]

check the "lets see your fals" thread there are some nice g1,stg 58 & imbels in there.

[Tread_Head]

I've been looking there, problem is I am not sure which ones are 100% accurate military and which ones have after market (Century) muzzle breaks, different furniture, ect.

[hunter_la5]

Here's a few:


http://world.guns.ru/assault/fal_stg58.jpg
Austrian

http://world.guns.ru/assault/fal_l1a1_suit.jpg
British

http://world.guns.ru/assault/fal_imbel.jpg
Brazilian

http://world.guns.ru/assault/fal_para.jpg
Paratrooper

http://www.arizonaresponsesystems.com/smith/fal/galleryfal/fal03.jpg
australian

http://www.arizonaresponsesystems.com/smith/fal/galleryfal/fal13.jpg
Israeli

http://www.arizonaresponsesystems.com/smith/fal/galleryfal/fal21.jpg
German

[tump]

all of them except mine and grifters look to bee pretty well stock guns.

[Tread_Head]

These beauties are pretty much exactly what I am looking for. Is the bipod accurate for the typical infantry soldiers' FAL? Can Century FAL muzzle-breaks be taken off and a "real" FAL flash hider screwed on like the CETME? And finally...what is the going rate for a standard FAL these days?
http://www.militaryfirearm.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=963&d=1174687119
http://www.militaryfirearm.com/Forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=1004&stc=1&d=1174870434

[Bulletboy]

Here's mine;
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f258/suckaf00/faldone4.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f258/suckaf00/faldone3.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f258/suckaf00/faldone2.jpg
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f258/suckaf00/done1.jpg

This is an Imbel kit I built on a Century receiver.

[Otis61]

very nice. Trying to get all the stuff together for a build of my own now.

[M1 Tanker]

Treadhead that top picture you posted is my G-1 :) The only thing NOT milspec on that firearm is the forearm and receiver. Everything else is original German military...and yes, German G-1s and Austrian STG-58's all came with a bipod. The G-1 has a quick disconnect flashhider that can be swaped with a BFA and a grenade launcher.

Here is an Imbel FAL that is all mil-spec. Imbel is a licensed FN factory in Brazil. This one even has an Imbel Gear Logo Receiver on an Imbel parts kits.

1559

This one is a South Africian Parts kits, probably used in Rhodesia, which is the picture following. Notice the grenade launching front sight.

1560

1561

Britsh L1A1 Paratrooper with folding stock.

1562

[Bulletboy]

If it helps any, a couple of places where I got most of my parts were gunpartsguy.com, and gunthings.com. My kit was in equal condition to the South African one M1 Tanker posted above. I sandblasted everything, then parkerized it, then airbrushed it with Gunkote. I also bought a brand new Penguin furniture set and that muzzle device from gunpartsguy. I fired that weapon for the first time yesterday. It worked great, except that at first my gas plug was upside down in the grenade firing position. :) The only part I forgot to install was the bolt hold-open, which I must have lost. I ordered one from gunthings today.

[Tread_Head]

Thanks for the pictures. I was surprised by the muzzle break pictured in the Rhodesia picture. I always thought that was just a Century muzzle break and the "real" FAL muzzle breaks looked like the one on that Brit paratrooper. Will the standard FAL bayonet work on both model muzzle breaks?

[M1 Tanker]

Tread Head, there are way too many varients of FALs for their to be a 1 bayonet solution. Some countries didn't have bayonets and others added them after the fact.

Then there is the difference in a Inch Commonwealth FAL (Brit, Aussie, Indian, etc) and a Metric FAL (SA, FN, Imbel)....we can go on for days:) Different countries have different things on their weapons even tho they are all FALs.

[Patria Povo]

Aussie SLR:

http://www.gunpics.net/austnz/slr/slr.html

[KMURPHY]

i really want an FAL kit now.

[Player]

Britsh L1A1 Paratrooper with folding stock.

1562

brits didn't have para's did they?

[bas@gunpics]

The only thing that is not original on this rifle is the pin stopping the fire selector going full-auto.

German G1 (http://www.gunpics.net/german/g1/g1.html)

http://www.gunpics.net/german/g1/G1_046.JPG

[M1 Tanker]

You mean minus the required US parts right?

[bas@gunpics]

You mean minus the required US parts right?

Nope.

I don't live in the US, so those laws don't apply. It still has the original matching receiver too.

[M1 Tanker]

Now that is awesome :)

[oramoc]

I Still Kick My Self For Not Getting One Of Those Real Nice Stg58 Kits They Had All Matching At Classic Arms 300.00

[AndyC]

brits didn't have para's did they?
No, they didn't.

[M1 Tanker]

There ya have it Henry :)

[Player]

i was just saying, cause there was this whole brit para exist/non-exist deal going on at some other forum

and i remembered that the brits did not have paras

[Lon Moer]

i was just saying, cause there was this whole brit para exist/non-exist deal going on at some other forum

and i remembered that the brits did not have paras
That para pictured is a metric. ;)