

The concept of tricking out a traditional battle rifle with rails and accessories isn’t new. Both parts are what is now called “fourth generation” from Leapers. The rear Picatinny top rail shown here in the pictures, MSRP $69.95, slides into the slots for the bolt cover. This is the same screw that holds on the regular hand guards. It isn’t expensive, MSRP $79.95, and, except for its own 6 bolts, the whole system installs with one screw. UTG (Leapers) seems to be the only company actually making a quad rail for the FAL. Tricking it out with accessory rails is extremely easy and affordable. If you can handle the FAL, and it is heavy and awkward, the history of the gun has shown it to be a reliable and formidable battle rifle. One of these days we hope to get a DS Arms gun in for testing to compare the differences. Even back then the DS Arms guns were in the $1,500 range, to give you an idea of the difference.

I have four of them and didn’t pay more than $550 for any of them. Before the jump in popularity of the black rifles after the 2008 election, you could pick up one of the guns we are talking about here for around $500. They are generally at least twice the price of the guns we are talking about here and they are considered among the best. It is much lighter than a standard FAL, and they offer their own lines of accessories for those guns.
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The guns coming out right now have bipods build it.Īll of these guns fall into what you have to call “parts kit guns.” There is a US company, DS Arms, that makes a professional quality FAL out of modern parts and alloys. Both guns appear to use a Tapco SAW buttstock and hand grip. A current production Century FAL sold on GunsAmerica yesterday for $775. This weekend I saw one in a gunshop in Holden for $750. Parts kit guns, built on receivers made in the US and Brazil pop up on GunsAmerica and at gun shows here and there.
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Century Arms re-manufactured a good deal of the rifles in the late 80s right through the ban era and all of those guns are still in the market today, plus they are apparently still making some.

Most of the guns you see in the market have been re-assembled as a kit from de-milled imported rifles coupled with an aftermarket US or Brazilian made receiver.

You don’t see talk of them much outside of enthusiast groups online, and there are very few companies that make aftermarket parts for them. The FAL is a big heavy and awkward gun, even a pound heavier than the M1A/M14.
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At one point the FAL was called “the right arm of the free world,” but it has been replaced worldwide by smaller and lighter guns, including the AR-15/M4. But unlike the AR-10, the FAL went on to be the main battle rifle for England, Austria, Australia, Canada and a number of other NATO countries. 308 (7.62 x 51 NATO) FAL almost became the battle rifle of the United States after the Korean war, but it was beat out by the M1A for a number of reasons, similar to the story of the AR-10. The FN-FAL, also known as the L1A1, is perhaps the most misunderstood battle rifle of all time Designed in 1947, the same year as the venerable AK, the.
