Quote History Originally Posted By derwood67:
I’ll add to it that the issues DSA have had seem to have been resolved. IF there are any issues, Gunplumber is the guy who is going to respond with “I’m having issues with it not locking up. I’m a bit baffled…. But I’m going to try one more thing….” and if there is the slimmest chance of it getting fixed, he is going to stick to it like a pit bull til he resolves it. He’s done like 6 builds for me, currently wrapping up a German G1.
Plus…. Not exactly a lot of options other than DSA these days….
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That’s what I thought,....issues don’t seem to be spoken of too often anymore. (Then again It’s no longer the fast and furious days of FAL kit building).
I remember the days when gunplumber would tactfully pull no punches on the early in house not LMT uppers. IIRC it was mostly ejector block issues from being slightly off the mark. DSA then would tap dance a bit and for some people that sent them back to DSA to get fixed it would drag on. This was at least ten years ago. The last FAL i built was before that but I still have a kit plus extra parts.
My last was a Coonan Brit cut and the only thing off for me was the receiver lock was a touch too tight. Easy enough to swap parts or fit.
I want to do my own work. I’ve done ARs, FALs, Garands, M14s, M1 carbines. I still have my FAL assembly tools and pin gages. I know gunplumber is excellent and chatted with him on both boards, here when he was still around and Fal files.
I will due to local circumstance not even build the gun until I move out of this jurisdiction. Well unless the CA cases get through the SC before the home interest rates drop. It’ll sit in a box in the safe.