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Availability of FAL parts kits in the past?
6/27/2011 4:33:20 AM
Were they as common and cheap as AK kits once were? How cheap were they?
6/27/2011 4:45:35 AM
I've heard as low as $90 for some of the Rhodesian kits that looked rather worn. I paid $220 shipped for mine about a year ago but I caught the absolute tail end of lower kit prices, it seems. It was rare to find one that low a year ago. I rarely see one for less than $400 today.
6/27/2011 5:47:27 AM
I bought three G1 kits (which included good barrels) from Tapco in 2000 for around $90 a pop. These were the standard Turkish imports and kind of beat up. Wish I had more $$ at the time. But I can't complain.
6/27/2011 8:14:00 AM
I remember the ads for Israeli heavy barrel kits in shotgun news that ran forever- $129. Most kits were under $200.
6/27/2011 9:01:02 AM
I remember getting some Tapco kits for about 90 bucks, DSA refinished matching G1 kit for about 175, the SA kits were worn mostly so I stayed away, Austrian STG58 kit for 175. Those were the days/
6/27/2011 9:12:26 AM
They were almost as cheapest ak kits Tapco ran a sale on AMD'-65s for $65 which was the cheapest ak kit I ever bought and I also snagged several g1's from them for around $100 and several Imbels for around the same price.
6/27/2011 10:56:12 AM
I got my G1 kit from DSA, cleaned and reparked, for around $180. Put it on an Imbel Type 3 with the help of a friend. With compliance parts and receiver the total was well below $500. Ammo cost around $0.10 per round for quality FN, Aussie, Hirt or SA surplus, too.
6/27/2011 4:43:52 PM
The primo kits were a bit more expensive. As new matched StG kits were $329 and as new Dan's grade 1 Imbel kits were $250.
6/29/2011 4:02:03 PM
Got my Imbel kit for 150 and receiver for 250 in 2004. Completed the rifle after fees and the what not at around 650 ish.... wish i built another but was living at home and had a crap job.
6/30/2011 4:38:11 PM
I got one of Dan's $120 Imbel kits more than few years ago. I recall them going for $90-100 in the past, but no lower.
6/30/2011 11:20:29 PM
The FAL Files had a huge group buy back around '98 or so I think it was. $99 each for a Chilean Imbel kit with chrome lined barrel. I bought 5. Built 3. Sold 2 of them a few years a go for a decent amount of cash each.
Most of the kits were unfired. 4 of my 5 were. Next to no handling marks at all.
I bought and built up an inch kit from GunPartsGuy in the early '90s. The kit set me back about $140 I believe. A new Ironwood walnut stock set including the pg was $100, finished. The completed rifle was a beauty. one of those after you sell it you kick yourself about a week later.
Most of the kits were unfired. 4 of my 5 were. Next to no handling marks at all.
I bought and built up an inch kit from GunPartsGuy in the early '90s. The kit set me back about $140 I believe. A new Ironwood walnut stock set including the pg was $100, finished. The completed rifle was a beauty. one of those after you sell it you kick yourself about a week later.
7/1/2011 12:02:32 AM
got 2 primo STG58 kits for $175 ea from AD Global? I think thats who it was,damn nice kits glad I kept them
7/2/2011 4:34:52 PM
Tapco used to sell Imbel kits for $99.
Used to be able to get absolutely brand new G1 kits from DSA at the Lake County gunshow early-mid 90's for less than $200. IIRC DSA used to sell actual Rosario receivers as well in those days.
Used to be able to get absolutely brand new G1 kits from DSA at the Lake County gunshow early-mid 90's for less than $200. IIRC DSA used to sell actual Rosario receivers as well in those days.
7/4/2011 6:35:10 AM
I picked up Imbel kits from Dan's Sporting Goods for $125. I built one and sold the rest of the kits.
Here's what the one I built looks like.
Here's what the one I built looks like.
7/4/2011 5:26:39 PM
Recently came across a DSA pamphlet from 2001 I believe:
NOS Belgian Para barrels $160.
Complete StG-58 front ends $99.
NOS Argentine barrels $79.
Just remembered this one:
DSA December 2005
New L1A1 bolt carrier $20
New L1A1 bolt $20
NOS Belgian Para barrels $160.
Complete StG-58 front ends $99.
NOS Argentine barrels $79.
Just remembered this one:
DSA December 2005
New L1A1 bolt carrier $20
New L1A1 bolt $20
7/8/2011 3:39:12 PM
Classic Arms- several sub $200.00 primo StG58 kits from them....I miss the days of cheap .308....
I'm FALaholic #113 a the FALFiles, and was there during the blue board days, so it's been a while...
I'm FALaholic #113 a the FALFiles, and was there during the blue board days, so it's been a while...
7/9/2011 7:41:29 AM
Originally Posted By ThePreacher:
They were almost as cheapest ak kits Tapco ran a sale on AMD'-65s for $65 which was the cheapest ak kit I ever bought and I also snagged several g1's from them for around $100 and several Imbels for around the same price.
They were almost as cheapest ak kits Tapco ran a sale on AMD'-65s for $65 which was the cheapest ak kit I ever bought and I also snagged several g1's from them for around $100 and several Imbels for around the same price.
+1. Built on Imbel receivers that were $129. 7.62x51 ammo was $120/ case also.
7/9/2011 12:28:28 PM
Originally Posted By TUBBY:
+1. 7.62x51 ammo was $120/ case also.
Originally Posted By ThePreacher:
They were almost as cheapest ak kits Tapco ran a sale on AMD'-65s for $65 which was the cheapest ak kit I ever bought and I also snagged several g1's from them for around $100 and several Imbels for around the same price.
They were almost as cheapest ak kits Tapco ran a sale on AMD'-65s for $65 which was the cheapest ak kit I ever bought and I also snagged several g1's from them for around $100 and several Imbels for around the same price.
+1. 7.62x51 ammo was $120/ case also.
THAT WAS THE DELIVERED PRICE!!!!!
7/10/2011 12:00:17 AM
The first FAL I had built was on an excellent StG kit from Federal Arms Corp for $165 IIRC. I still have it.
7/10/2011 12:31:06 AM
I remeber ordering kits from TAPCO while I was at PSAB and having them sent to my moms house! Wish I still had those kits
10/6/2011 9:16:59 PM
the first L1A1 kits i bought were british kits, they were like new cut up rifles and and if you bought 5 they were $500 and free shipping.
the first 15 or 20 fal kit i got were imbel and they were very nice from $75 to $100 each kit. when they got to $150 i quit buying them. i don't know how many i bought total of them.
i bought a lot of the SA kits for $90 to $125, i don't remember how many.
yep! those were the good old days.
ron
the first 15 or 20 fal kit i got were imbel and they were very nice from $75 to $100 each kit. when they got to $150 i quit buying them. i don't know how many i bought total of them.
i bought a lot of the SA kits for $90 to $125, i don't remember how many.
yep! those were the good old days.
ron
10/9/2011 8:33:17 PM
Early 90s... I got a Ishapore L1A1 brit kit for $179 and a Argiy type ll reciever for $200.
10/9/2011 8:42:32 PM
I picked up my Imbel kits for around $145 each. Picked up the Imbel receivers for about the same price.
Had three FAL's built....2 Para's and a 50.00. Beautiful guns. Still have all three.
Have a G1 waiting to be built...DSA G1 marked receiver with a pristine G1 kit...paid $250 for the kit, and $325 for the receiver. Will turn into a very sweet rifle.
Wish I bought about ten more FAL kits and receivers
Had three FAL's built....2 Para's and a 50.00. Beautiful guns. Still have all three.
Have a G1 waiting to be built...DSA G1 marked receiver with a pristine G1 kit...paid $250 for the kit, and $325 for the receiver. Will turn into a very sweet rifle.
Wish I bought about ten more FAL kits and receivers
10/9/2011 8:43:11 PM
Originally Posted By erwinp:
I picked up Imbel kits from Dan's Sporting Goods for $125. I built one and sold the rest of the kits.
Here's what the one I built looks like.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/erwinp3/FALDSARecieverImbelKit_2.jpg
I picked up Imbel kits from Dan's Sporting Goods for $125. I built one and sold the rest of the kits.
Here's what the one I built looks like.
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l103/erwinp3/FALDSARecieverImbelKit_2.jpg
Sharp looking rifle there!
10/9/2011 9:43:02 PM
I bought 10 of the "grade 3" IMBEL kits from Dan's Ammo for $129 each plus shipping. I bought a couple of battle packs of South African M1A2 ammo every pay day for several months from Dan back then too. Man, those were good days to be a fan of the FN rifle.
The grade 3's were essentially new rifles that had been carried a lot but fired very little. They had cosmetic wear, but almost no wear from actual use.
The grade 3's were essentially new rifles that had been carried a lot but fired very little. They had cosmetic wear, but almost no wear from actual use.
10/13/2011 10:11:51 PM
bought my first kits from Tapco back when they were 99.00 each or 2 for 89.00
wife surprised me with a G1 and an Imbel kit.
then I was like...........now what in the fuck do I do??
have built many since. I currently have an bag 'o parts rifle with everything from an Israeli charging handle on it to a T48 reproduction trigger guard. 21" new Paratrooper (insert South american Country here) barrel.
It is my favorite rifle I have ever owned(and there have been MANY). Eats everything I feed it and is more accurate than anything I have owned.
wife surprised me with a G1 and an Imbel kit.
then I was like...........now what in the fuck do I do??
have built many since. I currently have an bag 'o parts rifle with everything from an Israeli charging handle on it to a T48 reproduction trigger guard. 21" new Paratrooper (insert South american Country here) barrel.
It is my favorite rifle I have ever owned(and there have been MANY). Eats everything I feed it and is more accurate than anything I have owned.
10/13/2011 11:50:47 PM
Originally Posted By NoMoAMMO:
I remeber ordering kits from TAPCO while I was at PSAB and having them sent to my moms house! Wish I still had those kits
I remeber ordering kits from TAPCO while I was at PSAB and having them sent to my moms house! Wish I still had those kits
Every week on my day off at PSAB I used to sit up in the computer room for hours ordering crap from tapco, cheaper than dirt, and other suprlus sites I forget. All my haz duty pay and tax free went straight to gun toys. When I got home 3 months later I had piles of boxes, it was like super christmas
10/14/2011 8:27:06 AM
Originally Posted By wilNva:
When I got home 3 months later I had piles of boxes, it was like super christmas
When I got home 3 months later I had piles of boxes, it was like super christmas
Man, you ain't kiddin'. Getting boxes from gun parts vendors back then had a special giddiness to it that other stuff just doesn't have.
10/14/2011 11:57:35 PM
Bought 10 G-1 kits and 10 Imbel kits from Tapco for 89.99 each. Bought 5 "mixed" kits for 79.99 each, they were all SA lowers with G-1 uppers. One of them had a Metric Sand Cut bolt group!
10/19/2011 1:06:10 AM
Early/mid 90's there was an ad in Shotgun News: Burns Brothers Israeli Heavy -barrel parts kits $99.00. Glad I grabbed one. I also got STG58 pristine kits for around $250 about 2001 or so. I also remember Sarco had NEW Israeli HB complete front-ends (Barrel, Handguards, bipod) for about $139. Starting around 1992 I saved a Shotgun news about every 2 years and need to get them out...
