bout a hunnert dollars

"Trigger job", "camo paint", and the non-standard optics will have a pretty significant impact on resale value. WDS is right that your rifle is more of a collector's piece, or at least it used to be...

Like any other rifle, 'custom' parts, finishes, or gunsmithing, will have a negative effect on a gun's value. I've seen a lot of ads listing guns that have had these kinds of modifications bumped over a period of weeks or months, with the seller not understanding that XX-dollars spent on "upgrades" are almost never recovered in the sale. I saw one recently on another board that was a good example of this. A Century Arms Franken-FAL with a bunch of parts from Crapco, no pics in the ad, asking easily double what the rifle is worth.

Camouflage finishes are also a very subjective thing. For example, I may look at a properly-built Rhodesian FAL with the "Baby-Poop" camo that many of Rhodesia's troopies applied to their rifles, as a positive. The same rifle, only with a Cera-Kote/Gun-Kote/Krylon paint job, especially in a digital-type pattern, is seen by me as a huge negative, because it's more work I'm going to have to do to remove it from the rifle soon after receiving it.

Thanks everyone.

I had no idea I had a rifle that was ever collectible. Just thought it was an unusually accurate, older FAL.

Sounds like I should put original top cover back on and strip paint, which is no big deal. Some of you might be old enough to remember camo paint that came in rattle cans with three or four colors and some leaf pattern stencils. It has a texture kind of like a smooth orange peel dry wall. Just melts away with any solvent.

If I disclose former paint jpb and trigger honing would it sell for more like this, or just offer as is??

I just read thread on FAL accuracy and am surprised so many newer FAL's are doing so poorly. I was always able to compete against m1a's. I got the trigger to be about like he original T48's I have shot.

Thanks for your feed back.

It is not a sear cut rifle.

I will take a picture for you all to laugh at!

The first T48 I shot was at Oregon national guard museum when Terry Aiken was director. Got to shoot T48, HK G3 and some sub guns including Karl Gustaf and Sterling.

The T48 trigger was much better than civilian FAL's I have shot. A smooth single stage trigger after a short amount of take up, then a progressive crisp pull. I had never fired a full auto rifle before but was able to put 14 out of 20 rounds in a 20 round burst into an Echo target at 50 yards off hand, standing at parade rest. (No left foot forward technique at all). Two FBI guys were using range and asked me where I learned to shoot. Anyone could have done as well.

the T48 appeared to be about a half pound or more lighter than civilian rifles also. Or maybe I was just younger then!

The G3 has a slightly lower cyclic rate (about 600 spm vs 650) but with the heavy bolt carrier had more preceived recoil than the FN. Still better FA hits than less powerful AK.

Shot T48 in three other places in later years. they all had nice triggers. Closer to an M1a than a fal parts gun.

bowflage.........Burn the heretic

Oh.. I don't know....


It's a pretty well-done paint job. If you like a painted FAL, maybe you could strip the bowflage off and give it some Rhodesian "baby-poop" camo.

Even with the bowflage paint, you should see at least $2000 for your rifle with accesories and magazines assuming the weapon itself has been taken care of and is in good condition.