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Well, I've decided that I am going to sell my remaining FAL's and all of my hoarded parts and magazines. I haven't kept up with FAL's at all, had 9 at one time, built a couple dozen.....Not sure what the stuff is worth now though.
What I have- over 100 original military production FAL magazines. Most of them are used but in VG+ condition either Imbel or Steyr. I have two or three cases of G1 magazines- new, in plastic, in boxes, marked from the 50's.
Have three complete Imbel parts kits. Have two or three complete Imbel front ends- barrel, gas system, handguards etc....
Rifles:
Mismatched serial number FMAP Rosario 50.00 series rifle. Beautiful, like new rifle really......
IAI 444 (100% Imbel rifle), this one has 18" barrel. Dsa Oversized selector.
Homebuilt rifle. G1 kit, barrel cut to 18" with YHM flashider, Enterprise receiver, bipod. L1a1 Selector.
All rifles run 100% and have very good finish. Haven't been shot much in a long time. Good bores, no pitting, not worn out etc....
What's it worth? Please do not contact me to buy any of this stuff. I am just trying to figure out what it's all worth.
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Magazines vary a lot. This year while residing in AZ I was able to buy 20 Steyr mags for $11 each, shipped. They were in used condition; most had some amount of surface rust, although a couple had more extensive rust that left a lot of pitting once I removed it. I also was able to get 9 hiduminium FN mags; I think I paid $15 for one and a bit over $17 each shipped for the rest. Used, but in pretty decent shape.
However, I have seen people list them as high as $30 or more in some cases, but magazines posted that high often are listed for a long time before they sell or the seller drops the price. The NIW stuff might go fairly quickly as high as the $25-$35 range. $40 or more, even for a like-new mag is just dreaming, although you might find a sucker or two willing to pay that much. Most used mags seem to be in the $15-$25 range for steel, a bit higher for hiduminium or NIW.
IMBEL kits vary. I've seen people list them for over $600, but they just sit there most of the time in the $500+ range. Most sell between $300 and $475, usually towards the higher end of that range. Mine that I bought a few months ago cost $385, but it was missing a couple of parts and a couple of others needed to be replaced. I saw a much nicer one sell for less, but at the lower end, they go fast. You can definitely get a decent amount over $400 if they are decent and complete kits. Entreprise was selling them pretty cheap before they got shut down by the DOJ a few months ago. Front ends, if decent and complete, easily over $200. I'd say you should stay under $300, though.
Not sure what the IMBEL and FMAP rifles would go for; I'm sure it would be well over $1,000. The home build, not so much. A lot of builds seem to be worth more as parts than as complete rifles, although that's not always the case. Entreprise receivers don't always sell well unless they are ABNI receivers. The later stuff had a lot of issues. But if people trust that it runs well, you shouldn't have an issue. Probably not worth much more than $1,000, if that much, but a lot depends on how the rifle looks.
I'm sure people's MMV regarding the above. But they are my observations.
Do you have any interesting small parts? You'd be surprised how much you can get for certain kinds of parts. I'm always on the hunt for hiduminium parts, for example, and they cost more than the equivalent steel parts, sometimes by quite a bit. My hiduminium charger guide top cover was $70 plus shipping from Belgium, and it was only that low because it had a dent and a lot of finish wear. A like new or excellent one of the same type goes for $120-$150. An FN hiduminium lower, para or fixed-butt, can go for quite a bit of coin, possibly more than your parts kits are worth. A lot of early or unique variations on parts can also be worth a decent amount of money, as well as really nice wood.