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Posted: 3/28/2021 3:49:12 PM EDT
Anyone have a line on a FAL bolt? went to assemble my kit and it was gone...
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Posted: 3/28/2021 4:20:45 PM EDT
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OK so I found some - sort of.
I assume you have a metric rifle because you specified FAL. Metric bolts seem to be unfindable right now. Apex, whatacountry, sarco, falcon, rtg, DS Arms, all seems to be out of metric bolt assemblies. So i found some bolts - but they are Inch - ie L1A1, C1, etc. Heres the deal: The bolts and bolt carriers are interchangeable between the inch and metric guns. But you have to use a inch bolt with a inch bolt carrier and a metric bolt with a metric carrier. sooo... here are some Inch carriers and bolts, new and used. I recommend the Aussie ones: (scroll down and you will see the bolts) http://gunthings.com/inchupper.htm |
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Posted: 3/28/2021 4:34:44 PM EDT
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Gunbroker or Falfiles.com
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Posted: 3/28/2021 8:34:57 PM EDT
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thank you - I knew most of the parts were interchangeable so an L1A1 will be awesome...
Quote HistoryQuoted: OK so I found some - sort of. I assume you have a metric rifle because you specified FAL. Metric bolts seem to be unfindable right now. Apex, whatacountry, sarco, falcon, rtg, DS Arms, all seems to be out of metric bolt assemblies. So i found some bolts - but they are Inch - ie L1A1, C1, etc. Heres the deal: The bolts and bolt carriers are interchangeable between the inch and metric guns. But you have to use a inch bolt with a inch bolt carrier and a metric bolt with a metric carrier. sooo... here are some Inch carriers and bolts, new and used. I recommend the Aussie ones: (scroll down and you will see the bolts) http://gunthings.com/inchupper.htm |
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Posted: 3/28/2021 8:36:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gunbroker or Falfiles.com Falfiles is dead... i did see one on GB - already in a bidding storm... |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 10:24:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Falfiles is dead... i did see one on GB - already in a bidding storm... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Gunbroker or Falfiles.com Falfiles is dead... i did see one on GB - already in a bidding storm... fal files lives again, I signed up there recently. |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 12:59:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Falfiles is dead... i did see one on GB - already in a bidding storm... Am a member and its not dead to me. |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 6:18:49 PM EDT
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looks like FALfiles has been reanimated - I will see if my WTB post nets me anything...
ETA: got one on ff... 
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Posted: 3/29/2021 10:45:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Heres the deal: The bolts and bolt carriers are interchangeable between the inch and metric guns. But you have to use a inch bolt with a inch bolt carrier and a metric bolt with a metric carrier. |
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Posted: 3/30/2021 1:54:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Really? Someone on the FAL Files sold me a British bolt (inch, right?) to go with a spare metric carrier I have. Everything seems to function check just fine, but I haven't shot it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Heres the deal: The bolts and bolt carriers are interchangeable between the inch and metric guns. But you have to use a inch bolt with a inch bolt carrier and a metric bolt with a metric carrier. I have not tried mixing metric and inch with carriers and bolts, but that's what I have been told. Try shooting it I suppose? |
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Posted: 3/30/2021 9:16:03 AM EDT
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Saw this on the Arizona Response System website store for FAL bolts:
"complete FAL & complete L1A1 bolt assemblies are interchangeable. The components within them are not." |
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Posted: 3/30/2021 3:39:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Saw this on the Arizona Response System website store for FAL bolts: "complete FAL & complete L1A1 bolt assemblies are interchangeable. The components within them are not." truth... actually, I think the firing pin retainer may be interchangeable...
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Posted: 5/20/2021 5:19:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Really? Someone on the FAL Files sold me a British bolt (inch, right?) to go with a spare metric carrier I have. Everything seems to function check just fine, but I haven't shot it. I'd like to know the deal with this. Will an inch bolt not fit and or work in a metric carrier? |
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Posted: 5/20/2021 5:24:26 PM EDT
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A COMPLETE inch bolt assembly (bolt, extractor assembly, firing pin assembly) will work perfectly in a metric carrier
But you can't swap extractors and firing pins between inch versus metric. |
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Posted: 5/20/2021 5:26:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: A COMPLETE inch bolt assembly (bolt, extractor assembly, firing pin assembly) will work perfectly in a metric carrier But you can't swap extractors and firing pins between inch versus metric. Ok, now that makes perfect sense, especially after I saw this: Imbel bolt |
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Posted: 5/20/2021 5:34:47 PM EDT
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