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Posted: 5/14/2018 1:18:56 AM EDT
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Been looking st FNC price Parts? Thoughts If you have one would you buy it again? Parts: scarce. No good source for bolts and bolt carriers. I have one. I really like it and it’s a nice addition to my collection. Very smooth shooting. It’s a Belgian AK iteration with better ergos than an AK. It’s not a good “one and only” MG, as barrel changes are not easy, spare parts availability is poor. I don’t hammer FA through it like I do with my M16s or HKs. If you already have an M16 or HK sear and you’re looking for a neat not-an-m16 MG to round out your collection, then go for it. If you don’t already have an M16 or HK sear I would save and buy one of those. |
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Posted: 5/14/2018 4:16:38 AM EDT
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I have an FNC from back in the pre-ban days. Never intended not to shoot it nor even baby it but when parts dried up I decided to leave it in the safe.
Thought about an RDIAS but with no parts it doesn’t make sense. |
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Posted: 5/14/2018 12:41:39 PM EDT
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For the moNey get a non colt m16. More versatile and fun. Fncs are cool but not a good primary mg. Feels bad hammering away at it man.
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Posted: 5/14/2018 7:26:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Price: $14-15k. I had one back when they cost 1/2 as much as an M16. I loved shooting it, and shot the piss out of it - remember back then a 20rd box of brass 5.56 was $2.50! I ended up trading it for an M2 Carbine - WWII MGs are my favorite. sadly, today the main problem is when people were buying them for $6K, they generally shot the hell out of them. Most of the ones on the market today are whopped, and in need of a rebarrel at best. At least now, you can get a new barrel installed for around $400. The lack of spare bolts and carriers sucks, but as mentioned they are basically an AK system and the FNCs bolts/carriers seem to fail as often as AK bolts and carriers. I have a fixed and folder that are cherry and never fired after they were converted 10yrs ago that are for sale if youre interested. Part of an estate I'm handling. |
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Posted: 5/16/2018 4:43:07 PM EDT
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I love my FNC, runs better than my Colt M16.
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Posted: 5/20/2018 9:35:34 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: More like $16-18K now. http://www.machinegunpriceguide.com/html/machine_guns.html I had one back when they cost 1/2 as much as an M16. I loved shooting it, and shot the piss out of it - remember back then a 20rd box of brass 5.56 was $2.50! I ended up trading it for an M2 Carbine - WWII MGs are my favorite. sadly, today the main problem is when people were buying them for $6K, they generally shot the hell out of them. Most of the ones on the market today are whopped, and in need of a rebarrel at best. At least now, you can get a new barrel installed for around $400. The lack of spare bolts and carriers sucks, but as mentioned they are basically an AK system and the FNCs bolts/carriers seem to fail as often as AK bolts and carriers. I have a fixed and folder that are cherry and never fired after they were converted 10yrs ago that are for sale if youre interested. Part of an estate I'm handling. |
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Posted: 5/21/2018 10:11:10 AM EDT
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IMO for the price that FNCs are going for today I would just toss in a couple extra grand and get a M16 RR or RLL.
Now if its your second MG or you just have been dreaming about owning a FNC for years have at it. |
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Posted: 5/21/2018 11:50:30 AM EDT
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IMO for the price that FNCs are going for today I would just toss in a couple extra grand and get a M16 RR or RLL. Now if its your second MG or you just have been dreaming about owning a FNC for years have at it. It doesn't have an auto bolt hold open, which sucks for reloads. I deal with it on the F2000 and roller-lock HKs, but it still sucks. Check out this post: https://www.ar15.com/forums/armory/FNC---AK5-School-me/24-469762/ |
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Posted: 5/21/2018 3:37:55 PM EDT
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My FNC was my first MG, purchased in 2011 for $6800.
At the time Colt M16s were selling for ~ $12,000, and I thought that was too much to pay for a 5.56mm MG, ha! It's a great gun, but as mentioned above, the relative lack of spare parts, especially compared to M16s, does keep me from shooting it as much as I would otherwise. I did have failure-to-extract problems when I first got it, which was solved by replacing the worn extractor and using the "adverse" gas setting - I was using PMC Bronze .223 at the time, which was a bit underpowered for the "regular" setting. As others have mentioned, if you don't already have an M16, and can afford a few thousand $ more, nowadays I would go with a non-Colt RR first. Which I finally did myself (PAWS/Oly RR pending transfer from my FFL/SOT), but seven years late, and at a price of $18,500... |
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