Yep...chase them with a tap or figure out a way to file them and you'll be good to go.  If you screw a barrel in there as is, it won't work too well for you.

if you are talking about the half moon cut out at the 12 oclock position on both pics.

You are good to go. They are all made that way. Why I do not know. It probably makes it easier to unscrew the barrel after a few years of hard use

Really?  I can't get the barrel threaded into the receiver more than 2 or 3 revolutions.

Looks like a DSA made in house receiver.  Does serial # start with "DSA"?

Not a DSA.

Coonan?

Threads look good.  Use it.

Are you using a Israeli barrel? If so they have a different thread pitch than a regular FAL.

original izzy barrels us what is called a progressive lead thread pitch. they are only used by the idf. chase with a tap and you are good to go.

I am using a South African kit.

Entreprise.  Currently I can only get the barrel to turn 2.5 revolutions.

It could be the picture but to me those threads look 'smashed' and not cut where the indent is. I'd call Entreprise.

I have.  They did offer to barrel the receiver but I am concerned they will just put a wrench on it and force it.

IMHO Enterprise is a paperweight.  Do a search on the last group buy over on the falfiles.  Buy a DSA, Coonan or Imbel.

Is that thing painted?

It almost looks like there is paint all over the receiver and threads.  If so then fix that and see what happens.

I agree the cut in the threads is totally normal, not likely the problem.

In the white

I wouldn't worry about it, not to say you shouldn't find out why it is that way but don't lose sleep. These rifles (rebuilds) are not finely tuned with tight tolerances and you are probably taking parts from a used military rifle (maybe several different ones) then you are adding a receiver made by Entreprise then adding other parts made by other companies. Every FAL receiver manufacturer puts out bad receivers. When I originally bought my Imbel kit Coonan was 'junk' and now the general consensus has changed a lot. Even the Deity DSA had a bad run of receivers back sometime recently.

I'll tell you from my experience, I would send it to them regardless of the threads. They work on FALs everyday ALL THE TIME so unless you have a gunsmith that does the same....well you probably get my point. It is their receiver and they offer a reasonable fee for assembly. They will send you back a functioning rifle. I have personally been to Entreprise and know a few people who have their receivers including myself. They are a manufacturing shop with people working, but if there is something with their receiver that needs tweaked then let them do it so you don't get charged by a gunsmith who has 'some' experience with FALs. If I get another FAL I will either build it myself (for fun) or I will buy a completely new rifle from DSA.

Call them at least; they need to answer your question of 'why is it this way'.

Beg pardon, but there is at least park on this receiver.

In the white is a phrase meaning 'it didn't get finished and is beginning to rust'.

You're in SC, if you are near Charlotte you need to to find Johnny Glover, he posts here. JmosesB I think.

I have contacted them.  After several unanswered  voice mails and emails, over a 6 day period, I finally spoke to someone who gave me a RA number.  Next time your are at their shop you need to tell them to hire a QC guy and return voice mail and text messages from their customers.  The quality of the receivers they shipped for a FAL Files group buy has destroyed any attempts they have made to fix their reputation.   It the long run repairing and replacing defective receivers cost them more money than doing QC on the original product.

I requested, "in the white".  If it's parked it's the lightest park I have seen.  


Upon closer inspection I think you might be right.

Yea that is crap service. What did they about the threads spcifically?

They said they would clan-up the threads.  They haven't done anything yet.  I am still waiting for the RA.

Do not send your stuff with the receiver, many horror stories about Entreprise mixing/swapping barrels and parts. Plus the guys working there are as bad as the angry beaver "gunsmiths" at Century arms.  

Best to try and get a refund and buy a DSA, Imbel or Coonan receiver.

Most likely the barrel threads are only one of several issues with your receiver.

Have you looked at the top of the rails at the front of the receiver?
I bet there is a slight hump on one or both rails and this causes problems when the bolt and carrier try to close and push the catridge into battery.
I have never seen an Entreprise receiver that didn't have those humps.
They need to be machined, filed or dremeled flush.

Stimpy it looks like it may have been sandblasted but not parkerized, thus kinda "in the white" They would do that so the sandblasting would help hide any blemishes or welds.
Entreprise amazes me how they do what they do and are still in business!!!!

You may be right Johnny, but if that is just blasted, then they went full retard and blasted up in the threads and such, which is just...well...retard.

Also they didn't do/finish the para cut, the feed ramps were not even, and the serial number is almost invisible.