Was in a gun shop this morning and noticed a used FAL in the rack. Its A Century Arms. I have a DSA STG 58 & love it. I did a function test and it appears to be in good shape but I dont know a lot a lot about the FAL other than how to disasassemble / reassemble. I did look at the back of the receiver to see if it had hack grinding marks or filing, it all looks fine, there are no unusual wear marks inside, and it appears to have not been shot much.

I did a search for Century Arms FAL and came up with nada. I remember hearing their HK91 clone wasnt very good.

They want $550 for it. Any one have any thoughts?

Joe

Edited: Just got back from FALfiles- Some pretty negative feed back on them, think I'll pass.

Edited: BRD struck and its mine now.

Well, the owner of the shop called when he found out I was interested in it & offered it to me for his cost. Couldnt pass it up, just got back from picking it up. We will see if its ok next weekend, when it gets back into the double digits outside.

Here is a photo of it:





Still trying to justify buying it. Guess I'll just chalk it up to BRD.

Joe

Quoted: If you paid less than $450., you got a great deal regardless of whatever issue's may need to be resolved. Also, thats all L1A1/SLR ("inch") , except *probably* the receiver. (metric mags are cheaper)

It is a type III inch receiver. It came with five metric mags and a cleaning kit. I forsee it becoming a SBR Para after the DSA STG 58 is done.

Couldnt wait for the weather to warm up. Froze my butt off & put 100 rds through it. Best group of the day was just under 1.5" @ 100yds with Fed 168 match. Ate up every round with out a glich after I adjusted the gas system.

The thing shoots just as good as my DSA.  Guess I got lucky and got a shooter.

As for refinshing. The photos dont show it but its pretty rough up close & its not a very good park job. So it will get cleaned up and reshot some color or another, time permitting. Plus if its not black, I cant have BRD. It will ethier be coyote brown with black furniture, controls, & pins or I have a real good looking dark gray.

Joe