Posted: 9/13/2014 1:47:42 AM EDT
| Does anyone make a GOOD FAL for under $1,000? |
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Shit, you can barely buy a good AK anymore for less than a grand. Arsenal Inc? On average, about a grand. Unless you want to take a chance with Century. Maybe you'll get a good one for about $550 then. I went this route a couple years ago, $650 for a thumbhole one, spent a couple hundred getting the right US parts and sending it out to Moses to get the barrel threaded and new locking shoulder. Probably have around a grand in it....soooo I guess no, maybe an ugly neutered one but not a proper one. |
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Quoted: lol...... people are charging 800 dollars for what 8 pieces of an AK with no barrel you think you're going to get a FAL under a grand? Imbel for sale, i can count 7 US made parts, looking for a US made floor plate, one mag with sale. Tapco rear stock, grip and hand guard, FSE FCG and Tapco CH for 922R. Sweet gun, garage/shops built but runs good last time i shot it 10 yrs. ago, may have been last time it was shot.  |
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Never heard of this brand but the discription is epic.
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Um.......Well if you can get into a kit for a good price. Quoted:
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Not anymore. Those days are over. Then you have to get a receiver, then 922(r) parts. I found a G1 kit for a coworker for $400. He has to get a receiver and US parts. He will get in under $1000 pretty easily. But if the OP means a new manufactured like DSA or the like, no, he won't get into one for under a grand. I wouldn't sell my Para for under that. My 18" barreled Imbel might be sold for close to it, but no way I'm selling either at this point in time. I have a pretty respectable pile of Radway Green for both |
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I got my 4 when they were dirt cheap back in the day (1 Izzy, 2 Roadies, 1 Brit)
BTW a good FAL is a SUBJECTIVE TERM. Mine are 4 MOA to 6 MOA rifles. While that meets the design specs of the rifle, it's not what I would consider accurate. ETA: You would be better off with an AR10 Platform or an HK91 clone if you can't afford an AR10 |
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I wouldn't sell my mutt for much less than a thousand. IMbel gear logo recevier, steyr bbl, stolle FH, penguin premium od Hgs and humpback stock, tapco saw grip, Aussie OD Carry Handle, Indian selector, dsa Hts and a Moses us made folding cocking hdl. All remaining parts are Rhodesian with some green paint remnants. Always meant to refinish but haven't yet.
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If you find a gun built on an Imbel or Argentine receiver you can get a good rifle many others will pass on due to being Century. Just FWIW,if you see Made in Canada,it was really Hecho en Argentina. Tell me more please. I have a Canadian, with a British kit and Aussie furniture. |
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I paid around $700 for the "Hebrew Hammer", my Israeli light barrel FAL, 11 years ago. After hunting down the correct Israeli parts over a decade I sold it to a collector for $2000 last December. Was it awesome? Ooh, yeah!! Do I miss it? Nope. I'm not a collector and wanted something different.
Good luck with your search, OP. |
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OP I found you one.Get a set of Imbel Handguards and hell Ill send you a Imbel stock and screw and your good to go. $950 shipped to ur FFL, $ 900 FTF Imbel for sale, i can count 7 US made parts, looking for a US made floor plate, one mag with sale. Tapco rear stock, grip and hand guard, FSE FCG and Tapco CH for 922R. Sweet gun, garage/shops built but runs good last time i shot it 10 yrs. ago, may have been last time it was shot. http://i.imgur.com/XXBDCfc.jpg Quoted:
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lol...... people are charging 800 dollars for what 8 pieces of an AK with no barrel you think you're going to get a FAL under a grand? Imbel for sale, i can count 7 US made parts, looking for a US made floor plate, one mag with sale. Tapco rear stock, grip and hand guard, FSE FCG and Tapco CH for 922R. Sweet gun, garage/shops built but runs good last time i shot it 10 yrs. ago, may have been last time it was shot. http://i.imgur.com/XXBDCfc.jpg Why did you put a LMG stock on that, looks? |
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Cast receiver ... |
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Quoted: Cast receiver ... Eventually, so were FN produced ones... |
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Eventually, so were FN produced ones... Quoted:
Eventually, so were FN produced ones... Just noting the difference to compare cast vs cast when pricing options. Edit: $975 from DSA |
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Quoted: Are there any Australian or British kits out there? with the Sand cuts and everything? Here's my Australian Kit (on Imbel). Bought for $150 from Tapco back when they were a legitimate source of good stuff... I assembled this one the day after the ban ended...  |
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Quoted: Still around, but expensive. You'll probably have to fork out $500 + for one. Quoted: Quoted: Are there any Australian or British kits out there? with the Sand cuts and everything? That's cheap compared to some AK kits.
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| While we're talking about FALs, earlier this year, there was a website that was selling imbel kits for $500. They also sold Imbel receivers also I think. There was some talk about it on fal files and I think the general consensus that it was kind if a gamble, based on the sellers reputation. Does anyone have any idea what I'm taking about? I was tempted to get one but decided not to. I'm just curious if anyone got their order from them filled |
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While we're talking about FALs, earlier this year, there was a website that was selling imbel kits for $500. They also sold Imbel receivers also I think. There was some talk about it on fal files and I think the general consensus that it was kind if a gamble, based on the sellers reputation. Does anyone have any idea what I'm taking about? I was tempted to get one but decided not to. I'm just curious if anyone got their order from them filled I seem to remember there were some Samco global kits from new rifles, I was thinking they were Argentines though, I could easily be mistaken or simply remembering something different than what you're talking about. |
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Found it- it wasn't fal files, it was a thread on the akforum. The seller was enterprise arms. It looks like some people got kits, some people got shafted. The kits received also seemed to vary in condition. I remember reading the thread at the time, ~$500 for the kit, ~$500 for an imbel receiver, it was really tempting. I didn't get it because I know nothing about FALs and didn't want to jump into it blind |
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How much does a DSA run these days? Website lists around $1,800. Weren't they $1,300 not too long ago? In case someone hasn't mentioned this yet, Atlantic Firearms offers a DSA version for $975: DSA FAL |
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Are there any Australian or British kits out there? with the Sand cuts and everything? L1A1 rifle That's a complete rifle probably for less than you could build one now a days. |