FN FAL vs G3/CETME

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Posted: 3/27/2017 9:36:56 PM EDT

One versus one, which one of these European battle rifles is better?

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:37:25 PM EDT

[#1]

FAL

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:40:02 PM EDT

[#2]

Not even close. FAL for me.

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:40:31 PM EDT

[#3]

I own multiples of both, I voted FAL.

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:41:08 PM EDT

[#4]

BM-59 for the win.

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:41:39 PM EDT

[#5]

FAL hands down.

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:43:53 PM EDT

[#6]

FAL

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:43:56 PM EDT

[#7]

I like the sights better on the G3, but the location of the charging handle kills it. Between the two I would go FAL, but really I'd go M14.

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:44:53 PM EDT

[#8]

As a battle rifle, the FAL is a beautiful thing. It'll run forever, it's minute-of-man, and a decent upper torso hit equals "one and done".
It sucks for everything else, but as a battle rifle... hell yeah.
"The Right Arm of the Free World".

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:46:54 PM EDT

[#9]

G3 destroys brass and has weird Teutonic ergonomics. FAL was at one point, the most issued arm that the free world issued to their armies.

I'd go with the FAL.

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:47:39 PM EDT

[#10]

I like the AR10 best

M14 / FAL tie

G3 3rd.

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:47:57 PM EDT

[#11]

I'm about 49-51 ... but that slap

Really love slapping a G3

also- I owned a PTR

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:47:58 PM EDT

[#12]

I'll take the G3 because I know the system better. Not that I can't learn about the FAL, but I can pick up a G-3 right now and strip it completely down to the individual parts (OK, bbl & trunnion doesn't come out).

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:48:53 PM EDT

[#13]

I'd take the FAL over the G3.

Aloha, Mark

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:49:12 PM EDT

[#14]

FAL is always the answer.

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:51:03 PM EDT

[#15]

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I like the AR10 best

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The AR10 has its merits, but I sure wouldn't pick one for a battle rifle.
I wasn't alone in that, either.

(Really, the AR10 was just late to the party. It'd be interesting to see what would have happened if development was more contemporaneous to the FAL.)

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:51:06 PM EDT

[#16]

<---------With-king approves of poll results

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:52:16 PM EDT

[#17]

G3 belongs in a german trash can....

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:52:59 PM EDT

[#18]

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One versus one, which one of these European battle rifles is better?

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I have both an HK91 and a Belgian 50.00.

Accuracy goes to my particular FAL.

Robustness goes to the HK.

Aesthetics goes to the FAL, IMO.

Spare parts, factory parts and aftermarket parts, perhaps the HK.

Cool factor goes to the HK, when it's all decked out.

Field stripping ease goes to the FAL, although both have quirks.

Fun/pain in shooting goes to the FAL.

Portability goes to the HK, although it seems to weigh a ton.

Chris

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:53:18 PM EDT

[#19]

I have a DSA FAL, it shoots well. I've never had the pleasure/non pleasure of firing a G3.

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:53:20 PM EDT

[#20]

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One versus one, which one of these European battle rifles is better?

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Better at what?
DMR? G3
Battle rifle? FAL

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:54:00 PM EDT

[#21]

FALs are too expensive now. I will hold on to my old CETME.

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:54:35 PM EDT

[#22]

FAL, not even close.

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:54:46 PM EDT

[#23]

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g3, the mud tests dont lie

Mud Test: G3/CETME

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYdoG4_Hmyc

Mud Test: FAL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIkye_o3bGc

Posted: 3/27/2017 9:55:59 PM EDT

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Posted: 3/27/2017 9:57:26 PM EDT

[#25]

The FAL, G3, AR10, M14 all should have been built using an intermediate caliber

something like 7.92×33 or .280 British

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:00:54 PM EDT

[#26]

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FAL, not even close.

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This.

The CETME must have been designed for space aliens because the ergonomics suck for normal human beings.

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:01:50 PM EDT

[#27]

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/derek45/AR10/AR10-5_zpswcfznx33.jpg

I like the AR10 best

M14 / FAL tie

G3 3rd.

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+1 My order I now only own ArmalLite AR-10's

AR 10
FAL
M1A
G3/PTR 91

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:04:23 PM EDT

[#28]

Prototype full auto AR-10 from 1957! (Unicorn Guns with Jerry Miculek)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmHxieQduE

ArmaLite - AR10: Promotional Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=138Of8ucaMY

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:07:16 PM EDT

[#29]

G3/Cetme is the more reliable, simple system. I'd take one over the FAL any day.

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:08:04 PM EDT

[#30]

I owned a PTR91, I would take the FAL over the G3 any day of the week.

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:09:12 PM EDT

[#31]

FAL is lighter and more ergonomic, easier to clean, solid folding stock, easier to scope. However the adjustable gas system can be annoying... It isn't very reliable with a suppressor. Even with a modified gas plug, still way too much gas for the gun suppressed. Very heavy trigger.

HK-91 is bigger and heavier, very reliable however, eats everything I feed it. It's a good suppressor host. Scoping it is kind of a pain though. Good full-auto host if you have a registered sear. Cheap mags. No last round hold open though. Very harsh recoil unless you get a heavy buffer, and then it's about the same as the FAL. Fixed stock with heavy buffer is the way to go with this rifle. Trigger is a little better.

They are both good rifles, but I still want a FN SCAR 17...

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:15:03 PM EDT

[#32]

The future was intermediate caliber select fire.

Germans knew it

Soviets knew it

British and Belgians knew it

Old Pentagon brass looked to the past instead and shoved obsolete 762NATO down everyone's throat

...only to replace it with the M16 ten years later

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:17:21 PM EDT

[#33]

Of those two, my vote is the FAL.

Regardless, those two are two of the four rifles everyone should know how to use, along

with the AK type and the AR type. Knowing those four pretty much covers the entire

planet.

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:21:34 PM EDT

[#34]

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Not even close. FAL for me.

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This.

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:22:23 PM EDT

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Posted: 3/27/2017 10:24:28 PM EDT

[#36]

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Not even close. FAL for me.

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Agree 100%

FAL>M14>G3

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:26:26 PM EDT

[#37]

Well the g3 gave us the mp5, so there is that.

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:26:27 PM EDT

[#38]

Not even close FAL

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:30:03 PM EDT

[#39]

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The future was intermediate caliber select fire.

Germans knew it

Soviets knew it

British and Belgians knew it

Old Pentagon brass looked to the past instead and shoved obsolete 762NATO down everyone's throat

...only to replace it with the M16 ten years later

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/MP44_-_Tyskland_-_8x33mm_Kurz_-_Arm%C3%A9museum.jpg/1024px-MP44_-_Tyskland_-_8x33mm_Kurz_-_Arm%C3%A9museum.jpg

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Yep.

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:31:51 PM EDT

[#40]

I have never fired a FAL.

I dearly love my G-3/C308.

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:33:21 PM EDT

[#41]

Voted FAL.

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:39:36 PM EDT

[#42]

FAL

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:39:39 PM EDT

[#43]

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G3/Cetme is the more reliable, simple system. I'd take one over the FAL any day.

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This !! ive owned FN FAL ,DPMS LR 308, M1A and PTR 91 GI ... I still have the PTR 91 ....

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:43:55 PM EDT

[#44]

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Not even close. FAL for anyone with a pulse.

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FIFY

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:48:11 PM EDT

[#45]

FAL. I have 2 and wouldn't give them up. Fired an HK91. .meh.

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:48:27 PM EDT

[#46]

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmHxieQduE
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Very cool. Thanks for posting that.

Posted: 3/27/2017 10:48:53 PM EDT

[#47]

Having had both. I had several Imbels built on Imbel kits.

I have had original HK91's

G3. Not only is it reliable but it can repel a flanking attack from the shooters right with the ejecting brass trajectory

Here is an HK shooter looking for his brass

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