[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Need help with FN FAL

Posted: 1/28/2008 11:21:43 AM EDT

Can someone tell me the secret to getting the muzzle attachment off? Been messing with this thing for 45 minutes and can't figure it out.

Posted: 1/28/2008 11:23:21 AM EDT

[#1]

Left hand thread.

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During the ban years, many were attached permanently. Try using a torch.

Posted: 1/28/2008 11:23:29 AM EDT

[#2]

What kind of FAL? What kind of muzzle attachement?

A picture would help a lot.

Keep in mind that a lot of FALs were built here with permanently attached brakes to be US-legal.

Posted: 1/28/2008 11:25:36 AM EDT

[#3]

G1 series, quick detachable muzzle. Three of us trying to figure it out, geez...............
sorry, no pics, just picked it up today.

Posted: 1/28/2008 11:27:51 AM EDT

[#4]

Five additional attachments came with it, it is removable, just cant figure out how.

Posted: 1/28/2008 11:29:12 AM EDT

[#5]

My understanding is that it should just twist off. Could be stuck on with cosmoline, in which case you can try melting it out. Constant 150-degree heat usually works well on cosmo.

Posted: 1/28/2008 11:33:08 AM EDT

[#6]

No Nomenclature-No Help

Posted: 1/28/2008 11:37:29 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
G1 series, quick detachable muzzle. Three of us trying to figure it out, geez...............
sorry, no pics, just picked it up today.

There is a metal spring that goes around the muzzle attachment. Pop it free and you see that there should be a seam. That seam is a hinged panel that will open. When it is opened you should just twist the muzzle attachment and it will come off.

I don't have a G1 handy (mine's at the gunsmith being refinished) or I would post a picture.

Posted: 1/28/2008 11:37:52 AM EDT

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Posted: 1/28/2008 11:39:21 AM EDT

[#9]

Got it, thanks. The other 5 attachments went on and came off real easy, just that one was a bugger.

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