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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - STG-58 Kits (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 1/20/2005 4:41:44 PM EDT
| FAC and Gunthings has them in stock. I just got e-mailed a special from FAC, their up for grabs before they're listed on the website for $295. You just have to call and place the order. Gunthings has them for $319. |
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I also just received one from gunthings.com. It was obviously a new rifle before they took the bandsaw to it (I cry just thinking about them cutting up all those beautiful rifles). The kit is beautiful, and will build up into a new condition rifle. Thanks, gunthings.com... |
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'MisterPX': The StG58 parts kits are shipped with the original fire control set (hammer, trigger, sear), but no safety auto sear is included. The selector is the select fire type. Remember that an FAL must have the safety auto sear installed (on the cross bolt) and the receiver have the 'sear cut', for the rifle to be capable of select fire (full auto or semiauto). Receivers available now in the market are semiauto only, in that there is no cut for the safety auto sear, and the installed ejector block has no cut for the safety auto sear. Try DSA for U.S. fire control sets. FSE still offers various U.S. made muzzle attachments, pistol grips, and folding charging handles. FSE no longer offers U.S. made fire control sets. Harlan FAC |
What Harlan doesn't say here is that FAC has nice condition kits for sale too. $295 will get you one. Forrest |
That would constitute a straw man purchase and therefore illegal. JFYI |
I bought her a revolver. I did not expect nor except payment for it. Is your brother going to give it to you, or will he expect to be reimbursed? I personally don't care one way or the other. I brought it to your attention so that you would not find yourself in violation of the board CoC. |
me when I bought Savage 22's for my immediate family. Boy, if there was ever a time I could get adopted...
Yeah, not legal. |
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An FAL type rifle has these countable parts, according to BATF&E: 1. receiver 2. barrel 3. muzzle attachment 4. gas piston 5. bolt 6. bolt carrier 7. hammer 8. sear 9. trigger 10. charging handle 11. lower or trigger housing 12. buttstock 13. pistol grip 14. handguard 15. magazine body 16. magazine floorplate 17. magazine follower. An assembled rifle from a kit can have no more than ten of the above parts to be imported parts. |
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Ok, I am new to FAL type rifles. If I buy the kit, what do I need after that to build the complete rifle? Just the reciever? And what is the cost of the reciever? Thanks. I am very interested in getting one, but I am clueless to how this works. I shot a friends FAL once, and I was in love from the first squeeze of the trigger. Thanks. |
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You'll need a receiver and enough parts to be 922r compliant. Typically this is the receiver, hammer, trigger, sear, gas piston, and muzzle device. You could also change out the furniture, the magazine floorplates and the pistol grip (I think). Receivers run anywhere from $100 to $200 at FAC. I've read that the lower cost receivers will require some modifications to make them useable. DSA also sells receivers, but their website doesn't list prices. There are some special tools needed to put these together. I barrel wrench, gauge pins, go & no-go gauges and some calipers are probably the minimum. I haven't tried the build yet, so I don't know for sure how difficult it actually will be. Here's some good reference material for building though: Cruffler FAL Build www.wecsog.org/fal/ |
You will need at least 7 U.S made parts to complete the rifle and still legally for the 922r complaint. Please see above list that HarlanFAC posted for those 17 parts. FAC sell six U.S parts as a combo for $108.00. Then you need a receiver which is required FFL dealer to do the transfer( like when you buy a gun). FAC got Dan Coonan receiver( U.S made) for $199.00, but they are out of stock( check with them in 5 weeks). With the STG58 kit for $295.00 Six combo kit U.S made for $108.00 Coonan receiver for S199.0 You will be a little bit over $600.00. A good gunsmith to put them together will cost you around $175.00. So, you're looking at a little under $800.00 +/-. The DSA receiver is one of the best, but it will cost you $449.00 at www.impactguns.com. The list from DSA is $499.00. But I think Coonan receiver is the best for the price plus Made in U.S.A. too. I just ordered the STG58 kit from FAC and I should receive it by Feb 1st. Now, I have to decide between which one of those 7 U.S parts I need to put them to complete the rifle and still legal. All of the reputable gunsmiths will not bluid the rifle for you if you don't supplied them with at least 7 U.S made part. |
 Not true. A kit is not a firearm. There is NO RECIEVER with it. The reciever is the firearm. NOT the kit. You can purchase kits all day long, but you buy one UPPER RECIEVER for someone else and THAT'S the straw purchase. |
He tried to get his brother to pick him up an Imbel receiver from FAC. |
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i've never had work done by him, but some of the most nicely finished FALs i've seen were done by Rich @CGW in NV. if you're looking for a pro |
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Take a look around the rest of the site as well. Mark can be a bit of a pill sometimes, but he knows his shit, and he builds an excellent FAL...as do several others out there. His site, however, has more info than most others. www.arizonaresponsesystems.com/ |
So if your total cost will be close to $800. Wouldn't it be better to just buy a complete DSA FAL STG58A for $800? |
| I should be able to pull it off for less than $800. $295 for the kit, $185 for the receiver and about $100 for the US parts. I can tool up for about $75. That gets me in around $650. Plus I get the experience of knowing the functions of the rifle inside and out. And the satisfaction of hitting the target at 100 yds with something I assembled. I like to build things, especially firearms. |
[ARCHIVED THREAD] - STG-58 Kits (Page 1 of 2)
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