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Posted: 8/13/2007 12:50:43 PM EDT
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I got a DSA FAL about a month ago. I have yet to field strip it (that is usually the first thing I do with any new rifle). My rifle is different then most FAL's I see on the net too. Something I did not notice when I was buying it. The takedown lever is horizontal and not vertical as I see that most are. So what the heck do I have? Is there some special way that I need to swing this bad boy around to be behind the pistol grip? Do I have a modified take down lever? Mine is simular to this. This rifle is Manic_Morans and not mine. 
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After ALOT of clp and alittle bit of bad language I got the take down pin to move up. However I could not get the rifle to break open like in the manual that I downloaded. Does it click or make a sound when it is the right position for break down? I let it sleep in clp and will see if I can pry it open tonight. |
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Still not opening open. I had the upper receiver in a 2 vices (soft ones that would not damage the finish) and I could still not get it to open. Right now it is soaking in more CLP and I made sure that it got into the area where the receivers mate. Going to try again tonight. I might try and get a rubber mallet. Any other ideas? I dont want to sell this bad boy or send it back in. |
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Thanks everyone. So I finally got it broken down using a combonation of Colt45Guy and CGWco techniques. I would also like to thank Jeff at DSA for taking my call. It looks like it was never broken down or cleaned before. Pretty much the finished was bone dry in the interior, the take down pivot inside the receiver that mate the upper and lower was completely dry. Even the top cover was hard to get off. Part of the reason seems to be the finish around the pivot pins. It honestly looked like it was never broken apart or before and the finishes was just thick enough to cause it to grip more there. There was also no carbon build up anywhere so I dont know if it was even fired. If it was it probably was not much. Time to go buy some mags and ammo  |
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I just bought an FAL have the same issue. How hard does one have to pry on the halves? I can't get it to budge. Is there a way to get it apart w/o using the takedown latch. Thanks! ETA I notice that with the bolt closed I can still see the bolt recoil spring rod still passing back into the cutout in the lower receiver. Should this be so? |
Yes, the rod will still be in the divot on the recoil buffer. Make sure the bolt is forward after you cock the hammer by cycling the action(be sure the gun is unloaded of course). Actuate the takedown lever with your right thumb as you hold the butt with the same right hand. Put your left hand on top of the handguards and lightly(I mean lightly-do not force it in any way) bump the bottom of the receiver on your upper thigh. It will open right up. |
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