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Posted: 3/2/2008 4:22:27 PM EDT
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What say ye? 
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I'm gonna go against the crowd here: I've got 3 FALs, all have handles. On the two big ones, I actually use it to carry them. On my little FAL I usually just keep it folded. I'd never take them off, even if I didn't use them; when folded, I don't see them as in the way, and when they are up they look badass. 
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The South Africans cut or removed their carry handles. Not tactically sound. Of the 4 SA kits I rebuilt, only one had no part of the carry handle at all, the others were cut just off the receiver, leaving just the ring around the gas tube nut. The only use I've found for a handle is at the range. Gun gets hot and sometimes you just have to move around. One hand on the carry handle, one hand carring targets or such. |
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For collectors and purists, fine. For HB users, maybe. For true, select-fire FALS, maybe. Every other owner of a semi-only FAL is better off without them. For one thing, the handle promotes tactically unsound and potentially unsafe carrying habits. Second, the handle will interfere with most scopes. Last, the handle adds weight, can rattle, and can be tangled in slings, especially chest-carry slings. |
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Have one on the Imbel but refuse to use it. I fits very tight so I don't have to worry about it flopping around a causing a problem. I understand that a long time ago in Africa a young Lt. was blinded in one eye when an ejected case from his FAL struck the raised carry handle, bounced off the handle and hit him in the eye. If my handle was floppy I'd remove it or cut it off. Cheers, EMSflyer |
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