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Posted: 2/24/2009 8:48:31 AM EDT
I was offered a FAL in trade for an AR I built a while back and didn't like, so I took the guy up on it. I didn't really know much about FALs, but have been reading quite a bit and I'm looking them more and more. Mine is a lowly Century R1A1 Sporter - the previous owner put a humongous Russian Kronos scope on it, which I removed, and I will be replacing the Tapco cover with a standard cover soon. I am hoping to get to shoot it this afternoon. One day I will have the barrel threaded, but for now I think it'll do. Here's a picture of the left and right arms of the free world.
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Not sure what you mean by the plungers or rollers. I removed the handguards and on the left side of the barrel it says 'Kal. 7 62 m/m' followed by two symbols I can't make out, then a 61. On the right side it says '55778.' I will try to get some pictures later if I have the time. Thanks guys.
ETA: Oh yeah, looks like Century marked the barrel 'Centurion 58' in front of the bipod. Also, the selector markings are 'S,' 'E,' and a trapezoidal object. |
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Everything that you described indicates it is a Steyr made StG 58 kit built onto an IMBEL receiver. If that barrel was properly recrowned, then it should be an excellent shooter.
BTW, shooting that rifle with the bipod deployed will make your shots group erratically. Either take it off for shooting or keep it folded. You may also find that the group size will get smaller if you have that barrel threaded and put an StG 58 flash suppressor on it. Those bi pods are cool for display, but suck for anything else. Same for those hand guards. They get too hot to handle very quickly. |
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Everything that you described indicates it is a Steyr made StG 58 kit built onto an IMBEL receiver. If that barrel was properly recrowned, then it should be an excellent shooter. BTW, shooting that rifle with the bipod deployed will make your shots group erratically. Either take it off for shooting or keep it folded. You may also find that the group size will get smaller if you have that barrel threaded and put an StG 58 flash suppressor on it. Those bi pods are cool for display, but suck for anything else. Same for those hand guards. They get too hot to handle very quickly. What HBR says... Enjoy... 
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Hmm. Can you suggest some replacement handguards? Thanks for the info on the bipod. Gunthings The above link will take you to the Gunthings web site. They have bi pod cut sythetic hand guards for sale. They take orders over the phone or by fax. If you call, tell him that you want a set of metric bi pod cut hand guards. |
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