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Posted: 8/25/2009 5:42:55 PM EDT
I just purchased my first fal this last weekend. It was built on a century receiver (I am pretty sure its inch). I was wondering if there is a difference in the parts kit. Are there inch and metric parts kits? if so will mine automatically be inch? or how do I tell the difference?
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I just purchased my first fal this last weekend. It was built on a century receiver (I am pretty sure its inch). I was wondering if there is a difference in the parts kit. Are there inch and metric parts kits? if so will mine automatically be inch? or how do I tell the difference? Century Arms Cheers, Sakic #19 
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Does the receiver say anything about "Imbel" on it anywhere?
A lot of the earlier "L1A1" Sporters were built with partial inch cut Imbels. The Imbels are great receivers. I've built a handful of rifles with Century with no problems, but mine were newer production. Are the feed ramps double scalloped (widow's peak) or a single scallop in the center (unibrow)? Have you had a chance to shoot it yet? |
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Need more pictures. Preferrably of the overall rifle.
The Century R1A1s were typically metric. The only inch builds I've seen from them were on inch cut Imbels. It's possible that you have a kit build. It is possible to use an inch kit on a metric receiver. What makes you think it's inch? The biggest give away for me when I get a quick overall view is the gas block and the trigger guard. There are other external differences, but those two are my quick reference. For what it's worth, I've built a bunch of FALs and have picked up a lot of information about them, but by no means am I an expert with all the "right" answers. |
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Also, if you get more pictures, try getting these up close; the cut in the forward area of the mag well where the mag tab locks in (inch will be an open rectangle - metric is a kinda half circle), the rear of the reaceiver where the top cover slides into the groves (inch has some of the top cut back to allow tabs on the top cover to fit), the forward end of the charging handle grove ( the metric grove will go all the way to the front end of the receiver while the groves on an inch end about 1/2" back to accomodate the folding charging handle), the flash hider, if installed (inch has one that looks kinda like the M-14 type while the metric looks more like a compensator)
Does your rifle have a thumbhole stock? |
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I found some pictures comparing inch and metric receivers and I am sure its and inch receiver, also by comparing the mags. So does this mean the parts kit is inch, or what exactly should I look for to tell? An inch pattern receiver can be used to build either pattern rifle. A metric pattern receiver can be used to build either pattern rifle. It is much easier for us to help you identify what you have if you post pics of your rifle. It is tedious and confusing to try to do it by description only. R1A1 is a meaningless term. It was made up by Century arms and since they used that designator on almost all of the F A Ls that they built, and since they built inch, metric, and hybrid rifles, and since they sold stripped receivers with R1A1 designator on them, R1A1 is meaningless. The pics that you posted are of no value in determining what you have. |
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Need more pictures. Preferrably of the overall rifle. The Century R1A1s were typically metric. . My R1A1 was built on an INCH Australian Litghow L1A1 kit, and it was an inch receiver. The good news is the Inch receivers will accept both inch and metric mags, whereas the metrics will accept only metric mags. This is rarely an issue since Inch mags are fairly rare. The biggest problem with some Centruy receivers is on some the feed ramps are improperly done, in a "unibrow" fashion. This means they can work ok, but are very picky on mags. Go register for free at FalFiles.com. There will be all the info you need over there. |
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