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Posted: 4/20/2012 5:43:11 AM EDT
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but some don't lock open by design. Israeli or Indian maybe. Heard that is was b/c in the desert they'd rather keep sand out. My L1A1 knockoff built from what I think was an Indian kit by century, did not lock back. I had to install another BHO.
ETA I think I just bought the pin that goes into the BHO. See http://www.alpharubicon.com/leo/fallastshot.htm Also mid way down this page. http://www.gunthings.com/fal2.htm I also stand corrected on the model. The Brit L1A1 didn't have a BHO. |
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Metric version:
BHO device may be missing pin or BHO device pin may be rotating and jamming against BHO channel in receiver or magazine spring may be weak Inch version: Brit and Aussie SLR's only had manual BHO devices (to show rifle is clear and such) a pin can be installed to make it an automatic BHO |
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Look into the mag well on the bolt hold open side (towards the grip). If there is a pin sticking out into the mag well that is attached to the BHO then it should hold open on an empty mag. If there is no pin then you have one of the versions that wasn't designed to hold the bolt open after the last round.
If it has the pin then something is either wrong with your BHO or your mags. |
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New too the fal. Don't really know. Believe surplus metric. Possibly Israeli. Tried on all 6 of Mag's no luck. What should I look for? Do some lock and others not? to me it sounds like your obviously not dialed in on the proper gas settings, after all this is how FN instructs users to find the appropriate gas rate for their rifle, so that is what I would determine first, especially if you not familiar with the rifle. Insert empty mag, lock bolt back, close gas block, drop in a single round, fire, repeat until you reach the point where the mag holds open and then click it over an extra 2 spots or so to be safe.... |
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Some FALS have hold-open capability, some do not. Not an expert, but all of this is due to a very short roll-pin situated on the side of the mag latch device. If yours is sheared-off, which is comon, then either buy another, or replace the roll pin,
No expert, but I believe most, if not all FALS can be retro-fitted with hold-open mag latches. I prefer the hold-open feature, but some do not. YMMV. |
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Some FALS have hold-open capability, some do not. Not an expert, but all of this is due to a very short roll-pin situated on the side of the mag latch device. If yours is sheared-off, which is comon, then either buy another, or replace the roll pin, No expert, but I believe most, if not all FALS can be retro-fitted with hold-open mag latches. I prefer the hold-open feature, but some do not. YMMV. This. My Century "Franken-FAL" was built primarily from a L1A1 kit, from the looks of it. The BHO did not have a pin in it and did not automatically hold the bold open after the last shell. I "fixed" that feature with a tension pin from the local hardware store. Worked like a charm and took all of about 15 minutes to install. The pin sticks out into the mag well and it should be easy to tell of the FAL in question is equipped with one or not. I do not remember the size of the pin, but I'm sure a little work on Google would solve that. |
| My CAI L1A1 was all inch pattern and lacked the pin for the BHO. I used a 1/8 inch rod - cut it to lenght, tapered one end, and hammered it in the hole in the BHO. I did a little trimming on it until the pin only caught the notch on the follower and now the BHO works on all but 1 of my inch mags (that one lacks the notch on the rear of the follower). |
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