Nightcrawler
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I've decided. Someday, I'm going to buy myself another semiauto military-pattern rifle. I've had AKs and ARs. But this time it's going to be different. This time it's going to be a keeper. This time it's going to be a DS Arms FAL. I briefly had a parts gun FAL that I sold before ever shooting, but the DS Arms is going to be different. It isn't going to be piecemeal. It's going to be one of their Authentic Austrian FALs, that come with a hard case. And while I'm being a big spender, I may as well get the scope mount, the tool kit, and DS Arms' accessory package, which includes four 20 round magazines, two leather pouches, one leather sling, a bayonet and scabbard, and a muzzle cap.
Hell, if I can ever afford it, I might get their black walnut furniture set. Ooh, I bet wood would look really nice on a FAL.
I generally like short-barreled carbines, but this time I think I'll get the full 21" barrel (not certain yet). Doing so would give me better ballistics, a more traditional look, and I don't think I'm going to be room clearing with such a rifle anyway (although in WWII, soldiers did urban warfare with Garands, Mausers, and Nagants).
I wonder if there's a different grip I could get? The grip angle on the FAL is a little more than what I'm used two, but it's not a big deal. Yeah, they have the "sniper" grips, but I'm a lefty and those things are molded for the right hand.
I think five magazines will be a good start. That's 100 rounds of .308, fine for a shooting session. I'll need to buy a case of ammo, two, probably surplus FMJ stuff.
This will, of course, have to wait, as I'm kinda broke right now. But it's something I want.
Flying and aviation used to be my big thing, now it's guns. I think that's partly because I can't afford to go flying anymore right now (ninety bucks an hour for lessons is expensive). I'll get back at it someday, though. Those sixty something hours I spent in the air won't go to waste!
...But I digress.
Hell, if I can ever afford it, I might get their black walnut furniture set. Ooh, I bet wood would look really nice on a FAL.
I generally like short-barreled carbines, but this time I think I'll get the full 21" barrel (not certain yet). Doing so would give me better ballistics, a more traditional look, and I don't think I'm going to be room clearing with such a rifle anyway (although in WWII, soldiers did urban warfare with Garands, Mausers, and Nagants).
I wonder if there's a different grip I could get? The grip angle on the FAL is a little more than what I'm used two, but it's not a big deal. Yeah, they have the "sniper" grips, but I'm a lefty and those things are molded for the right hand.
I think five magazines will be a good start. That's 100 rounds of .308, fine for a shooting session. I'll need to buy a case of ammo, two, probably surplus FMJ stuff.
This will, of course, have to wait, as I'm kinda broke right now. But it's something I want.
Flying and aviation used to be my big thing, now it's guns. I think that's partly because I can't afford to go flying anymore right now (ninety bucks an hour for lessons is expensive). I'll get back at it someday, though. Those sixty something hours I spent in the air won't go to waste!
...But I digress.
