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FN FAL 308
- Thread starter racine
- Start date
English aparently have better magazines and a folding cocking lever(I have no idea what the possible benefit of this is), as well as a lot of other nifty features.
Most people prefer the English standard rifles.
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The Alcove
I twist the facts until they tell the truth. -Some intellectual sadist
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Most people prefer the English standard rifles.
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The Alcove
I twist the facts until they tell the truth. -Some intellectual sadist
The Bill of Rights is a document of brilliance, a document of wisdom, and it is the ultimate law, spoken or not, for the very concept of a society that holds liberty above the desire for ever greater power. -Me
Destructo6
New member
Metric.
I used to think I wanted an inch-pattern FAL, until I examined the p-grip and started pricing parts & whatnot. The inch-pattern p-grip is terrible.
The folding cocking handle is kind of cool, but I prefer the large, easy to find in a hurry, metric version.
Inch-pattern rifles tend to have the last-shot bolt hold open disabled, but it's easy to re-enable them, so that comes out in the wash.
Metric magazines are dirt cheap. Reportedly, you can use these in inch pattern rifles, but they'll be a bit loose in the mag well.
I used to think I wanted an inch-pattern FAL, until I examined the p-grip and started pricing parts & whatnot. The inch-pattern p-grip is terrible.
The folding cocking handle is kind of cool, but I prefer the large, easy to find in a hurry, metric version.
Inch-pattern rifles tend to have the last-shot bolt hold open disabled, but it's easy to re-enable them, so that comes out in the wash.
Metric magazines are dirt cheap. Reportedly, you can use these in inch pattern rifles, but they'll be a bit loose in the mag well.
George Hill
Staff Alumnus
English? I call it the Inch Pattern.
Primarily the L1A1 has the floding charging handle that I prefer.
Any one want one for 400 bucks?
I know a place selling one new for that price - but I aint tellin where!
Primarily the L1A1 has the floding charging handle that I prefer.
Any one want one for 400 bucks?
I know a place selling one new for that price - but I aint tellin where!
Metric. Metric mags, parts etc. are much more available than inch pattern stuff.
As for the Brit magazines being better somehow, I just don't see how you could make a better magazine than the Steyr of Austria steel FAL mags that DSA www.dsaarms.com sells for $12 each in as-new condition.
"He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages."
Mark Twain
[This message has been edited by B27 (edited September 01, 2000).]
As for the Brit magazines being better somehow, I just don't see how you could make a better magazine than the Steyr of Austria steel FAL mags that DSA www.dsaarms.com sells for $12 each in as-new condition.
"He is useless on top of the ground; he ought to be under it, inspiring the cabbages."
Mark Twain
[This message has been edited by B27 (edited September 01, 2000).]