IMBEL FALs - thoughts?
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Marco Califo
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Imbel receivers are GOOD
Imbel receivers are among the better ones. They are made in Brazil on FN licensed equipment.
The rest of the subject firearm is what you should be more concerned about.
Who built it? Imbel is not a "gunmaker". I own two Imbel receivers, registered as firearms, but they still need to be assembled to my parts.
There are Federal and state laws about assembly and parts. Here are good places to start reading everything:
http://www.arizonaresponsesystems.com/
http://www.dsarms.com/
Imbel receivers are among the better ones. They are made in Brazil on FN licensed equipment.
The rest of the subject firearm is what you should be more concerned about.
Who built it? Imbel is not a "gunmaker". I own two Imbel receivers, registered as firearms, but they still need to be assembled to my parts.
There are Federal and state laws about assembly and parts. Here are good places to start reading everything:
http://www.arizonaresponsesystems.com/
http://www.dsarms.com/
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"Imbel receiver", OK that's a good start, but what's the rest of it?
Lots of different guns have been built on both gear logo & non gear logo Imbel receivers, some are excellent, some are OK, some aren't even OK depending on what parts were hung on the receiver & how well it was done
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Price is in line with current prices for an Imbel Receiver/Imbel lower/Imbel barrel in good condition, but high for a Century built on an Imbel receiver. I suggest you check a bit further into the pedigree before dropping that kind of cash. Things like importers stamps, safety/selector markings & serial # prefixes can be a big help in this. Pictures are even better if you can take some. What accessories? They can add a lot of value, or nothing to the value of a package! The scope & mount on the one pictured are worth $500.00 alone to give you an idea of how much they can effect value. Metric mags are currently about $15.00 each.
You could have found a great rifle but a bit of research is in order so you can be sure of the rifle in my opinion. Remember the FAL is not a match rifle, sniper rifle or other kind of super accurate shooter it is a tough as nails very reliable main battle rifle. If that's the kind of rifle you're looking for it will do you well in all probability.
Here is a nice tight shooting (2 1/2" but they average 3~ 31/2" in the real world) FAL built on a non G/L Imbel receiver. Lower is Imbel, barrel is Imbel so this is mainly an Imbel rifle, but tweaked by me with non Imbel accessories & controls. Bipod is a Q.D. type ( somewhat less common than the more normal fixed in place ones) so it can be taken off when not wanted & the scope & mount is an Argentine STANAG type mount holding a Hensoldt fero ZF24 (4x) scope, which although never issued is pretty much the "standard" scope for FALs.
Lots of different guns have been built on both gear logo & non gear logo Imbel receivers, some are excellent, some are OK, some aren't even OK depending on what parts were hung on the receiver & how well it was done
.Price is in line with current prices for an Imbel Receiver/Imbel lower/Imbel barrel in good condition, but high for a Century built on an Imbel receiver. I suggest you check a bit further into the pedigree before dropping that kind of cash. Things like importers stamps, safety/selector markings & serial # prefixes can be a big help in this. Pictures are even better if you can take some. What accessories? They can add a lot of value, or nothing to the value of a package! The scope & mount on the one pictured are worth $500.00 alone to give you an idea of how much they can effect value. Metric mags are currently about $15.00 each.
You could have found a great rifle but a bit of research is in order so you can be sure of the rifle in my opinion. Remember the FAL is not a match rifle, sniper rifle or other kind of super accurate shooter it is a tough as nails very reliable main battle rifle. If that's the kind of rifle you're looking for it will do you well in all probability.
Here is a nice tight shooting (2 1/2" but they average 3~ 31/2" in the real world) FAL built on a non G/L Imbel receiver. Lower is Imbel, barrel is Imbel so this is mainly an Imbel rifle, but tweaked by me with non Imbel accessories & controls. Bipod is a Q.D. type ( somewhat less common than the more normal fixed in place ones) so it can be taken off when not wanted & the scope & mount is an Argentine STANAG type mount holding a Hensoldt fero ZF24 (4x) scope, which although never issued is pretty much the "standard" scope for FALs.
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Brand New DSA assembled Imbel from Aimsurplus costs about $1,000 and comes with IIRC, 1 mag, sling, bayonet. (Don't forget to factor in transfer and shipping fees).
I bought my Century Arms International Imbel for about $700 with 6 mags, loading tool, stock removal tool, and sling.
So it really depends on the builder.
I do like FALs a lot, though.
I bought my Century Arms International Imbel for about $700 with 6 mags, loading tool, stock removal tool, and sling.
So it really depends on the builder.
I do like FALs a lot, though.