going to buy a fal

[aadje]

hello
i am new here on this fn talk board
i am already on the mini board
i am going to buy a fal L1a1 in tree weeks and sold my mini 14
i hope i can learn a lot of the gun here
its much easyer buying parts of a fal in europe than for the mini 14
has anyone drawings of a L1a1 and can anyone tell me about the fal
thanks aadje

[RoosterTac]

Take a look around this site. LINK (http://www.falfiles.com/forums)

You will find a lot of useful information.

[aadje]

i got the fal
yesterday i shoot it for the first time
it shoots very well
the last five shot group was almost 2 inch
i am very happy whit it

[mikr]

Aadje,
Exactly what type of FAL did you get? Got any pics yet to share with us? I'm going to hate you if it is select-fire!!!

By the way, any seller's remorse on the mini-14? :lol:

[mikr]

http://www.takkumaki.net/images/FN_Fal_tuuma_versio.gif

[RoosterTac]

mikr, check the images section, he has pictures of the rifle posted there. It is an original BSA L1A1. If it is select fire then it will be even more rare than it already is as there were not many select fire L1A1's

[mikr]

Thanks Rooster, I did not look at that section until you pointed it out.

Thanks.

[AR15_Fanatic]

I don't believe that that FAL is a select fire weapon. Aadjie is from the Netherlands and I believe fully automatic weapons are illegal for civilian sale there.

[RoosterTac]

Originally posted by AR15_Fanatic@Apr 6 2005, 12:29 AM
I don't believe that that FAL is a select fire weapon. Aadjie is from the Netherlands and I believe fully automatic weapons are illegal for civilian sale there.
All OEM FAL's were capable of select fire operation, but many were "tuned" down with the addition of a Semi-Only selector.

[aadje]

hello
my L1a1 is a semi auto only
we can not have select fire weapons or fully auto weapons
i am glad we can have these weapons here

[mikr]

Aadje,
IIRC you can legally own and use sound supressors?

[aadje]

no its illigal to have a sound surpressor in my country

[gordito]

This is one of the great ironies in the gun laws of various European countries. Get a load of this: In my country, you have to present a medical certificate showing that you have an impaired hearing in order to legally own a sound surpressor! :confused: BTW, that's a really nice 1961 FAL you got there, Aadje. Living next to Belgium, I bet spare parts are cheap for you. Good luck with it! ;)

Gordito

[aadje]

thanks
yes that is most importend thing that i bought the fal and sold the mini
its a big problem to get new mini parts here the new bolt took 7 months to get here
i liked the mini but the fal is better for me
the ammo is not so expensive and plenty of parts