Comments on: Build your own FAL http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/05/18/build_your_own_fal/ Remember, I do this to entertain me... not you. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DeFens http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/05/18/build_your_own_fal/comment-page-1/#comment-78177 DeFens Thu, 18 May 2006 21:25:57 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/05/18/build_your_own_fal/#comment-78177 Certainly the price advantage of building your own is diminishing. When you could get a kit for $89 and an Imbel receiver for $239, you could build a very nice rifle for around $400. BTW - the trick to removing the barrel from the old receiver stub is that all-purpose tool, the Dremel. If you slot down almost to the receiver threads out in front of the charging handle slot, then split it with a cold chisel and hammer, that old stub will unscrew by hand. Certainly the price advantage of building your own is diminishing. When you could get a kit for $89 and an Imbel receiver for $239, you could build a very nice rifle for around $400.

BTW – the trick to removing the barrel from the old receiver stub is that all-purpose tool, the Dremel. If you slot down almost to the receiver threads out in front of the charging handle slot, then split it with a cold chisel and hammer, that old stub will unscrew by hand.

]]> By: TheFaz http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/05/18/build_your_own_fal/comment-page-1/#comment-77838 TheFaz Thu, 18 May 2006 16:18:27 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/05/18/build_your_own_fal/#comment-77838 Many of the kits now come in with the torch-cut receiver stub off the barrel. Even if it isn't, it's not as hard as some people make it out to be. The toughest part about building one now is finding a receiver. DSA is available but very pricey, Enterprise has a spotty reputation, Imbels are banned from importation and DCI/Coonans went out of production a few months ago, although they should be back online this summer. Many of the kits now come in with the torch-cut receiver stub off the barrel. Even if it isn’t, it’s not as hard as some people make it out to be. The toughest part about building one now is finding a receiver. DSA is available but very pricey, Enterprise has a spotty reputation, Imbels are banned from importation and DCI/Coonans went out of production a few months ago, although they should be back online this summer.

]]> By: Reason http://www.saysuncle.com/2006/05/18/build_your_own_fal/comment-page-1/#comment-77716 Reason Thu, 18 May 2006 15:26:25 +0000 http://www.saysuncle.com/archives/2006/05/18/build_your_own_fal/#comment-77716 Getting the barrel off of the old (torch-cut) receiver can be tough, and as he mentioned, you will need some tools that you may not already have. Getting the barrel off of the old (torch-cut) receiver can be tough, and as he mentioned, you will need some tools that you may not already have.

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