my $363.85 crackwhore

[frozenchozen]

http://purplevelociraptor.tripod.com/fal.jpg

Let's see if the picture posts this time....
Here's my FAC low bidder special, the $99 SA kit, $40 US parts kit, $189 Imbel Inch receiver, wet sanded and Watco oiled furniture, brass kisses courtesy od South Africa and Argentina.
Cheers
Chris

[Dan at VOW]

Hey like the lefty version! http://www.fnfal.com/forums/biggrin.gif If it works, why the hell not. You can't argue with the price. Dan.

[Rick B]

You did a little better than me but what counts is can it shoot? Mine came ugly but great bore. Good job hunting a low price. My wife would be proud. Thanks Rick B.

[Abominog]

The photo is gone, but a reminder of great days gone by...

[chromestarhustler]

wasnt that long ago, i did one cheaper not more than 2 years ago, cheap hesse recievers no one wanted, 99 bux each, 99 dollar century kit and probably another 60 dollars in us parts i picked up here and there, century hts kit off gb, dsa x stock off gb, wolfburg pistol grip, dsa close out muzzle loudener. its not the guns that are getting out of control, its the ammo.

[chrsdwns]

Excellent internals $89 Tapco Imbel kit, $172 FAC Imbel receiver, $19 CAI HTS, $9 DSA Brake, $6 PG, $0.75 mag baseplate, $2.50 mag follower.

A nice , near new condition US complaint FAL for under $300. Those were the good old days.

[762 shooter]

Crackwhores have definitely gone up in price...

[Aifwikir]

Geez!! I remember when this got posted!! Now I feel old! :(


:D
Aif

[owlcreekok]

Originally posted by Aifwikir
Geez!! I remember when this got posted!! Now I feel old! :(


:D
Aif

Among the thousands of things I forget these days, I remember this. I was not even a member here (as one can easily see). I was linked to this thread by a good friend who had joined already. I resisted for a few more years, but finally succumbed. :sad:


Soft market. Build price has doubled and one can scarcely recover the material cost if sold, never mind build labor. Best keep all but the one I got on the block. Wouldn't sell it if I did not "need" a mill. lol

[Stranger]

Nice tripod?

[kullavan]

Every thing is so so so very expensive. Common folks can't afford nice FALs any more. Most are usually about $1,000 to $2,500, depending on so many factors.

The government is largely to blame for this by turning off the supply through importation ban, and taxing the hell out of the firearms industry.

Ammo is another thing to bitch about. 7.62mm NATO prices are so unrealistic. There must be an explanation why a 1,000 round of goof foreign ammo should rise from a little over $100 to nearly $500, and American made ammo is going for $700 for a 1,000.

Some thing is very wrong. Cry My Beloved Country.

[xtremerange]

I maybe have this beat with one I am GOING to build this summer thanks to storing of parts.

1 TAPCO $99 kit
1 DCI receiver I traded another $99 kit to get (add $10 shipping to this)
HTS from the day that I believe cost $45
Penguin Furniture that were seconds due to swirl marks $30

Total $283.00

[kullavan]

Do you folks feel that there is a deliberate effort to make things so very expensive so that folks will stop shooting for the fun of it, and can no longer afford firearms and ammo?