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FALaholic #: 29510 Join Date: May 2007
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Reprofile Barrel work?
So the short story is, I like my FAL a whole lot, but it's equipped with a 21" Medium contour barrel that I'd like to lighten up. I haven't found much info on getting a FAL barrel reprofiled. I'm thinking of cut down to 18", reprofiled, crown, rethread for a suppressor, but would I be better off just buying a new barrel and finding a good smith to swap the barrels?
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Probably do barrel swap yourself for way less $. Find a local guy with tools. FAL assembly is easy with quality parts.
1) What receiver do you have? 2) Serial range if DSA? 3) Location |
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You're not going to be happy running a suppressor on a FAL, neither will the gun.
Shorten & thread - $125. Recontour, shorten & thread - $275 I've turned heavy barrels down, but those were ones already chopped so thy're not usable w/bipod. The medium contour used to be fairly popular and was one of DSA's better barrels. Throw one of my free-float handguards on, and . . . . well, it will still be a FAL.
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2) DSA35xxx 3) Washington I'm guessing buying a new barrel and rebarreling will be my cheapest option. Quote:
Thanks for everyone's input. Sounds like I need to do a little more research and possibly searching for a ~18" barrel. |
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