Reprofile Barrel work?

crosse · February 12, 2019, 04:44

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?

nwobhm · February 12, 2019, 05:14

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

**gunplumber** · February 12, 2019, 07:47

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.

crosse · February 13, 2019, 00:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by nwobhm

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

1)It's a newer production DSA para trooper so I'm guessing a metric type 3?
2) DSA35xxx
3) Washington

I'm guessing buying a new barrel and rebarreling will be my cheapest option.

Quote:

Originally Posted by gunplumber

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.

heh. I wouldn't want a FAL to be anything but a FAL. I've heard that suppressors don't get along with FALs but I was also wondering if the same would happen using a OSS suppressor which is known to have significantly lower backpressure.

Thanks for everyone's input. Sounds like I need to do a little more research and possibly searching for a ~18" barrel.

**4x401** · February 13, 2019, 01:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by crosse

Thanks for everyone's input. Sounds like I need to do a little more research why FAL's aren't good suppressor hosts...

FYP, and......

Winner, winner, chicken dinner...

February 12, 2019, 04:44	#1
crosse Registered FALaholic #: 29510 Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 11	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?

February 12, 2019, 07:47	#3
gunplumber Arrogant Bastard Gold Contributor FALaholic #: 96 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Surprise, AZ Posts: 25,681	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. __________________ T. Mark Graham, Master Gunsmith Arizona Response Systems, LLC

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February 12, 2019, 05:14	#2
nwobhm ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ FALaholic #: 9580 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: USA Posts: 9,227	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