M444, who made the H/T/s?

fastfreddy · April 13, 2004, 22:49

I need to find out who made the USA fire control parts for the IAI M444. A search turned up one thread that says they're Hesse and another thread that says they're CAI.

Can anybody clear this up? There is no stamp or marking on them.

FWRA · April 13, 2004, 23:15

Hesse made the h,t,s and the muzzle brake for the M-444. IAI snatched up the Hesse parts and ran with them to keep production costs down.

The M-444 was a great FAL in spite of those parts. Both Hesse and DSA both chose not to stamp these fire control parts "USA" for whatever reason. Century fire control parts are stamped with "C".

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FWRA Registered FALaholic #: 24 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio Posts: 4,527	Hesse made the h,t,s and the muzzle brake for the M-444. IAI snatched up the Hesse parts and ran with them to keep production costs down. The M-444 was a great FAL in spite of those parts. Both Hesse and DSA both chose not to stamp these fire control parts "USA" for whatever reason. Century fire control parts are stamped with "C". __________________ FWRA I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.' Earl Warren (1891 - 1974), Chief Justice

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