what parts should i see when i look into a metric lower?

pavel74 · March 13, 2002, 17:35

recently swapped my inch for lower and i am trying to familiarize myself with the diffrences between the two. this lower has a metal piece that fits against the side of the receiver and loops around the hammer pin and the other end is held by the safety selector pin. also the selector has two grooves in it where my inch only had one. the selector will move to the auto posistion and when there i can hold the trigger down and move the hammer forward and rearward without resetting trigger, is this normal? do i need to buy a diffrent selector? bear with me guys i'm slowly learning the fal.

tim02 · March 13, 2002, 22:00

Selector has two positions for 1. Semi-automatic and 2. Full-automatic.
On metric lower, when on full auto - the sear goes down enough that it will not catch hammer. That is for full-auto operation where (if installed, in semi receiver it is not) safety sear safety sear releases hammer when bolt carrier slams home.
It is perfectly normal.
If you use full-auto position on a semi-auto only FAL, the hammer follows bolt carrier, rifle fires once, then hammer is down on a live round.
Disassembling is a little different in inchers than metric lowers. You can figure it out.

tim

**W.E.G.** · March 14, 2002, 08:21

lower receiver disassembly instructions: step-by-step

March 13, 2002, 17:35	#1
pavel74 Registered FALaholic #: 5232 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: d/fw area Posts: 29	what parts should i see when i look into a metric lower? recently swapped my inch for lower and i am trying to familiarize myself with the diffrences between the two. this lower has a metal piece that fits against the side of the receiver and loops around the hammer pin and the other end is held by the safety selector pin. also the selector has two grooves in it where my inch only had one. the selector will move to the auto posistion and when there i can hold the trigger down and move the hammer forward and rearward without resetting trigger, is this normal? do i need to buy a diffrent selector? bear with me guys i'm slowly learning the fal. __________________ god gave you a soul, you're parents a body, and you're country a rifle. keep all three clean.

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March 13, 2002, 22:00	#2
tim02 Registered FALaholic #: 5294 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Kymi, Finland Posts: 671	Selector has two positions for 1. Semi-automatic and 2. Full-automatic. On metric lower, when on full auto - the sear goes down enough that it will not catch hammer. That is for full-auto operation where (if installed, in semi receiver it is not) safety sear safety sear releases hammer when bolt carrier slams home. It is perfectly normal. If you use full-auto position on a semi-auto only FAL, the hammer follows bolt carrier, rifle fires once, then hammer is down on a live round. Disassembling is a little different in inchers than metric lowers. You can figure it out. tim