Izzy heavy barrel

M829A3 · November 05, 2007, 11:11

So I walk into my local shop to get FFL info for a receiver. Lo and behold there is an Izzy HB on the wall. SO I ask to look it over the lower has Ser# 3121, and the upper is a CAI Imbel with number 113XXX. Everything else is Izzy, but with no bipod I can't really tell if it's a kit or a CAI build, which obviously would have been a kit too, but..... It's has a fair amount of wear on it, any guess as to its value??. There is not a single US part on it.

whatnow · November 05, 2007, 14:23

Sounds like someones build. I don't think CAI ever made an Izzy version.

Bill

fire for effect · November 05, 2007, 20:38

Are you lookin for an Izzy Heavy Barrel????

**Lee Carpentieri** · November 06, 2007, 02:42

Sounds like someone got ahold of the receiver and a Izzy HB kit aand slapped it together. Typical. We have alot of that come thru the gunshows down here in SE Florida.

**Abominog** · November 06, 2007, 04:44

Quote:

Originally posted by whatnow
Sounds like someones build. I don't think CAI ever made an Izzy version.

Bill

CAI did offer an Izzy HB version. It came w/o the bipod and the barrel was cut short with a new muzzle device. Most came with black painted furniture. Real crap jobs, but recoverable. Not sure which type of receiver they came with.

MG-70 · November 11, 2007, 01:35

First ones offered came with chopped barrel (no FH, bipod coupler, or bipod), Bell&Carlson thumbhole stock, and Imbel receiver (type III). At the time, most of the CAI FALs were L1A1s, also on Imbels and it's my belief that's the reason my FALO came with an inch cut Imbel (topcover tabs, charging handle cut, and wide mag well cut). Receiver is marked L1A1 Sporter, or something like that. The only tricky part in fitting a normal stock was having to bend forward the pistol grip stud that had been bent back in order to "fit" the pistol grip angle of the butthole stock (later, I just bought a clean one from Sarco, along with new furniture).

I eventually had MrBonecrusher reassemble mine on a regular, metric, Imbel and use my inch-cut Imbel to assemble an L1A1 -- he does GREAT work; thanks again Mike! He was even able to fabricate a sleeve shaped like the end of the FALO barrel, that extended it to normal length and allowed for the attachment of the bipod and flash hider (this is currently a spare as he installed an excellent oem FALO bbl on the rifle itself.). If it weren't for a very faint line where the two parts meet on the barrel, one would be hard-pressed to notice the job he did; that's how good it is.

At about $350, the FALOs were a little more expensive than the regular $300 L1A1s (I'm guestimating, but do have the SGN ad somewhere...bit of a pack rat with hobby-related stuff, I guess).

November 05, 2007, 11:11	#1
M829A3 Registered FALaholic #: 10377 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: PA Posts: 794	Izzy heavy barrel So I walk into my local shop to get FFL info for a receiver. Lo and behold there is an Izzy HB on the wall. SO I ask to look it over the lower has Ser# 3121, and the upper is a CAI Imbel with number 113XXX. Everything else is Izzy, but with no bipod I can't really tell if it's a kit or a CAI build, which obviously would have been a kit too, but..... It's has a fair amount of wear on it, any guess as to its value??. There is not a single US part on it. __________________ Safety and economic recovery?? News Flash.... The results are in....You will not recover and you sure AS HELL, aren't safe. Welcome to Amerika Comrade, join the party.

November 05, 2007, 14:23	#2
whatnow Registered FALaholic #: 3874 Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 475	Sounds like someones build. I don't think CAI ever made an Izzy version. Bill __________________ www.triggerwork.net

November 05, 2007, 20:38	#3
fire for effect Registered Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 14188 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sioux City Iowa Posts: 1,919	Are you lookin for an Izzy Heavy Barrel???? __________________ You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. W.T. Sherman, Major General Commanding Headquarters, Army of Tennessee September, 1864

November 06, 2007, 02:42	#4
Lee Carpentieri Curio & Relic Gold Contributor FALaholic #: 4936 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: N/A Posts: 4,182	Izzy build Sounds like someone got ahold of the receiver and a Izzy HB kit aand slapped it together. Typical. We have alot of that come thru the gunshows down here in SE Florida. __________________ Live life to the fullest, Because in the end there's only death and taxs.

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November 11, 2007, 01:35	#6
MG-70 Registered FALaholic #: 753 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Mid-Atlantic U.S. Posts: 905	First ones offered came with chopped barrel (no FH, bipod coupler, or bipod), Bell&Carlson thumbhole stock, and Imbel receiver (type III). At the time, most of the CAI FALs were L1A1s, also on Imbels and it's my belief that's the reason my FALO came with an inch cut Imbel (topcover tabs, charging handle cut, and wide mag well cut). Receiver is marked L1A1 Sporter, or something like that. The only tricky part in fitting a normal stock was having to bend forward the pistol grip stud that had been bent back in order to "fit" the pistol grip angle of the butthole stock (later, I just bought a clean one from Sarco, along with new furniture). I eventually had MrBonecrusher reassemble mine on a regular, metric, Imbel and use my inch-cut Imbel to assemble an L1A1 -- he does GREAT work; thanks again Mike! He was even able to fabricate a sleeve shaped like the end of the FALO barrel, that extended it to normal length and allowed for the attachment of the bipod and flash hider (this is currently a spare as he installed an excellent oem FALO bbl on the rifle itself.). If it weren't for a very faint line where the two parts meet on the barrel, one would be hard-pressed to notice the job he did; that's how good it is. At about $350, the FALOs were a little more expensive than the regular $300 L1A1s (I'm guestimating, but do have the SGN ad somewhere...bit of a pack rat with hobby-related stuff, I guess).