flash hider/bayonet question

[nandoz]

so i've decided i really want a bowie style bayonet for my metric bush rifle. i know that to use this kind of bayonet you have to have an inch pattern long flash hider. sadly i have an imbel short muzzle brake. i know the threads are right and left handed and you can't screw an inch flash hider on a metric barrel. so do i have to re-thread the flash hider or is there an easier way to get the bayonet to swap?

thanks

[Drmsparks]

I've been wondering the same thing.

Most posts have recommended cutting, rethreading and re crowning the barrel but that doesn't seen like a good idea on an already short bush rifle.

I remember some one talking about rethreading a flash hider but I can't find the post....

[Sgt Rock]

Rethreading is easy. 9/16 X 24 left hand tap will do it. However the big question is are the threads weakened by this process. Also you will have to cut a slot on the bottom of the barrel for the donut washer and you will also need a crush washer. If your intent is a safe queen then I see no problems.

[Redneck Rob]

SLR-5000 Recut the threads on my L1A1 flash hider so it will screw on either inch or metric barrels.
Did it cheap also.

[Drmsparks]

Have you had any problems with the rethreaded flash hider?

and ....

Would reaming the flash hider help durability? I'm thinking something similar to the NM ream they do an an m14...

[Redneck Rob]

" Have you had any problems with the rethreaded flash hider? "
Nope, not yet and I really don't expect to either.
The rest... I have no clue.
You can ask SLR-5000 maybe he knows.

[nandoz]

my barrel is already short enough that i don't think i could cut anything off and be left with a legal rifle. also i'm not sure if my brake is permanently attached. the rifle is no safe queen, so what ever i do i'll want it to work under conditions.

[johnny.308]

Just out of curiosity, but why would you even want to attach a bayonet especially a "bowie knife" type? Are you planning on joining a bayonet charge sometime? I can understand if someone wants add one for historical acuracy, but on a non-safe queen it doesn't make sense to me.

[Elseed]

Originally posted by johnny.308
Just out of curiosity, but why would you even want to attach a bayonet especially a "bowie knife" type? Are you planning on joining a bayonet charge sometime? I can understand if someone wants add one for historical acuracy, but on a non-safe queen it doesn't make sense to me.

At the ranges I frequent, they won't let you charge the target with a bayonet. You can put it on, but you can't advance past the firing line when the range is hot. Then when the line is cold, they won't let you handle weapons. Makes it really hard to practice, IMHO.

[tz779]

is that a bayonet lug just below and forward of the front sight, above the barrel, with notch in it? or what? i havn't noticed it on all FAL's; is it a certain issue FAL (Argentine, Belgian, ....)? if it is i can't have one in Mass.....

[nandoz]

i'm not really keen on the idea of charging anything with a bayonet. but i am one of those crazy bastards that would rather have something and never use it... lets think about it, if the sh** really hits the fan you might need one. maybe i should have posted this in survival and preparedness.

[Redneck Rob]

I bet they can understand the ban on over 10 round mags too.

[AndyC]

Originally posted by tz779
is that a bayonet lug just below and forward of the front sight, above the barrel, with notch in it? or what? i havn't noticed it on all FAL's; is it a certain issue FAL (Argentine, Belgian, ....)? if it is i can't have one in Mass.....

No, that's the gas-plug - the bayonet clips onto the flash-hider

[tz779]

Originally posted by AndyC

No, that's the gas-plug - the bayonet clips onto the flash-hider

thanks andy, i have been searching parts drawings (DSA has one, but no labels) i was guessing gas plug but needed to make sure before buying anything.




-rob (still trying to figure out FALs)