FN49 locking shoulders

Trooper894 · December 31, 2009, 13:32

Is there any big difference in changing out the locking shoulders for an FN49 than for an FAL? Is the procedure for headspacing, using gauge pins and headspace gauges the same? I've already built and headspaced 5 FAL's without issue and now have a FN49 that has excessive headspace, needing adjustment.

**bykerhd** · December 31, 2009, 16:15

Same procedure . I believe anyway.
Different locking shoulders. A bit hard to come by. Gunplumber had them at one point. Springfield Sporters may have some. Maybe even SARCO or GunParts.

December 31, 2009, 13:32	#1
Trooper894 Registered FALaholic #: 8062 Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 300	FN49 locking shoulders Is there any big difference in changing out the locking shoulders for an FN49 than for an FAL? Is the procedure for headspacing, using gauge pins and headspace gauges the same? I've already built and headspaced 5 FAL's without issue and now have a FN49 that has excessive headspace, needing adjustment. __________________ "This time I think the Americans are serious. Bush is not like Clinton. I think this is the end." Spoken by Uday Hussein to Ala'a Makki, the former director of Uday's television station, on April 6 2003.

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December 31, 2009, 16:15	#2
bykerhd Dinosaur Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 2798 Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Burlington Vermont area Posts: 13,262	Same procedure . I believe anyway. Different locking shoulders. A bit hard to come by. Gunplumber had them at one point. Springfield Sporters may have some. Maybe even SARCO or GunParts.