Has anyone tried the AK muzzlebrake on a FAL?

Insider · October 07, 2002, 18:46

Has anyone tried the AK style muzzlebrake on the FAL? I know they work real good on AK's, how about for the .308?

omar · October 07, 2002, 19:29

DixieJarhead has a '74 brake and seems happy with it. There's a pic or two on the board somewhere.

**stimpsonjcat** · October 08, 2002, 09:57

BLASPHEMER!!!

billiboy · October 08, 2002, 10:05

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Originally posted by stimpsonjcat
BLASPHEMER!!!

was thinking about a slant brake on a fal, then the above occurred to me.

Insider · October 08, 2002, 22:19

NO SLANT BRAKES! Just the AK-74 style brake. I had one sitting around from my AK days and thought it would look cool on a short barreled FAL. Some of the muzzle brakes offered these days just look ugly.

sct1886 · October 09, 2002, 08:23

They work well, the guy shooting to the side of you will hate your guts because of the blast and noise.

Upside Down @ 100 MPH · October 09, 2002, 11:15

I had one on an STG and thought it looked good. Kid of different. I eventually took it off, cut off the muzzle threads, and the muzzle is bare now.

Stimpsonjcat would be proud.

SOF · October 10, 2002, 08:01

I have a Chinese AK-74 style compensator on my 17" barreled FAL. It is so damn loud that everyone at the range stops shooting and looks at me when I fire it! I have not been able to fire it in the dark, but I can see a flame blow out of it on a cloudy day! It has to go........

**stimpsonjcat** · October 10, 2002, 10:34

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Originally posted by Upside Down @ 100 MPH
Stimpsonjcat would be proud.

I AM proud!

/me gives UD@100MPH an ice cream sandwich...

**fal fiend** · October 10, 2002, 18:43

BOOM & Huge Flash,,,will split your ears

woody · October 10, 2002, 19:50

RECEIVED ONE TODAY FROM TAPCO. IT SNAPPED RIGHT ON THE ORIGINAL G1 FLASH HIDER LUG AND LOOKS REALLY COOL. G1 IS NOT ASSEMBLED, BUT WILL REPORT ON THE MUZZLE BRAKE WHEN TESTED. I LIKE THE IDEA OF A DETACHABLE BRAKE ON THE G1 BUT IS IT LEGAL TO HAVE IT THIS WAY SINCE IT IS ONLY A MUZZLE BRAKE ?

woody · October 10, 2002, 20:20

Here it is .

**BUFF** · October 10, 2002, 20:29

Originally posted by woody:

(Apparently yelling loudly) "IS IT LEGAL TO HAVE IT THIS WAY SINCE IT IS ONLY A MUZZLE BRAKE ?"

woody:

(me yelling back to him since he seems to like loudness) YES! IT IS ONLY ILLEGAL TO HAVE A BARREL WITH A THREADED MUZZLE OR A FLASHINDER ON A POST-BAN RIFLE! THE G-1 HAS A LUG FOR HOLDING THE EVIL FLASH HIDER, NOT THREADS, SO QUICK-DETACHABLE BRAKES ARE FINE!

(Friendly, helpful, good-natured hint to woody: All caps means you are yelling. Kill the caplock unless you really are yelling. We are not all deaf.)

One of the farmers, either Dirtfarmer or Farmer From Hell, I can never remember, build a really nice FAL with an AK brake and posted photos. I would try a search.

woody · October 10, 2002, 20:45

Buff, thanks for the friendly advice about yelling, hope this is a little more quite.
Forgive me I'm still new to this. Nice meeting ya. Thanks, Woody.

**BUFF** · October 10, 2002, 23:27

woody:

Welcome aboard! Keep coming back. Lotsa fun and knowledge here to help you get your rifle built and just about anything else.

If you haven't noticed, we do like to kid each other, so don't let the joshing chase you off.

Donut · October 11, 2002, 02:17

Aren't these brakes made from turned down Grenade launchers or blank firing adapters? I was planning to use the launcher ( turned down of course ) to make my own type of muzzle brake.

Insider · October 11, 2002, 18:07

I think I'll just go with the fake Imbel short flashhider, and direct the blast forward! Thanks for all the good advice.

FN74 · October 12, 2002, 08:18

Insider - Mine works great - 14.5" barrel with 3" perm attached AK74 MB. I call it the "FN74"

Never seems to cause any problems at the range - of course out here, we don't use covered ranges....

LMK if this pic works for you - with yahoo most of the time you have to have an account with them to see the pics...

The FN74 rules!

October 07, 2002, 18:46	#1
Insider Registered FALaholic #: 1183 Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: central florida Posts: 777	Has anyone tried the AK muzzlebrake on a FAL? Has anyone tried the AK style muzzlebrake on the FAL? I know they work real good on AK's, how about for the .308? __________________ I sold all my guns and ammo and now live the quiet retired life!

October 08, 2002, 09:57	#3
stimpsonjcat Windoze free since 1-2010 Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 470 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Dawsonville, GA Posts: 4,196	BLASPHEMER!!! __________________ peace! Happiness=UPS+ORMD "Your 8mm FAL is like a deuce coup with a Ferrari pancake 12 under the hood and a Jaguar rear end. It just kinda transcends cool into fantasy."- USMC 0341 "The stimpgewehr is the reason Waldo is hiding."- Kotengu Cause I can still hear his voice when I put it to my shoulder, "A guns like a woman son, it's all how you hold her."

October 08, 2002, 22:19	#5
Insider Registered FALaholic #: 1183 Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: central florida Posts: 777	NO SLANT BRAKES! Just the AK-74 style brake. I had one sitting around from my AK days and thought it would look cool on a short barreled FAL. Some of the muzzle brakes offered these days just look ugly. __________________ I sold all my guns and ammo and now live the quiet retired life!

October 09, 2002, 08:23	#6
sct1886 Registered FALaholic #: 7228 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: K.C. Posts: 370	AK-74 brake They work well, the guy shooting to the side of you will hate your guts because of the blast and noise.

October 09, 2002, 11:15	#7
Upside Down @ 100 MPH Unregistered FALaholic #: 2405 Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 659	I had one on an STG and thought it looked good. Kid of different. I eventually took it off, cut off the muzzle threads, and the muzzle is bare now. Stimpsonjcat would be proud. __________________ "It is not the facts that guide many through life but their beliefs about what the facts are that guide them. " -DABTL-

October 07, 2002, 19:29	#2
omar Registered FALaholic #: 2752 Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: El Paso Posts: 459	DixieJarhead has a '74 brake and seems happy with it. There's a pic or two on the board somewhere.

October 10, 2002, 08:01	#8
SOF Registered FALaholic #: 857 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Tampa, FL, CSA Posts: 144	I have a Chinese AK-74 style compensator on my 17" barreled FAL. It is so damn loud that everyone at the range stops shooting and looks at me when I fire it! I have not been able to fire it in the dark, but I can see a flame blow out of it on a cloudy day! It has to go........ __________________ Unreconstructed Southerner!

October 10, 2002, 18:43	#10
fal fiend Curio & Relic Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 7091 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Indiana USA Posts: 2,266	BOOM & Huge Flash,,,will split your ears

October 10, 2002, 19:50	#11
woody Registered FALaholic #: 7620 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: duncanville, texas Posts: 61	RECEIVED ONE TODAY FROM TAPCO. IT SNAPPED RIGHT ON THE ORIGINAL G1 FLASH HIDER LUG AND LOOKS REALLY COOL. G1 IS NOT ASSEMBLED, BUT WILL REPORT ON THE MUZZLE BRAKE WHEN TESTED. I LIKE THE IDEA OF A DETACHABLE BRAKE ON THE G1 BUT IS IT LEGAL TO HAVE IT THIS WAY SINCE IT IS ONLY A MUZZLE BRAKE ?

October 10, 2002, 20:20	#12
woody Registered FALaholic #: 7620 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: duncanville, texas Posts: 61	Here it is .

October 10, 2002, 20:29	#13
BUFF Old Fart Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 789 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 7,139	Originally posted by woody: (Apparently yelling loudly) "IS IT LEGAL TO HAVE IT THIS WAY SINCE IT IS ONLY A MUZZLE BRAKE ?" woody: (me yelling back to him since he seems to like loudness) YES! IT IS ONLY ILLEGAL TO HAVE A BARREL WITH A THREADED MUZZLE OR A FLASHINDER ON A POST-BAN RIFLE! THE G-1 HAS A LUG FOR HOLDING THE EVIL FLASH HIDER, NOT THREADS, SO QUICK-DETACHABLE BRAKES ARE FINE! (Friendly, helpful, good-natured hint to woody: All caps means you are yelling. Kill the caplock unless you really are yelling. We are not all deaf.) One of the farmers, either Dirtfarmer or Farmer From Hell, I can never remember, build a really nice FAL with an AK brake and posted photos. I would try a search. __________________ BUFF

October 10, 2002, 20:45	#14
woody Registered FALaholic #: 7620 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: duncanville, texas Posts: 61	Buff, thanks for the friendly advice about yelling, hope this is a little more quite. Forgive me I'm still new to this. Nice meeting ya. Thanks, Woody.

October 10, 2002, 23:27	#15
BUFF Old Fart Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 789 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 7,139	woody: Welcome aboard! Keep coming back. Lotsa fun and knowledge here to help you get your rifle built and just about anything else. If you haven't noticed, we do like to kid each other, so don't let the joshing chase you off. __________________ BUFF

October 11, 2002, 02:17	#16
Donut Registered FALaholic #: 7236 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: West "BY GOD" Virginia, USA Posts: 378	Aren't these brakes made from turned down Grenade launchers or blank firing adapters? I was planning to use the launcher ( turned down of course ) to make my own type of muzzle brake. __________________ A wise man one said that only accurate guns were interesting... He forgot to mention that fast shooting rifles are too ! " Come see the violence inherent in the system! Help, Help, I'm beeing repressed!! " Monty Python

October 11, 2002, 18:07	#17
Insider Registered FALaholic #: 1183 Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: central florida Posts: 777	I think I'll just go with the fake Imbel short flashhider, and direct the blast forward! Thanks for all the good advice. __________________ I sold all my guns and ammo and now live the quiet retired life!

October 12, 2002, 08:18	#18
FN74 Registered FALaholic #: 220 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Metro New Orleans, LA Posts: 3,072	Insider - Mine works great - 14.5" barrel with 3" perm attached AK74 MB. I call it the "FN74" Never seems to cause any problems at the range - of course out here, we don't use covered ranges.... LMK if this pic works for you - with yahoo most of the time you have to have an account with them to see the pics... The FN74 rules! __________________ DEO VINDICE! YOU! - OUT OF THE GENE POOL!!! DABTL said on 7/15/06, "I rather think it is a good idea to shut down those machine gun kits such as the MG42 from coming into this country. I cannot imagine a good use to which they might be put. I can think of many ways they could be a problem" "An MG42 has an enormous rate of fire and in the wrong hands can and will do an enormous amount of damage, some day. If not bringing in any more of those will put that day off it will be worth it."

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