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[Moody]

A sample FAL and STAR FNC were sent to us. Fairly impressive on both ends. The FAL was sent to us upgraded to 410 +/-5 fps.

My only gripes on the FAL are this:

The foregrip is incredibly thin

The mag release....not 100% suitable for lefties, and the metal feels like it could snap at any second

The base of the stock where it attaches to the receiver looks like it could snap with very little pressure. The stock is two halves pressed togather.

The pistol grip is awfully thick for even a gorilla pawed ###### as myself. It's not terribly uncomfortable, but if they were able to angle out the grip like on the real steel FAL it'd be 100 times more comfortable to use over extended period of time.

On the positive side though:

It's sexy
It's sturdy
The weight is evenly balanced
Mags are easy to load (inserts like a G3 mag)
It's got a long pull (personal preferance. I have long arms)
It's a phreakin' FAL (actually it's an HK G1 they based it off of...but still it's a FAL)

Aside from the few negative things listed above there's really only one other thing I would like to see. For the long FAL I would love to see a wood kit. Or the same handguards that they have on the Shorty version.

[GuzziHero]

Thanks Im thinking of getting one and have been waiting for a review. 2 questions

Any chance of weighing it? And how much FPS does it put out stock dya know?

Thanks in advance

[Topbanana]

(actually it's an HK G1 they based it off of...but still it's a FAL)

FN manufactured the 500,000 G1's Germany had, not HK.

The KA FAL is very generic in the fact it really dosen't replicate just one FAL version.

It has:
1. Inch style sights
2. The G1/StG58 styled handgaurds
3. Belgium style lower on a Type 3 (?) upper

Since it has the synthetic stock and grip, I would say it is closest to the Austrian StG58, but it really ain't one of those either. Kinda' the textbook deffinition of "FrankenFAL."

[zbear]

Hopefully the SLR inch pattern will come out soon. Is there a way to fit real hand guards or other parts to make it look like other variants?

[Moody]

You're right. My bad on the HK. I thought they were licensed copies by HK. Read up on my FAL history some more and found out that FN refused licensing to HK because they were still bitter about WWII.

For the uneducated the StG58 is the closest to an accurate description there is for the aptly named FrankenFAL

[Topbanana]

Hopefully the SLR inch pattern will come out soon. Is there a way to fit real hand guards or other parts to make it look like other variants?

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The replica has the Inch pattern sights, to make it an Inch replica, all one would have to do is fit the Inch furniture and controls.

I perfer the Metric sights better, I gave up my RS Inch FAL for a Metric.

[GuzziHero]

If we want to really annoy the H&K roller-locker fans, we can say almost all H&Ks are actually CETMEs

[Rapier]

You meen to say almost all H&K G3's are cetme's.

If you are going to insult us, at least do it right!

[jaeger0416]

But then we can counter and say that all CETMEs are really STG.45s (based on an outgrowth of the STG.44, the STG.45 was never put into production, Mauser engineers ended up in Spain and carried a bunch of the design principles into the CETME)

[Topbanana]

But then we can counter and say that all CETMEs are really STG.45s (based on an outgrowth of the STG.44, the STG.45 was never put into production, Mauser engineers ended up in Spain and carried a bunch of the design principles into the CETME)

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Not really, no. Where is thread going?

FAL's!

[TheKurodaVagrant]

Can we get some decent pictures of the FAL? I'd be interested in seeing the build quality, rather than just hearing about it.

[CobaltSky]

Here's a few pics

http://www.wgcshop.com/pcart/shopper.php?itm=KA-AG-02

[airsoftgi]

http://www.airsoftgi.com/product_info.php?...roducts_id=1782

We got just about 20 pictures of the damn thing. Of course some of them are from King Arms. Cheers

BTW: make sure to use the coupon to save a few more dollars

[Icey101]

I have waiting for years for someone to come out with a airsoft AEG FAL. I really want to get one but my biggest question is how left handed shooter friendly is it? How far does fire selector intrude where my trigger finger would be, when selected to full auto(I hate G3 for this reason). Also I did not even think about the mag release with being left handed how bad would this be(also big issues since I only use standards). As for the huge grip...is it really that bad? I prefer smaller gripped guns(handguns atleast) but I have never ran into issue with any AEG grip that felt out of place.

The thin foregrip is not an issue, since I want RIS anyways. The stock could be beefed up probaly if its an issue.

[Maple-Leaf]

Tell us about the FNC too - please.....

[Sao]

I can't wait to get my gruby little mit's on one of these!

I already have RS L1A1 furniture to try and bodge on

[Panzergraf]

What type of gearbox does it have?
How's the hopup?
Normal barrel or tightbore?

It looks sweet enough, that's for sure.

[Moody]

It has a normal barrell. The hop up is the same as the G3 (which I like)

I'm a leftie. The selector switch isn't nearly as intrusive as the selector switch on the G3 (I owned an A4.)

I don't know if Andy has cracked her open yet, but I'm assuming KA copeid the V3 mech box, since the FAL kit is based off the SiG-552.

Te mag release is a little tricky for lefties, but with practice you can hit the relase and remove the mag in one motion.