Deactivating an FN FAL
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Must be welded solid to meet present day standards
I just cut the receiver in two with a hacksaw. I had an RCMP officer check it out and get the paperwork signed off. This is 'destroying' a receiver, not deactivation.
The gun can be reassembled and will #### and click, if you were careful where you cut it.
No welding anything - the parts were still saleable.
The gun can be reassembled and will #### and click, if you were careful where you cut it.
No welding anything - the parts were still saleable.
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What Smokepole said, in spades!
Once the receiver is destroyed, it's just a bunch of parts.
I think it boils down to process. If you want the firearm deactivated, the guidelines must be followed (note, these are guidelines, not law, but if you want the folks to sign off...), but if the receiver is destroyed, separate from the rest of the firearm, it is dealt with more directly. I would look into the "destroyed receiver" route.
Swap around, your good parts, for some worth destroying, and build up a ####'n'click from there, using, of course, due diligence to make it un-convertible.
Not sure how that would fall in respect to the "replica" rules. Tread carefully. Of course, if the receiver is destroyed, there is no clear need to destroy any of the other parts, unless you wanted to stop someone from getting "ideas".
I was involved in a couple ####'n'click conversions of AK's, while in Central America. By the time they were finished, it would have been far easier to build from scratch, rather than rebuild these, but they still cycled. Much welding and grinding was involved.
On those, we welded the chambers and bolt faces, and ground them to allow the bolt to come forward, most of the pins were welded in place inside the action (ugly stuff!) the bore of the barrel saw a fair bit of weld deposited into it, and was welded securely to the receiver. IIRC we cut out some of the internals as well, but it's been a while.
Cheers
Trev
Once the receiver is destroyed, it's just a bunch of parts.
I think it boils down to process. If you want the firearm deactivated, the guidelines must be followed (note, these are guidelines, not law, but if you want the folks to sign off...), but if the receiver is destroyed, separate from the rest of the firearm, it is dealt with more directly. I would look into the "destroyed receiver" route.
Swap around, your good parts, for some worth destroying, and build up a ####'n'click from there, using, of course, due diligence to make it un-convertible.
Not sure how that would fall in respect to the "replica" rules. Tread carefully. Of course, if the receiver is destroyed, there is no clear need to destroy any of the other parts, unless you wanted to stop someone from getting "ideas".
I was involved in a couple ####'n'click conversions of AK's, while in Central America. By the time they were finished, it would have been far easier to build from scratch, rather than rebuild these, but they still cycled. Much welding and grinding was involved.
On those, we welded the chambers and bolt faces, and ground them to allow the bolt to come forward, most of the pins were welded in place inside the action (ugly stuff!) the bore of the barrel saw a fair bit of weld deposited into it, and was welded securely to the receiver. IIRC we cut out some of the internals as well, but it's been a while.
Cheers
Trev
+1 smokepole, i'm restoring a cut machinegun receiver and deactivating it. I didn't know if it was legal at first, but if you feel "iffy", i can forward you my approval from the rcmp. Same should apply to your FAL.
By the way, is the FAL prohib by FA status, or by name? Because there is a semi-automatic build for it, receivers (partially machined, receiver blanks, or flats depending on how the FAL receiver is made, i'm not sure) are available in the US and possibly are importable (with permits?). You can deactivate the receiver and sell it to fund buying a newly manufactured receiver from the US.
By the way, is the FAL prohib by FA status, or by name? Because there is a semi-automatic build for it, receivers (partially machined, receiver blanks, or flats depending on how the FAL receiver is made, i'm not sure) are available in the US and possibly are importable (with permits?). You can deactivate the receiver and sell it to fund buying a newly manufactured receiver from the US
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Well ya dont have to Hack saw the Receiver in Two pieces.
Haveing the Rails milled out of both inside sides of the Receiver is just as good.
This is what i was told to do to a Receiver ya just wanted as a paper weight display piece.
The Barrel threads are all left as well as all the holes ect.
This saves ALL them good usefull parts eh.
Like the Barrel why wreck a perfectly good barrel by drilling a hole in it.
Haveing the Rails milled out of both inside sides of the Receiver is just as good.
This is what i was told to do to a Receiver ya just wanted as a paper weight display piece.
The Barrel threads are all left as well as all the holes ect.
This saves ALL them good usefull parts eh.
Like the Barrel why wreck a perfectly good barrel by drilling a hole in it.
