Famae SG540/543... owners like them? Hate them?

Function the same as SA, as accurate, components - although not the same fit and finish as the SA - are made of high quality materials, just not finished as smoothly. for 65% of the price you get 95% of the quality and 100% of the accuracy as the SA. Not a bad buy in my books. To have them side by side on a table with a good light source, of course there are noticeable differences, to be in a cold wet dark firefight those differences disappear altogether.

Forgot to ad, I like them a lot. Every gun is a compromise, as you can't have it all in one platform. These do what they were intended to and do it extremely well.
 
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I had a 5.56mm model and it was great. Recoil was mild. Robust. I wouldn't hesitate to get another again one some day.
 
Be sure to try it irons only for a bit too.
The weight is lighter than a Swiss Arms, once the optics go on it adds up fast.

I could never bring myseld to drill holes in the butt stock for that kind of cheek weld.
I just got the soft fabric style like an AR that velsros around the stock.
 
Sorry, but that cobbled together butt stock and cheek riser combination looks like as$.

Guys say these hang with the SA in the accuracy department? I'd like to see that first hand.
 
CobraGT said:
yeah, I'm not actually that crazy about the looks of it myself. Might take it off and just go for the chinweld. Thinking about getting one of the Galil-style folders from ERE as another option...
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Another option is an AR stock adapter, and use a magpul CTR with a cheek riser(or other AR stock with adjustable cheek piece). Also, if you take the rear sight off you can mount the scope lower.

Ben
 
Still alive said:
Too bad it takes proprietary mags. Would be nice to see it at TAC rifle. We had a SA once but not seen a Famae yet.
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You can get a mag block for them that allows them to use AR mags. I figured for the same price, though, I could buy 10 of the proprietary mags, so I went that route, as having 10 round mags isn't really that important to me unless I'm competing with a gun. I'm actually tempted to bring it out for the shoot at the end of the month in Chilliwack, as it's not actually a competition anyway. If there was anything at stake, I'd bring an AR for sure, but it might be fun to use for CASE
 
Hope we have a range we can see by then! We have 2 feet of snow here now!
The final stage of CASE is a course of fire which consists of around 35 rounds fired IIRC. Will definitely test your reloading skills!

Not impossible though. We had a 70 yr old guy run it with a genuine 30-06 Garand!
 
bfiles said:
Looks good, where did you get it from??

I'm having a hard time finding one with green furniture and the EE WTB section is no more!?+??!
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My WTB ad paid off - I got it here on the EE. A bit more than I wanted to spend, but not a bad deal with the black and green furniture and a few mags.



lawn gnome said:
What do you think of it?
Did the explanations we gave make sense?
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Yeah, thanks. All of the feedback everyone provided in the thread put me over the edge to actually try one. So far it appears to be well-built and intelligently designed. Stripping it down for cleaning is easy. Looking forward to shooting it sometime soon!
 
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