FN 49 Action. Do they exist?

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Hey guys/girls.

I've seen an FN 49 recently, and I'd frankly really like to own one... The problem is mostly the cost. Plopping down the whole lot in one go for one of these great rifles is unfortunately just too far above the amount I can get together within any reasonable time to satisfy a seller.

So my question is, as I have just built a Garand from a SFRC reciever that I finished last May... Are there any stripped FN actions out there? Do they show up at all in shows or the like, or, is it pretty much the only time I'll find one, is on an assembled rifle?

-Thanks
 
Haven't seen one parted out like that.

That said most guys building a Garand will spend the equivalent price building as they could buy one for. Best bet is to save for one.
 
Syphen said:
Haven't seen one parted out like that.

That said most guys building a Garand will spend the equivalent price building as they could buy one for. Best bet is to save for one.
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FN 49's do not often come to market. I have seen a few at auction but the prices end up beyond my limits. As for the the Garand builds, it is still one of the few MBR's that I never get tired of building.
 
Yeah... all the above and the FN49s were made by the thousands. Like maybe two hundred thousand. M1 Garands were made by the millions, with approximately 6.25 million manufactured. FN49s also saw very limited use with very small, non-western armies, whereas the M1 Garand was standard kit for over 20 years with the biggest military in the world and served through a World War and a number of other conflicts. As such; FN49 parts are non-existent, whereas M1 Garand parts can be had quite readily.
 
Blastattack said:
Yeah... all the above and the FN49s were made by the thousands. Like maybe two hundred thousand. M1 Garands were made by the millions, with approximately 6.25 million manufactured. FN49s also saw very limited use with very small, non-western armies, whereas the M1 Garand was standard kit for over 20 years with the biggest military in the world and served through a World War and a number of other conflicts. As such; FN49 parts are non-existent, whereas M1 Garand parts can be had quite readily.
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YEAH! What he said!
 
Blastattack said:
Yeah... all the above and the FN49s were made by the thousands. Like maybe two hundred thousand. M1 Garands were made by the millions, with approximately 6.25 million manufactured. FN49s also saw very limited use with very small, non-western armies, whereas the M1 Garand was standard kit for over 20 years with the biggest military in the world and served through a World War and a number of other conflicts. As such; FN49 parts are non-existent, whereas M1 Garand parts can be had quite readily.
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North Korea used the M1 Garand for 20 years?! :D lol
 
purple said:
Actually Numrich/GPC does stock a pretty extensive list of parts for the FN49. So does Sarco Inc. No receivers though.
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You ain't kidding, they have quite the impressive selection. But, at those prices you're way better off just buying an FN49. You won't gain anything by building one.
 
FN49 cames in different calibers and certain parts are caliber specific.
Buy a whole one in one caliber, then look for ones in the other calibers.
 
Hard to find a whole FN49 in decent condition, never mind just a receiver. No FN-49 anything except a manual at Sarco.
Building one would cost a fortune anyway. The bolt assembly, alone, runs $106.40 from Gun Parts.
 
I had one, I was a bit disappointed thinking it was going to be my be all to end all rifle. Honestly I found the SVT-40 to be a better gun (and at a fraction of the price).

I don't think it is at all practical to try to build one from the ground up. However they do come up from time to time at around 700$-1300$ (if you want to build from the ground up to try to save some money it isn't going to work, also if it is to try to finance it slowly then your better just saving the required funds up and waiting for the right deal).

The big things are caliber, and other than that there are little things that set them apart (eg. the Venezuelan ones have the flash hider on the rifle but have a solid metal butt plate with no hole for the cleaning kit). These guns from what I saw were a bit rough on the brass so it will likely be a bit expensive to feed it regularly (I have a buddy with one in 8mm Mauser and since the surplus 8mm dried up he hasn't shot it since).

Just my 2cents on the matter.
 
FN-49 was like any other Saive-system rifle: a constant (excessive) amount of gas was bled through the port, then enough was vented through the gas-bleed to ensure smooth functioning.

If the rifle is hard on brass, the gas-bleed is set too low. Same thing with the FAL The rifle will always produce its smoothest functioning and best accuracy with the mechanism bleeding enough has to dump the empties onto the bench besdie you.

Production of the FN-49 was about 160,000 units total, of which half were in 8x57 and went to Egypt.

Venezuelan rifles were in 7x57.

A few were built in 7.65x54, despite statements that they were not. I once saw an entire rack of them, brand-new.

The remainder were in .30-'06 and comprised about half a dozen contracts including the ABL-marked rifles of the Belgian military.

Nice rifle but, in common with any rifle with a trough-shaped receiver, prone to doubling and occasional tripling if the gas-bleed was set too low.

There WAS a full-auto kit manufactured.

King Farouk's personal bodyguards carried chopped-down 49s with auto kits, looked like big pistols. I have had one in my hands.
 
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