Price Check G series FAL

[stormbringer]

Hey guys.............a friend of a friend has a G series FAL that he is looking at selling.

With the SAP situation I am leery to tell him a price range he can look at.

I have not seen it yet so I do not know condition.

 

[prairieguy]

As you well know the market for 12.3 and 12.5 is poor. However, he does not have to ask less than he can get for it as a dewat. In my opinion, the dewat price is setting the market price for these guns. Why take a beating selling an active 12.3 gun for way less than some soccer dad will pay for a wallhanger? I know doing this takes guns out of the pool but it's simple economics. Look at some of the recent prices in the exchange forum for dewats, they are much higher than I have ever paid for similar 12.3 guns.

All that being said, condition will be the biggest factor in the asking price. I know of a 12.3 Belgian FAL that's been sitting in a gun shop display case for more than two years at an asking price of $500.00. It's in good condition but has some mismatched parts.

 

[stormbringer]

Are G series 12.3 then?

I thought they were 12.5

 

[Klunk]

How many positions on the selector??

FInd out which class it is....maybe I can farm out another kidney

 

[prairieguy]

IMHO, 12.3 or 12.5 doesn't really make a difference to the price. Both classes are now relegated to wall hangers.

 

[rigrat]

The last G series FAL I bought was $600.00 and the last FAL $450.00 before things went to hell. The G series is 12-3 because of a ruling in the US and we copied the US Assault rifle ban nearly word for word.

 

[stormbringer]

####!

I may have to have it transfered to someone else then.

I am only 12.5!!

It only has a two position selector so it should be 12.5 as it was never FA.

 

[Stevo]

How's it registered to your buddy Storm? That's the important part. A semi-auto manufactured FAL should only be 12(3) by registration error.

 

[tstevet]

The G series is a 12(5) item and is worth at least the price of a dewat.

Please do not dewat as there are many owners willing to buy them live to keep them in the system until things change and they return to restricted.

 

[stormbringer]

Right now it is NON REST. I am trying to help him fix it

Right now it is sitting in an OPP station.

I am trying to rescue it before it gets chopped up.

I am only 12.5 so if they declare it to be 12.3 I will have to find a local CA holder to save it instead.

 

[blckgnznstuff]

A real "G" series FAL AKA G1 FAL is a 12,3 CA. The German army adopted the rifles in select fire form in 1957-8 period. I have one with a June 1958 acceptance stamp. It is 12,3 status. The lower receiver will have a "D" stamped in the full auto position of a G1.

 

[stormbringer]

I will have to check that part out.

As far as I know this one is a 12.5.....

From what I remember the Selector was only 2 position

 

[recce]

FN's from Isreal are supposedly all 12(3) as well. Don't believe it. The G Series name comes from the US sites when they describe the early FN's that came in after the GCA in 1968 when the FN was described as an auto rifle if it had the safety sear. (yes there is the German G1 series as well, most ended up in Turkish service and are now torched up into kits) The laws here are different, find out what it was registered as previously.

The C1/AussieL1 share the same lower as the C2/L2 with the exception of 3 internal parts, but that is all that makes them different from 12(3) and 12(5). There is no "A" stamped on the lowers unless they were made into C2/L2's though the cut was there until the end of production.

The rifle is worth quite a bit more that an over-priced 1A1 at $400. Depending on what accessories come with it, I would pay up to $1000 for an all matching, perfect condition "g" series. If by the grace of God it was an actual German G1, I would pay quite a bit more as they are very scarce in their original form and issue condition. The last ones being issued to the West German Border Police well after the army switched to the G3.

YMMV
Gene