question for the FAL experts
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maple_leaf_eh
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Koldt,
I thought the safety sear prevented the hammer from falling until the breech block carrier was fully forward?
Since these guns are PROHIBITED and permanent locker queens, discussing the mechanics is academic. No legal owner could take his FN FAL to an approved range to do any of these things, which of course would be converting a semi-auto firearm to a full-auto.
The block under the tail on the trigger lifts the sear's tail. The nose still slides off the hammer notches, but without the springy clicker to catch the hammer before the next shot. The safety sear lets off the hammer until the trigger is released.
That stupid bull s**t never happened in Sask., thank god.
I had one that is registered by the lower number, not the top #
When I explained to the nice ladies that was wrong, they told me
that they are never wrong, Thou most of them are very reasonable.
This rifle was bought for parts and stripped and after couple letters
to ottawa stating that I was selling the top half ( to a yank) and the reg.
cert ( or stock #) was wrong , I receiver a letter back telling me that it was O.K, they will leave as it is , Don't matter.( CFO).
Sure mattered regards the price of a top half.
O coarse this was years ago.
Re the question about take down, same idea as AR setup.
Marshall
Yes, apparently some made by FN of Belgium for civvy match use.
- Location
- inside a huge cloud of MOSQUITOS
My dad has one and I am wondering why it is classed as prohib even though it was never full auto. I have fired it long ago when we were still allowed and found it to be very accurate and a joy to shoot. Too damn bad I'll never get it.
- Location
- inside a huge cloud of MOSQUITOS
Beautiful rifle, plastic furniture, very tight. Apparantely it has different rifling then the regular FN's. I can attest to it's accuracy though.
Thanks, I understand how the safety sear works. It was drilled into my head when I was trained on it. I didn't start the topic on how it was done in the past, in fact I didn't describe how to do it, though I did it when I was young and dumb it was still issued, and am quite aware of the fact that I can not transport them to the range at this point in time to fire.
Klunk,
sorry, called you Koldt in my question. There was no all encompasssing requirement to weld the safety sear up here. That is a US thing. There are many Cdn owned FN's with serviceable and legal safety sears. They are safeties, not auto devices despite the BATF ruling.
Sounds like my old one, Lithgow upper, Brit lower - the woman on the front counter at the local detachment asked me "why would anyone need one of these" so when she asked which serial number to use, I told her to make sure she wrote down both serial numbers, which she did. The green slip looked ridiculous
The ONLY place in Canada I know that required the Safety Sear to be welded over was in Calgary.
One of the CPS Registrars knew just enought o be dangerous and not enough to understand.
When the "new" Federal system came in and I was not concerned about CPS's Registrar anymore, I spoke to the RCMP Forensics Lab Firearms cell when it still existed in K Div, and after a few short minutes with a knwoledgeable tech, took a punch and removed the weld in my L1A1 and put it back in.
One of the CPS Registrars knew just enought o be dangerous and not enough to understand.
When the "new" Federal system came in and I was not concerned about CPS's Registrar anymore, I spoke to the RCMP Forensics Lab Firearms cell when it still existed in K Div, and after a few short minutes with a knwoledgeable tech, took a punch and removed the weld in my L1A1 and put it back in.
He could be so lucky!
FNs
In NB they tried to get people to weld the slot where the safety sear came through the upper receiver. But adding heat to the receiver caised the receiver to twist or take the tempering out. They destroyed some nice firearms.
The first FNs that came into Canada had the carrier ground on the very bottom right side. You will notice that on the bottom the carrier the right side makes contact with the safety sear. The FN L1 A1s came to us as a dangerous piece of equipment, the gun could be fired without the bolt being completely closed.
I just got some new carriers from a friend and then they were safer to shoot.
In NB they tried to get people to weld the slot where the safety sear came through the upper receiver. But adding heat to the receiver caised the receiver to twist or take the tempering out. They destroyed some nice firearms.
The first FNs that came into Canada had the carrier ground on the very bottom right side. You will notice that on the bottom the carrier the right side makes contact with the safety sear. The FN L1 A1s came to us as a dangerous piece of equipment, the gun could be fired without the bolt being completely closed.
I just got some new carriers from a friend and then they were safer to shoot.
