Wanting an FR8, what are they going for?

Craig0ry

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Hey guys, late on wanting one of these, but since my m14 sits dormant, considered a Garand in 7.62x51 to start shooting up some of my surplus, but I'll let that pass too. I've always liked the looks for the fr7 and fr8 and watched and read a ton about them,

I seen a fr8 listed a few weeks ago for I believe $800, I think it was up for a week or more before being sold, I could be wrong, had a last round ejection issue.

My questions is: is that a standard price for them? High or low? I want to know a little bit of a ballpark before I place a WTB add up. thanks guys
 
Craig0ry said:
Hey guys, late on wanting one of these, but since my m14 sits dormant, considered a Garand in 7.62x51 to start shooting up some of my surplus, but I'll let that pass too. I've always liked the looks for the fr7 and fr8 and watched and read a ton about them,

I seen a fr8 listed a few weeks ago for I believe $800, I think it was up for a week or more before being sold, I could be wrong, had a last round ejection issue.

My questions is: is that a standard price for them? High or low? I want to know a little bit of a ballpark before I place a WTB add up. thanks guys
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The magazine conversion to 7.62x51 rounds on these was not entirely consistent. Some feed better than others. On my FR7, depending on how careful I am stuffing the rounds in, the first round will end up sitting a bit low, allowing the bolt to slide over it on the first try, but corrects itself in the process, and then everything feeds/ejects fine after that. I've gotten in the habit of giving the bottom plate of the magazine a solid slap after loading, which also solves the problem.

My guess is the last round ejection issue the seller mentioned is probably magazine related, the follower catching or some such.

Having said that, it's a fun, lightweight, reasonably accurate, heavy thumper. I wouldn't worry much about reported feed/ejection issues. Generally it's just a matter of figuring out how to run it, or a minor adjustment of the feed lips or follower.

I paid "significantly less" than $800 for mine, years ago, when the fudd-lore about it being only safe to fire pud-loads still prevailed. People have figured out that they're fine with quite stiff loads since then, and the price has gone up accordingly. You can safely plink with any NATO-ish specced rounds, and even take a deer with mild hunting rounds quite safely.

At $800, in todays market, I wouldn't pass on your next chance, if it comes up. If you're patient, they tend to show up on the tables at the Easter Gun Show in Calgary, and the seller might not be up to speed on the current pricing, or at least willing to haggle. They were under-valued for so long, they tend to get overlooked at the big gun shows, as a lot of people don't really even know what they are.
 
Craig0ry said:
Missed one posted yesterday as a trade, sent two messages.

When is the Calgary Gun show?
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Generally over the Easter Long Weekend at the BMO center (which got bulldozed last year for the Stampede expansion), so April 7-9 this year... But my google-fu is failing me and I can't find the AACCA website at the moment (Alberta Arms and Cartridge Collectors Association). I have to admit, I've been out of the loop the past couple of years, you know, because the planet shut down, for reasons that shall not be spoken of. Not sure if they've gotten the band back together to put on shows this year. Be a shame if spicy flu killed that, because it was the best gun show in the country, by a long shot.
 
grelmar said:
Generally over the Easter Long Weekend at the BMO center (which got bulldozed last year for the Stampede expansion), so April 7-9 this year... But my google-fu is failing me and I can't find the AACCA website at the moment (Alberta Arms and Cartridge Collectors Association). I have to admit, I've been out of the loop the past couple of years, you know, because the planet shut down, for reasons that shall not be spoken of. Not sure if they've gotten the band back together to put on shows this year. Be a shame if spicy flu killed that, because it was the best gun show in the country, by a long shot.
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I've only been once, Just happened to be intown that weekend, got there right when it opened, Was able to walk through twice before anyone really showed up, It was great.
 
fritzhanzel said:
Just be patient, they pop up once or twice/month. Sometimes they sit for weeks. Personally I would not shoot factory loads of 7,62x51.
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There is lots of things online that dispel the rumors of the weak actions, Forgotten weapons does a great video explaining it.

I'll try and be patient as possible.

 
yikes

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stick with the beefy fr8 action
 
Goo98 said:
yikes

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stick with the beefy fr8 action
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A quick google search on that image and other forums the overwhelming consensus is there is no way a standard 7.62 NATO would have caused a kaboom like that. Lots of speculation. The rifle itself doesn't seem to be the thing in question among this failure.
 
Fr7 should take 7.62 nato easy. Look how much effort it took bloke on the range to blow up a no4 enfield reaming it to 300wm with that ultra inferior rear locking lug set up thats super weak and terrible.:rolleyes:
 
I've had one (FR7) for 30 plus years. Put a couple thousand mid range cast loads through it when my son was a teenager. He could shoot them much quicker than I could reload them. Never fired a jacketed load through it. It was one of his favourite plinking rifles. The other being a non restricted M1 Carbine. Only cast as well.
The FR7 was/is a fun plinker and would make a great truck gun if not a collector piece.
 
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