The Great Firearms-Thread

[Musti]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7ZrdWKNJJ4
K31...,K31...,K31..., M91..., M91..., M91... hahah okay that's pretty funny. Also dat Steyr-Hahn M1912!

[THeTA0123]

I befriended myself with a older guy at the gunclub

He is considering selling his FN FAL to me because he rarely shoots with it 





Its an origenal belgian army FN FAL with wooden stock these are pretty rare!

[siben]

Stop making my jealous Theta 

[THeTA0123]

Stop making my jealous Theta 

I am jelly of your special british thing <3

[Musti]

Shiiieeet, that thing is MAGNIFICENT! But isn't FAL full-auto or something? Or is that conversion/semi-auto model?

[siben]

Original FAL is semi auto.

[Roughbeak]

Wow, that is great looking Fal Theta.

In my opinion it is the most fashionable rifles.

[THeTA0123]

Shiiieeet, that thing is MAGNIFICENT! But isn't FAL full-auto or something? Or is that conversion/semi-auto model?

The one the guy has is the first production version wich, as siben said, is Semi-auto only. Later on full auto was added and Belgian soldiers were trained to use it in CQB.

If an Full auto rifle gets sold here, its converted to semi-auto first. This conversion can not be undone.

If the guy says he will sell it, i still need to wait 4 months for the paper work tough! BLEH

[Korsakov829]

I don't like the FN FAL, it's long, heavy, semi-auto only, 20 rounds per mag. Now if I could have one with a shorter barrel, lighter parts, maybe bigger mags, selective fire, a shit ton of rails, then I would be happy. Fortunately something like that just so happens to exist, I might even bother to go get one someday.

Behold, SA-58 FAL, my kind of gun.

[THeTA0123]

Thats an ugly Piece of shit IMO. im an nostalgic person. My time period is from 1886-Early cold war (AK47, FAL, G3, M16A1 are epic)

i really
really
dislike such modern weapons. "It needs to be "light", rails everywhere, flashlights here and laser sight there, 3 scopes, fridge and Sunglass compartiment."

Full auto is overrated :/  Only the shots that hit count. Even with 5.56mm assault rifles, Full auto is overrated. Nobody in the Belgian army uses it on the FNC because everyone knows it is one gigantic waste of ammo. Alot of folks there wanna go back to the trusty FAL.

[Korsakov829]

I'm used to firing the AKS-74U, that's why I like this. Older weapons look nice, and they're still capable, but just not as much as something that is a bit more modern.

[THeTA0123]

Tell that to soldiers in afghanistan who were outranged by taliban warriors armed with Lee enfields, mosin nagants and K98k's 

[hOMEr_jAy]

Tell that to soldiers in afghanistan who were outranged by taliban warriors armed with Lee enfields, mosin nagants and K98k's 

God, you´re such a damn firearms hipster....there´s a reason first-world militaries are upgrading their weapons to be as useful for their soldiers as possible.
And "useful" means, light, module and capable of giving soldiers the edge over an enemy they have to engage, by providing them with greater accuracy, night-fighting abilities etc. I´d rather take a modern assault rifle that has a scope, red dot sight, attachments like laser sights or flash lights over an old assault rifle from the 70s that lacks all of these features.

I agree, though, that full-auto fire with assault rifles is a huge waste of ammo and rather pointless. Even on short distances.

[THeTA0123]

Technically, i never said i want those things in the field. On the gunrange, i would prefer my hipster weapons ovr any modern weapon


But i have to admit, if you are in combat...Weight is the soldiers primary concern. Ease of use, reliability, easy to clean, size.... I would take something like an AKS-74U or G36K.

[Musti]

But i have to admit, if you are in combat...Weight is the soldiers primary concern. Ease of use, reliability, easy to clean, size.... I would take something like an AKS-74U or G36K.

And that's when you take FAL OSW like Korsakov has shown. Power of 7.62 NATO, that fits in your pocket. And it has all the bling kids want these days.