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Posted: 3/17/2005 12:39:11 AM EDT
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I have one of these rifles paid 900 about 7 years ago was thinking of tradin it or selling it. It is built with hk part (not the knock offs) with a serial # of less than 800. Anyone know a good market price on these? It has been very accurate for me but I have got the 6.8 bug and need to part with it. Thanks in advance. -sigadvantage- |
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I feel your pain Sigadvantage. I bought one that was made by Federal Arms for $600 in 1998 when they were the only HK clone on the market (The stamped Springfield Armory SAR-8s were effectively out of my price range). It's been 100% reliable and as accurate as I can expect a roller-locked combat rifle to be. After seeing posts about poorly timed cocking systems, bent this and that, and general POS'ness of the newer HK91 clones, I am still happy with my rifle, since it has been good to me, and I didn't have to get it re-worked to mostly functional status after I bought it. People were having bad experiences with the cast reciever guns sold by Springfield Armory, but I have never heard a problem about the rifles sold by Federal Arms, maybe it's a question of build quality. So, expect the "clone purists"  to tell you it is not "ginuine fake leather" like the newer HK91 clones, and unfortunately this will affect your rifles resale value, since I think most people would want to buy a clone that looks exactly like a HK91. I'm keeping mine, because I can't justify buying a stamped HK91 clone in addition to it. Edited: paging Harlan at FAC... |
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FAC (Federal Arms) made the receiver, but did not do assembly of rifles. Most rifles with FA91 receivers were assembled by Century, who claims to never have had a return based on an issue with the receiver. Springfield did employ the alloy receiver in assembling a run of model SAR-8 rifles, but reported problems had nothing to do with the receiver. Harlan FAC |
| I got a FA91 quite few years back never fired it though.. I noticed the parts on mine appeared to be worn. The finish on areas of the barrel were almost worn down to the bare metal and I noticed the loading lever housing was dinged and bent in areas. I'm a little concerned about taking it out. I shelled out about 800 bones for mine. |
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