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Posted: 12/3/2005 9:31:29 AM EDT
| What is the going rate of the Spanish FR8 bolt action .308. Also what can you tell me about them |
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I bought mine about 10 months a go. And at that time I paid $215 for it. Mine has the straight bolt, and ugly wood. All I know about the FR8 is that it was a in between rifle for Spain until the CETME was built. I collect HK rifles, and have a cheap Century Cetme so I like the FR8 because it has a G3 flash hider, HK/CETME hooded front sight. It is a fun little rifle, and would make a cheap trunk gun. Chris |
Don't listen to people who say you can't use standard .308 Win-7.62 NATO in the FR-8. It's bull, The FR-7 is the rifle that uses the reduced charge 7.62 not the FR-8. The FR-8s are built on large ring Mauser actions, the FR-7 used the small ring Mauser plus a weaker barrel.
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Good rifles. Short but heavy they can use NATO 7.62 ammo. Trigger is not the greatest but they are accurate enough and plenty strong and if you are lucky they will have that neat pull through string cleaning kit in the storage tube under the barrel. I like mine even though I rarely shoot it anymore. Oh yeah, I bought it long ago for around 135 bucks I think. maybe ten years back. |
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I like mine. I got it for $200, with fresh park and beautiful stock. It is a fun gun, a nice bridge between humble military bolt gun and black rifle of death. I am surprised they they do not bring a higher price considering the apparent demand. It seems almost worthy of a modern clone. |
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I've only had mine about a year. Think it was about $200. Came with bayo, sling, sight tool, and 250 rounds of surplus .308. Shoots great but I'm not really fond of the rear sight. I agree w/ Raf that it would make a great scout rifle. Wonder how hard it would be to make an optics rail... echo6 |
Just buy one from www.xssights.com |
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200$ about going rate giveor take.... echo is yer gun,,but they dont import FR8's any more.,so i guess im givein the C=R dont bubba it speeech (sorry  ),,,,, the rear site is 100v,,200,300 and 400m,,,,,,,,,,, buncho finfo on cetmerifles.com and gunboards cetme /fr8 page,,,ive had mine fer 2 years now,, i love it! |
FYI order the 1" model. Mine is on the way, stripped the barrel yesterday, ready to start a new life as a scout. |
ar-wrench, if you are going to build a Scout rifle, go here:www.frfrogspad.com/index.htm and scroll down until you see the Scout Rifle header. very good info there, and well worth reading before you start. |
Thanks, raf, that site had some good info and links. I have been studying Jeff Coopers info for several years now, and am finally going ahead with the project. My 50 year old eyes are demanding some sighting help (missed 4 deer this season) and the scout setup should help. My FR8 is very accurate, and has been begging for some nice glass for some time now. It will be getting a nice Leupold for Christmas.  I have found some detachable mags and a syn stock, not sure I want to go that route right now. |
I started wanting one about 2 years ago, but the going price was about $200 and I didn't want to spend that much knowing that they had been going for about $100 when they first got here. Now that I'm willing to pay up to $250 for one, the going price seems to be around $350.
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That is how it goes with the milsurps. Nice Garands were under $200 a number of years ago, and the going price for not as nice ones is about $700 now. I bought 2 FR8's for $95 each, and was able to hand pick them from a group of 25. That was in the 80's when they first came in. I tried to sell mine for $250 here in the EE this summer, and had no interest, so I kept it for another deer season. Now I am upgrading it. The combination of short overall length, 7.62 NATO chambering, flash suppressor, grenade launcher, bayonet, and onboard cleaning kit is just too neat a package to pass up. Plus, some of the parts on my rifle have Waffen proofs from WWII. |
Yup, no real history to them. Not used in any conflict. Esentially a drill rifle. But, they shoot like a house-a-fire!  Fr-8 group. |
I don't think they were made to be trainers, they were built to arm their Civilian Guard. |
SWEEEEEET!!!!!! 
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