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Posted: 1/4/2007 1:26:07 PM EDT
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Bought a FAL from a friend. It's an older CAI build with L1A1 marked Imbel receiver. "L1A1 SPORTER" Had the most god awful black paint on it and terrible black plastic furniture. It is none the less a tack driver and the pain/plastic furniture is being fixed... My real problem is the rear sight. It has one peep hole and it seems to be calibrated to 300 meters. He had a scope on it, however I like the looks of the rifle better without the scope and would perfer to shoot it with the open sights DSA has a number of different rear sights that seem to be the answer, but there are so many different makes of FAL's I just don't know which one to buy. I know it's a metric rifle. Takes a metric mag and my friend told me the rifle was an_argintine_never shot and only dropped once_how ever this was a gundealer talking and you know how they are.. My question to the forum is will the short Belgiam style rear sight fit on this rifle? Thanks Mike |
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These CAI rifles can be real mix masters, does the rear sight fold down? If so it's inch, now check your front sight, if it click's as it is turned...it's metric, if it has a set screw way out front its inch. I have used 300m inch folding rear sights with metric front sights with good results, its the tall 600m reart sight/metric combo that runs into problems. Bill |
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Well the rear sight came in from DSA and it fits perfectly. Much lower, took off the scope and the mount, put on the oringal dust cover. Looks much better. Just need to sight it in as soon as the weather improves a little. Took off the black spray paint that was on it with fine steel wool. Preplaced that awfull cheap plastic furniture with Israli wood. Now just need a wooden handgrip and it will be complete. Might have to make my own, unless some one knows where I might find one.??? |
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