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First we need to recognize the German Heer had no intention of employing any type of G1 bayonet and the assessment of different slats on the removal flash hider pertaining to a bayonet is likely a...

I believe that was the C1A1 parts kit on the FAL Files market place was the one I picked up less the barrel as i have a couple of new DSA made inch barrels from several years ago. The metal parts...

You will find the metric BGS, T48 and commercial imported FAL all with the long T48 flash hiders are right hand threads.
Nothing to do with the R1.

Serial 1526 C1 Leitz is on Ebay now for $2700 US. Not too bad condition but overpriced by about $1500 US. I have seen these sell for $1200 US.
The Leitz scope is occasionally seen in the US and...

The first 20K StG58's produced by FN were blued. Steyr also blued many of their StG's but the majority of the latter production run were parked gray. In dealing with many StG kits 25 years ago the...

The allies including the Soviets had the numbers in terms of armor in the field. Soviet armor lost 3-1 on the eastern front and were able to grind down the Panzers. The US and British air attacks...

The other 8L as I recall had a different upper receiver and a longer butt stock. Adam7.62 claimed he actually built the 8L although the fact is Pat Jones was involved in the manufacture stage of the...

This is the lower receiver stamp on my 8L. The question: Is it original and if so how did it escape from Canadian Military inventory?
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Thank you. I got it.

Not all StG58's were gray parkerized. The first 20,000-30,000 FN made were blued.
I have seen earlier Steyr production parts kit runs both in park and intermittent blued StG's. Most if not all of...

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Please explain the thumb clearance cut? Also the top rear of the metric receiver would need to be channeled to accommodate the inch top cover of the C1A1?

90% percent to go. :dancingbanana: Seemingly, every time my parts box acquires several extra parts I see a new build coming.
I did pick up a very nice earlier C1 kit in the marketplace at the FF...

Thanks and an amazing amount of information here.

Peter, the L1A1 wood grips are slightly smaller than the metric plastic grips.

A better close up of the 8L and British SLR.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2015/09/C1A1-1.jpg
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I like to post a photo of the metric and inch FAL's & SLR's I collected and built over the last 10 years:

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Brazilian IMBEL
German G1
Austrian StG58
Belgian FN G series
Belgian FN type M2...