Question for .22 conversion kit owners

Please be careful, if some officious do gooder at Bisley notices your rifle "malfunction" they might cause trouble for you..

You know what some people can be like unfortunately..

Just noticed you have a inch pattern safety in your metric lower, I don't think it would, but could it possibly cause an issue chaps?

I would have thought it would be quite loose in conjunction with metric trigger assembly?

Fit & function of the inch safety is ok with the metric lower. The FAL Files references say metric fits inch ok, and inch fits metric with modification - so I guess it's been modified in the past. Have to say that 99% of the time I have the fixed stock on, as the para stock is just uncomfortable!

Looks really good with the para stock though, oh how we suffer for fashion!

If you don't mind me asking, who built the rifle up?

Yes - the para stock is certainly good for looking at!!

No idea who made it originally. I bought it about 5 years ago from a dealer - and he'd had it in his own collection, but I don't know how long for. When I got it, it had the para stock and Indian wooden handguards (they were rough!) The fixed stock lower was from the last Imbel FAL bits that Sabre Defence had.

I had one of Anglo Custom Rifles straight pull .308's and an unfired H&K conversion kit - but I couldn't bring myself to use the kit, so finding this .22 was perfect!

I did a straight swap for a .22 1927A3 Thompson, which he's sold on. ITL are currently selling the Thompson on their website for £2,500. (I think I paid £600 for it...) http://www.itlshootingsupplies.co.uk/page11.htm

It was great to look at, but wouldn't get through more than a few rounds at a time before having a stoppage of some kind...

Having said that, RWS Engineering have an Imbel .22 FAL up for £3,995 so I think I've done ok!

You certainly did Nick, your setup looks superb and it will only go up in value.

We will have to meet up and shoot our .22 L1's/ Fal's at some point. Well done on procuring such an individual and very interesting example.
I would certainly give her a home!