RFI SLR mag

[mrclark303]

Afternoon F10, first off, the Indian 1A1 is a real mongrel of a Fal!

It was an unauthorised, unlicensed Fal derivative that India announced to the world as their "new Indian designed rifle".

This went down like a lead balloon with FN, who promptly blew a fuse and slapped a law suit on the Indian government!

Upshot, the Legal action was settled with India agreeing to buy batches of UK, Australian and Fal's from Belgium and pay a fee for the licence infringement.

The 1A1 itself was sort of half metric Fal and half inch pattern L1A1.

Quality is questionable, some parts are interchangeable with the Fal family, others not (top covers for instance) but they work as well as all Fal's none the less.

Reliable and robust....

The Argentineans used domestically manufactued Fals, with some Fn made variants too I believe.

They never used Indian 1A1's.

Red stripe, drill practice, blank only, training use only ?