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    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..

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    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?

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    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!

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    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?

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    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!

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    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!

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