Couple questions ref FAL's I can find answers to

[militarymoron]

Thanks. I'd swear it looks like a 16". My eyes must be playing tricks on me.

LOL - this is the 2nd time i've been corrected in the past day or so. good eye - yes, it's something like a 16.25" barrel. i'm getting old and forgetful.

[ChicagoTex]

LOL - this is the 2nd time i've been corrected in the past day or so. good eye - yes, it's something like a 16.25" barrel. i'm getting old and forgetful.

Ah, good to know I'm not crazy!

[mashed68]

That much barrel sticking past a standerd length handguard looks like 18" to me.
Falfiles has the weight of almost every component in the fal from almost every different type [stg's, g1's, israeli etc] in a sticky somewhere.

[ChicagoTex]

That much barrel sticking past a standerd length handguard looks like 18" to me.

It's mostly flash hider, which doesn't qualify as "barrel"

FAL flash hiders tend to be quite lengthy in any configuration...

[militarymoron]

i took some measurements - the flash hider itself is 3.2" long. length to the end of it is about 19". the barrel only goes in about a half inch, into the hider.

[Serpico1985]

Thanks again for all the info guys.

I'm thinking a 16.25" with para folding or CTR, aluminum lower and a micro with sling would be a pretty handy, light and compact setup.

[mrbieler]

My 18" FAL with a aluminum lower weighs just a blip under 10lbs with an empty mag, ARMS dust cover and Aimpoint H1 up top. Fixed stock and fiberglass handguards.

[Serpico1985]

Excellent info! Thanks

[MistWolf]

Does anyone know if you can attach the new 7.62 Battel comp muzzel brake to a FAL?

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

Bottom line- BCE does not offer any of it's Battlecomps cut for any standard threads found on the muzzle of a Fal barrel. I know because I spent quite some time with Capt. Nick attempting to have a BattleComp special ordered for my Para Fal. They do not have the tooling to match the L/H threads used on STG, South African and Rhodesian barrels. (Although they were unable to cut their BABC to fit my Para barrel, they did send me a T-shirt!) R/H Fal threads are not the 5/8x24 threads BCE uses on the BABC.

If you wanted to install a BABC on a Fal, you could special order a barrel from DSA with the muzzle threaded to 5/8x24, something I'm seriously considering