Odd Job
@ FALna45
Nice guns!
How much altogether did that first one cost (including new barrel)?
umm, that's not
YOU is it, my dear, darling wife?????
or just someone trying to make me cry??? LOL
i try not to do these kinds of calculations, but.......
IIRC the SA58 STD years ago was about $1400
added the freefloat at about $80
added the DSA HD mount (w/catcher) at $80
added the Loopy M8 6X42 A/O Mildot IIRC $420
added the Loopy QRWs & flipups at about $70
added the Harris bipod at about $50
added the Birdman Butt & PG at $225
some trigger work at $30
added the modded Rem700 BBL at $220
a few other parts were changed out like the Izzy mag release, L1A1 rear sight, etc but i also was able to pilfer out some US parts for other builds so that's pretty close. YIKES!
had i known before i bought the SA58 (my first FAL) how easy, educational, fun & (at that time) economical building these was, i would've gone another way.
and actually these #s are now moot since i swapped all those parts onto a Century receiver i picked up recently, but still, you get the idea!
Nightcrawler :
if you didn't already know, be sure to use a dowel or cleaning rod section inside the bore to protect it before you start drilling out the port. FWIW my 16.5" carbine runs great at the midpoint of the range of gas adjustment with the port opened to 0.109" (7/64).