Is The FN FAL Worth The Money In Present Day?

The FN FAL is a battle rifle that is forever etched in history and will be a rifle that gun enthusiasts always lust over. This gun was originally manufactured by Fabrique Nationale FN FAL and entered military service in 1953.

The previous design of this gun was the SAFN Modele 49 which was designed in the lead-up to World War 2 from 1939-1945. It was delayed though due to the Nazi occupation. The first prototype of the design that would eventually become the FAL was available in 1946. At this time the weapons were chambered for the Kurz short cartridge which saw considerable use by the German Army in World War 2. The rifle appeared in a finalized form by 1950 and it had its first orders in 1953. The need for assault rifles ensured the FN FAL would be a big force in the Cold War similar to the M16 and the Soviet Union AK-47. By this point, the gun was chambered in the widely used 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge and came with a 20 round box magazine. There are some 30 round magazines available for the FAL but the 20 is the common one.

The FAL is categorized as a battle rifle because it is a select-fire/semi-automatic-capable service rifle chambered in a full-powered rifle caliber cartridge. This set these guns apart from the American M16 because the cartridge is more powerful and it put it more in line with the German HK G3 and the American M14.

The FN FAL service rifle was a select-fire gun capable of fully automatic fire. Which its predecessor the SAFN Modele 49 was not. However, this gun was used most often in the semi-automatic setting because the muzzle rise was so bad in full auto.

The FN FAL production spanned from 1953 to 1988 and over 2 million units were produced. These served in over 90 individual countries.

For the battle rifles at its time the FN FAL is the best one in my opinion and probably a lot of other people considering its wide use. But even with its superior build, ergonomics, and functionality, it was never adopted by the United States of America military. Which is odd, apparently the US was very close to adopting it as their battle rifle. America wouldn’t accept anything less than a .30 caliber cartridge in a rifle. Harry S Truman actually met with Prime Minister Winston Churchhill and held a mini-summit. Rumor has it they struck a quid pro quo that the US would adopt the FAL as its main battle rifle if Britain backed NATO adopting the 7.62x51 millimeter round. As far as I can tell nobody really knows what happened but NATO did adopt the 7.62x51 round and for some reason, America went back on the promise and chose the M14 as its service battle rifle.

In the book "U.S Rifle M14 -- from John Garand to the M21" by R. Blake Stevens he says The Army was going to go with the FAL until it did badly during cold-weather testing and dust testing. Which apparently the M14 performed better in.

Traditionally this gun weighs 9.5 pounds. It has a gas-operated tilting breech block. It had 20 and 30 round 7.62x51 box magazines for it. The barrel length is just about 21 inches and the overall length is around 43 inches long. Check out the video for more!

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