I’d have to disagree with Larry’s statement about the rifle being “long stroke”. The implications of long stroke, to me, is that the piston/ op rod is attached to the bolt carrier and travels with the carrier. Example most recognizable being the AK or Garand. In the FALs case the piston only pushes against the carrier. I’d argue that it is a short stroke, just as the actions of many other guns, namely the FN49, AR18.
I think it's more an issue of the op-rod doesn't travel the full distance of the bolt's travel. I also disagree that it's a long travel piston. I think because it travels less than half the bolts total travel it's a short stroke system. I don't think that it necessarily has to be fixed to the bolt carrier though. Also I don't know of any long stroke systems where the piston/op rod isn't attached to the bolt carrier by some method.
Yes, it is indeed a short stroke op/rod piston. You can see clearly in the slow motion vids that the rod only protrudes about an inch and catapults the bolt carrier all the way back with momentum.
I'm guessing that he is basing on the fact that the operating rod appears to push back farther than it does in most short stroke designs -- nearly the length of a full cartridge here, it looks like. But it's still not quite the length of a full cartridge, and a long stroke piston travels the same distance as the bolt carrier group, and in every long stroke design I am aware of, is actually attached to the bolt carrier group. This is a short stroke piston system.
True, while it does travel farther back than some other similar designs (eg: VZ 58 or the SKS), since it's not attached to the bolt carrier is considered as a short stroke type.
I'm sure you've all seen it but Larry covered a German FAL back in 2015 with some excellent footage. This post is just as good and confirms what a beautiful piece of machinery the FAL is. As I said back then, "the devil's own foundry just 6 inches from your face". Glorious.
Just mega cool, LAV! Having carried a Belgian with type III cuts in Africa for a couple years- bucket list- I readily kept it as my primary with my DD Mk-18 as a backup. If only I could have brought it home...
I was present when a flash suppressor on an L1A1 SLR failed. Everyone knew about it because there was a serious bang. The suppressor doesn't just hid muzzle flash, it also directs a substantial fraction of the muzzle report away from the firer. He wasn't hurt, just extremely surprised.
I served in Brazilian Army and there is still a lot of FAL's being used to this day, but they're slowly becoming to be replaced by IMBEL IA2 in 5.56 and 7.62. FAL is a great rifle but for today's combat its not as great as some competitors.
Liberty Tree Collectors had some good quality South African magazines recently, 1970s production but like new. And you can still get uglier shape Israeli mags for a reasonable price. But the FAL has nothing on the G3/HK91 when it comes to available cheap magazines.
@@jonathanbennett1411 Yeah they were mostly gone by the time I looked unfortunately. It's too bad KCI isn't still making new production metal mags, I was fortunate enough to get a couple brand new Imbel Metric Mags through United Defense LLC but no more have come into the country sadly. I prefer new for the new rifle also to save some money on having to refurbish beat up old ones.
@@DJTheMetalheadMercenary There is a major market for new production steel FAL mags!! You’d think some manufacturers would have jumped on the opportunity by now, sadly no 😢!
@@TooManyChoices1 Right??? I did talk to CSSpec Magazines about making some, he's still considering it, Arizona Response Systems gets some great quality ones from time to time but he's been out too. I'm just as frustrated and shocked as you that NO ONE is making new aluminum or steel FAL Metric or Inch-pattern mags, it's super odd with how high a demand there is for them. IMBEL just needs to find a way to import theirs, they have quite literally a million brand new Metric Mags just sitting in storage.
@@DJTheMetalheadMercenary If you care to, watch my recent video on how my FAL blew up 3 of the steel magazines over the course of 2 days with somebody’s bad reloads 🥴…. Gun is fine, but mags were 5 bucks a pop when I bought them, and now I see them selling for like 30-40 bucks or more a magazine some places 😒! I was able to salvage the mag body on all of them and fix two with the factory parts that came out, but they don’t lock back on empty anymore. FAL is a tough girl lol 😆!
Good news is it made switching to the M-16 that much easier/quicker. If we would have gone with some of the other closer immediate cartridges suggested, or with the FAL (most likely) or a G3, that process to get to the pretty ideal very light bullet traveling pretty darn fast would have taken much longer.
@@bannedbycommieyoutube5time920 no because the fal was originally meant to fire a smaller cartridge than 7.62 nato. FN planned for it to be in .280 British but the US said that they would only take a 7.62 version
@@Helios2-2 I am aware. The issue is 280 British wasn’t enough of an intermediate cartridge, so adoption of the FAL in that caliber or something similar would have probably just delayed the inevitable of adopting a true intermediate cartridge. I allude to this in my original comment when I said “closer intermediate cartridge”. Admittedly, I butchered some spelling and grammar that made this point unclear in my original comment. Have a good day!
The Irish defence forces have several thousand of them in storage after switching over to the styr aug ,DSA upgraded a small number for SF and snipers for Spotter rifles
@@ronstallworth9421 I am sure they are well aware that they are sat on some moneys worth. They could sell them as parts kits to the USA - I am assuming they have fully automatic receivers.
I served in the New Zealand army with a L1A1 in the 80s,great rifles with good stopping power downrange and very reliable if looked after as any weapon should be , I never heard anyone complain about the weight or length as that was what was issued and the Sarg Maj would not be impressed with, this weapon is to heavy lol
I'm curious about Larry's argument why he considers it a long stroke gas piston gun when it can be clearly seen on the slowmo footage that the gas piston only transfers its energy via a piston rod and not directly attached to the bolt carrier.
2:10 Not true. The gas piston on the FAL is not attached to the bolt carrier and literally strikes the bolt carrier after each shot so the action on the FAL is a short-stroke gas system.
The reason why this weapon didn't saw much action coz its a battle rifle chambers a full powered 7.62x51mm cartridge, I would prefer an AK-47 over this large hunk of wood & iron from cold war era, a much more reliable easier to operate and maintain IMO.
@@tullo5564malfunctions are very rare in the AKs and if ever happens can be easily fixed without much of a hassle, no other weapon system in the world has ever came close to this level of sturdiness "HAIL MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV".
Okay, I'm confused. I thought the distinction between short-stroke and long-stroke gas-piston guns was that if the piston is attached to the bcg (like on the AK-47), it's considered to be a long-stroke piston whereas, if it's not (like the HK-416), then it's a short stroke-piston gun. That gas-piston was very clearly not attached to the bcg soooooo???
🙄Beautiful? Rather a complex designed with somewhat difficult dismantling & reassembly process, an AK-47 would be a much better option over this cold war relic IMO.☝👌
@@EkremDajakajbut no other weapon system on earth has ever came close to the level of ruggedness, reliability, ease of use, maintenance & cost effectiveness which an AK-47 offers and I mean the original Soviet/Russian made AKs here, not the Chinese Norinco or other Asian African or a Middle Eastern (MAADI) derivative.
Converted My FN-FAL to a German postwar G-1 clone config. Israeli wood stock, original stamped sheet steel hand-guard and bi-pod. Looks cool... IMHO. (still have org. parts)
Lovely piece of kit. Thanks for showing the working mechanism, in slow motion I really get a better understanding of what's going off. Excellent video.
@@genekind6099 Brand new production with better quality steel and today's market prices certainly put them in a reasonable bracket, no not cheap by any means but better than say a 7.62 SCAR by far.
The FAL it is a fantastic rifle. I really miss my old STG 58 I had to sell for health reasons years ago, & now the cost is so high on them, but I wish I could replace it. Great content! I am curious to know how the FAL stacks up vs the modern .308 battle rifles like the AR10, or Scar heavy. I would be curious to know how Larry's fight withcancer is going. I am glad to see he slimmed down, but I only recently learned of his cancer diagnosis. I hope he kicks it's ass, & can stay lean, & put on some muscle.
It struggles against a modern AR-308 type rifle, mainly because of poorer ergonomics leading to slower manipulations and a lack of ability to easily optical devices. Oh, and weight. But 7.62 NATO is still 7.62 NATO and it's still an effective cartridge. But the fact is that any iron-sighted rifle is obsolescent in this day and age. With some slight upgrades (say like Spuhr did for the G3) and an appropriate optic, then they can again be pretty effective weapons.
There is a libertarian rock band called "The Right Arm of Wyoming"... y'all know we're they paraphrased their name from. On a side note, every time I see a FAL I think of the African Brush Wars of the 70s and 80s... this is an iconic firearm.
Love ya Larry. So inspired by seeing you sharing some of the best Military Firearms knowledge through your recovery. Kick cancers ass we are all supporting you and know you will! Fucking keep killing it man!
Short Stroke Piston by definition means the bolt carrier group is bit connected to the piston, like the FAL, G36, AR-18, SKS. (M1 carbine and SCAR technically are tappet drives, though principle is similar) Although I agree, a well tuned reliable short stroke system will travel with the BCG for the longest amount of time. The term “Short Stroke” I would argue is poor to describe the mechanism. Better I would say is “connected piston” like for an AK “transferred piston” for an G36, “Integral piston” for the AR-15. Tappet Drive and Direct Impingment I still agree are relevant.
Definitely better than the M14 but not better than AR-10 in my opinion. The tilting bolt is a major disadvantage of the FAL because it can be so inconsistent across ammo loads and doesn't do well with shorter barrel lengths.
A fine specimen of a great battle rifle (The Right Arm of the Free World) BTW the Belgians also produce excellent chocolate, clearly superior to what's found in both France and Germany! Merry Christmas 🎄🍫🇧🇪👍
Sir, i watched your video regularly, and so much liked I am also a weapon lover..... I have one request to you sir please please please only one time review.... Indian 5.56 mm INSAS rifle...... It's a request sir please... ☺☺☺
i still want to you how you are claiming the fal is a long stroke piston? imo it's in 1010% a short stroke piston.. do you have a link to what you where talking about there?
New nickname for our resident youtube badass - "light work Larry". Be it smoking out tangos or kicking the shit out of cancer, it's light work for light work Larry. ✌🏼
Mid 70's I modified Gawd knows how many SLR's with the synthetic furniture. All the wooden items were skipped, apart from some butts made into cribbage score keepers! I wish I had kept some of the wooden bits, seemed we were cheapening the weapons somehow!
It's not a long stroke gas piston. It's absolutely a short stroke gas piston. Long stroke means the gas piston is attached to the carrier and travels the full length of the reciever hence the name long stroke like the AK47, M1 garand, and BAR Short stroke means the piston only travels a short distance and isn't connected to the carrier case and point the the SVT and SKS
Ex British Army and this is roughly the weapon we carried. Deadly accurate but a POS in the dirt. The parts are so perfectly machined that it doesn't take a lot of sand or muck to jam this rifle up. That being said a great all around weapon that deserves its reputation.
Beautiful rifle. I think the wood stock with polymer handguard is a great look for the rifle that straddled the cold war era transition of old world conventions with ever increasing modern technological advances
DSA has all the original tooling tmk, whereas PSA obviously doesn't. I'd personally prefer if they would fix their AK's issues, at least to a similar standard to their ARs first before going the FAL route anyways lol
3:11 if im not mistaken the select fire versions look identical? I'm guessing the "A" position just doesn't work on this one? Because I've definitely seen select fire versions that had the SRA selector positions just like this one. Also the FAL doesn't use a long stroke gas piston its a short stroke piston.
The carry handle is not useless lol Excellent for one handed carry movement in short distance maneuvering. Especially if the rifle has a bipod that is deployed.
The FAL has to be one of my favourite firearms of all time, doesn’t matter what variant it is.
It's beautiful
Agreed sir
Funny enough I bought a DSA FAL today. Haven’t shot it yet, but I’m extremely excited to shoot it
Yes, it is
@@illswift5 DSA’s are great, I bet you’ll love it. Enjoy your new gun!
Larry, I'm glad to see that you are in good health. Keep on trucking, bro.
Amen to that!
@Brookie saying that you are glad that he is fine is totally ok when someone has fucking CANCER!
I’m very worrying about his health condition.He isn’t fat like before,and now he looks so old.He looks like nearly bald,and his hair is white
@Brookie merry Christmas 🎄
I felt that he had lost significant amount of weight. In a rather short period of time.
I hope that he is doing alright.
Looking good LAV, don’t let the bastards grind you down ✊🏻
What happend?
Also, the ATF raided him and stole all of his machine guns.
It’s crazy how much rifles flex.. gotta love the high speed footage!!
Yea, pretty much all rifles flex in slow motion. Its interesting to see, thats for sure.
them barrels whip around lol
Whippit good.
@Jay Rock AK By that you mean they're just thicc.
@@Veldtian1 Old devo song lol
Great rifle
7.62x51, for when it’s surely gotta die.
I just noticed I was unsubbed to you , just subbed again. Stupid TH-cam
long stroke = piston has same travel distance as the bolt carrier. clearly not the case.
Also to my knowledge on long stroke gas systems the gas piston is attached to the bolt carrier as is like for example on the AK rifles.
I’d have to disagree with Larry’s statement about the rifle being “long stroke”. The implications of long stroke, to me, is that the piston/ op rod is attached to the bolt carrier and travels with the carrier. Example most recognizable being the AK or Garand. In the FALs case the piston only pushes against the carrier. I’d argue that it is a short stroke, just as the actions of many other guns, namely the FN49, AR18.
I think it's more an issue of the op-rod doesn't travel the full distance of the bolt's travel. I also disagree that it's a long travel piston. I think because it travels less than half the bolts total travel it's a short stroke system. I don't think that it necessarily has to be fixed to the bolt carrier though. Also I don't know of any long stroke systems where the piston/op rod isn't attached to the bolt carrier by some method.
You're correct, Larry's wrong. It's a short stroke gas piston.
Yes, it is indeed a short stroke op/rod piston. You can see clearly in the slow motion vids that the rod only protrudes about an inch and catapults the bolt carrier all the way back with momentum.
how in the hell is the FAL long-stroke when your own high speed footage shows it's short-stroke?
True
I'm guessing that he is basing on the fact that the operating rod appears to push back farther than it does in most short stroke designs -- nearly the length of a full cartridge here, it looks like. But it's still not quite the length of a full cartridge, and a long stroke piston travels the same distance as the bolt carrier group, and in every long stroke design I am aware of, is actually attached to the bolt carrier group. This is a short stroke piston system.
True, while it does travel farther back than some other similar designs (eg: VZ 58 or the SKS), since it's not attached to the bolt carrier is considered as a short stroke type.
A long vs short stroke piston is based on how far the carrier travels along with the piston itself. The FAL is in no way a long stroke piston.
I'm sure you've all seen it but Larry covered a German FAL back in 2015 with some excellent footage. This post is just as good and confirms what a beautiful piece of machinery the FAL is. As I said back then, "the devil's own foundry just 6 inches from your face". Glorious.
Larry i hope your getting healthier man.
Always a good day when Vickers uploads 😂
Just mega cool, LAV! Having carried a Belgian with type III cuts in Africa for a couple years- bucket list- I readily kept it as my primary with my DD Mk-18 as a backup. If only I could have brought it home...
Southern Africa during the border war?
@@thepatriotsrage661 I wish. Northern Africa near Libya more recently. 2017-2019. Was gifted the rifle by a senior host country security head.
@@jimf3932 Ah right. Yes, the Libyans and other Arab countries are fond the FAL and G3 (although the AKM platform makes more sense there).
My 2 favorite heavy hitters are the FAL and Hk 91. I dig my 5.56 but there’s just something special about 7.62 👌🏼🔥
Check out the Robinson Arms XCR-M then.
I was present when a flash suppressor on an L1A1 SLR failed.
Everyone knew about it because there was a serious bang. The suppressor doesn't just hid muzzle flash, it also directs a substantial fraction of the muzzle report away from the firer.
He wasn't hurt, just extremely surprised.
I served in Brazilian Army and there is still a lot of FAL's being used to this day, but they're slowly becoming to be replaced by IMBEL IA2 in 5.56 and 7.62. FAL is a great rifle but for today's combat its not as great as some competitors.
The right arm of the free world! Love the FAL-- just wish I could find more new production metal mags, seriously major deficit in availability.
Liberty Tree Collectors had some good quality South African magazines recently, 1970s production but like new. And you can still get uglier shape Israeli mags for a reasonable price. But the FAL has nothing on the G3/HK91 when it comes to available cheap magazines.
@@jonathanbennett1411 Yeah they were mostly gone by the time I looked unfortunately. It's too bad KCI isn't still making new production metal mags, I was fortunate enough to get a couple brand new Imbel Metric Mags through United Defense LLC but no more have come into the country sadly. I prefer new for the new rifle also to save some money on having to refurbish beat up old ones.
@@DJTheMetalheadMercenary There is a major market for new production steel FAL mags!! You’d think some manufacturers would have jumped on the opportunity by now, sadly no 😢!
@@TooManyChoices1 Right??? I did talk to CSSpec Magazines about making some, he's still considering it, Arizona Response Systems gets some great quality ones from time to time but he's been out too.
I'm just as frustrated and shocked as you that NO ONE is making new aluminum or steel FAL Metric or Inch-pattern mags, it's super odd with how high a demand there is for them.
IMBEL just needs to find a way to import theirs, they have quite literally a million brand new Metric Mags just sitting in storage.
@@DJTheMetalheadMercenary If you care to, watch my recent video on how my FAL blew up 3 of the steel magazines over the course of 2 days with somebody’s bad reloads 🥴…. Gun is fine, but mags were 5 bucks a pop when I bought them, and now I see them selling for like 30-40 bucks or more a magazine some places 😒! I was able to salvage the mag body on all of them and fix two with the factory parts that came out, but they don’t lock back on empty anymore. FAL is a tough girl lol 😆!
Ларри, ты профессионал и сильный человек - в итоге Все будет Нормально ! Твои подписчики из Москвы
Imagine if things had turned out differently and every country of NATO was using this rifle
Instead America just had to use the m14 and complained about it. Shame
As an Indian. Was very happy that Indian army used it. 😀
Good news is it made switching to the M-16 that much easier/quicker. If we would have gone with some of the other closer immediate cartridges suggested, or with the FAL (most likely) or a G3, that process to get to the pretty ideal very light bullet traveling pretty darn fast would have taken much longer.
@@bannedbycommieyoutube5time920 no because the fal was originally meant to fire a smaller cartridge than 7.62 nato. FN planned for it to be in .280 British but the US said that they would only take a 7.62 version
@@Helios2-2 I am aware. The issue is 280 British wasn’t enough of an intermediate cartridge, so adoption of the FAL in that caliber or something similar would have probably just delayed the inevitable of adopting a true intermediate cartridge. I allude to this in my original comment when I said “closer intermediate cartridge”. Admittedly, I butchered some spelling and grammar that made this point unclear in my original comment. Have a good day!
The Irish defence forces have several thousand of them in storage after switching over to the styr aug ,DSA upgraded a small number for SF and snipers for Spotter rifles
I’ve always wondered how the Irish turned their FALs into DMRs.
They would make lots of money by auctioning them.
@@ronstallworth9421 I am sure they are well aware that they are sat on some moneys worth. They could sell them as parts kits to the USA - I am assuming they have fully automatic receivers.
The FN Fal is awesome. Another great video Mr. Vickers! Keep on fighting we are praying for you!
I served in the New Zealand army with a L1A1 in the 80s,great rifles with good stopping power downrange and very reliable if looked after as any weapon should be , I never heard anyone complain about the weight or length as that was what was issued and the Sarg Maj would not be impressed with, this weapon is to heavy lol
Rouse your countrymen to shrug off your horsefaced tyrant.
I'm curious about Larry's argument why he considers it a long stroke gas piston gun when it can be clearly seen on the slowmo footage that the gas piston only transfers its energy via a piston rod and not directly attached to the bolt carrier.
2:10 Not true. The gas piston on the FAL is not attached to the bolt carrier and literally strikes the bolt carrier after each shot so the action on the FAL is a short-stroke gas system.
Correct because a long stroke gas piston rod is connected to the BCG like the one in AKs.
Thanks for uploading.
Larry, the FAL most definitely has a short stroke piston. I look forward to the video claiming the opposite.
I love an FAL with wood furniture. So classic.
The FAL is such a elegant gun to shoot. It's sophisticated and ergonomic. The FAL is not as practical as other rifles but it was ahead of its time.
The reason why this weapon didn't saw much action coz its a battle rifle chambers a full powered 7.62x51mm cartridge, I would prefer an AK-47 over this large hunk of wood & iron from cold war era, a much more reliable easier to operate and maintain IMO.
@@majornukehazard1989 AK is better than most
@@tullo5564off course old is gold, the immortal AK.👌👍
@@majornukehazard1989 lol yeah,AK shoots no matter what,though it has some shortcomings, every gun has.
@@tullo5564malfunctions are very rare in the AKs and if ever happens can be easily fixed without much of a hassle, no other weapon system in the world has ever came close to this level of sturdiness "HAIL MIKHAIL KALASHNIKOV".
Great to have you back in the game, Vic!
Okay, I'm confused. I thought the distinction between short-stroke and long-stroke gas-piston guns was that if the piston is attached to the bcg (like on the AK-47), it's considered to be a long-stroke piston whereas, if it's not (like the HK-416), then it's a short stroke-piston gun. That gas-piston was very clearly not attached to the bcg soooooo???
That was my understanding as well.
Was gonna say the same thing…
You're correct, Larry is wrong
I'm not really sure what Larry was on about it being a long stroke gas piston. It's definitely short stroke.
@@nlwilliamsj Maybe he meant that piston is going further than an ordinary short stroke gas piston. Nevertheless it's still a short stroke.
Sir please review Indian army standard Rifle INSAS OR DRDO & OFB DEVELOPED RIFLE 🙏🙏🙏
The most beautiful ever made rifle.
🙄Beautiful? Rather a complex designed with somewhat difficult dismantling & reassembly process, an AK-47 would be a much better option over this cold war relic IMO.☝👌
There are much better rifles than the AK 47. e.g. Sako or GALIL
@@EkremDajakajbut no other weapon system on earth has ever came close to the level of ruggedness, reliability, ease of use, maintenance & cost effectiveness which an AK-47 offers and I mean the original Soviet/Russian made AKs here, not the Chinese Norinco or other Asian African or a Middle Eastern (MAADI) derivative.
@@EkremDajakajand FYI the Israeli Galil (5.56x45mm) Finnish Valmet & SAKO RK-62/M92 (7.62x39mm) are also derivatives of the legendary AK-47.
@@majornukehazard1989 The Ak47 was originally a German invention all transferred from the German StG 44
Converted My FN-FAL to a German postwar G-1 clone config. Israeli wood stock, original stamped sheet steel hand-guard and bi-pod. Looks cool... IMHO. (still have org. parts)
Lovely piece of kit. Thanks for showing the working mechanism, in slow motion I really get a better understanding of what's going off. Excellent video.
greeting from lebanon hope you doing well stay strong champ❤...
The FAL is by far my favorite rifle. I don’t own one but it’s on my bucket list for sure.
The price is right at DS Arms, better order one soon as lead times are about 8 months right now.
@@DJTheMetalheadMercenary I just looked. Their prices seem a little steep to me.
@@genekind6099 Brand new production with better quality steel and today's market prices certainly put them in a reasonable bracket, no not cheap by any means but better than say a 7.62 SCAR by far.
What a handsome gun. Probably the most good looking in terms of it's understatedness
My aunt is going thru chemo rn also larrry, hope u feel better
RIFLE
Great Video Thanks.
The FAL it is a fantastic rifle. I really miss my old STG 58 I had to sell for health reasons years ago, & now the cost is so high on them, but I wish I could replace it. Great content! I am curious to know how the FAL stacks up vs the modern .308 battle rifles like the AR10, or Scar heavy. I would be curious to know how Larry's fight withcancer is going. I am glad to see he slimmed down, but I only recently learned of his cancer diagnosis. I hope he kicks it's ass, & can stay lean, & put on some muscle.
It struggles against a modern AR-308 type rifle, mainly because of poorer ergonomics leading to slower manipulations and a lack of ability to easily optical devices. Oh, and weight. But 7.62 NATO is still 7.62 NATO and it's still an effective cartridge. But the fact is that any iron-sighted rifle is obsolescent in this day and age. With some slight upgrades (say like Spuhr did for the G3) and an appropriate optic, then they can again be pretty effective weapons.
There is a libertarian rock band called "The Right Arm of Wyoming"... y'all know we're they paraphrased their name from.
On a side note, every time I see a FAL I think of the African Brush Wars of the 70s and 80s... this is an iconic firearm.
Lookin' mean and lean Larry! Good to see you killing it.
You’re looking a little better than in some of your previous videos. I hope your doing well Larry
Love ya Larry. So inspired by seeing you sharing some of the best Military Firearms knowledge through your recovery. Kick cancers ass we are all supporting you and know you will! Fucking keep killing it man!
Short Stroke Piston by definition means the bolt carrier group is bit connected to the piston, like the FAL, G36, AR-18, SKS. (M1 carbine and SCAR technically are tappet drives, though principle is similar)
Although I agree, a well tuned reliable short stroke system will travel with the BCG for the longest amount of time. The term “Short Stroke” I would argue is poor to describe the mechanism. Better I would say is “connected piston” like for an AK “transferred piston” for an G36, “Integral piston” for the AR-15. Tappet Drive and Direct Impingment I still agree are relevant.
Looks like LAV is beating cancer! 👊
definitely a short stroke piston...
FN FAL, the Right Arm of the Free World!
I own several, and to this day, it's the best .308 platform rifle, in my opinion. We were nuts to have gone with the M1A, but alas, we did.
Definitely better than the M14 but not better than AR-10 in my opinion. The tilting bolt is a major disadvantage of the FAL because it can be so inconsistent across ammo loads and doesn't do well with shorter barrel lengths.
m14 rules
Hope you're doing well, Larry! Slick rifle.
Love FAL. Mind is an IMBEL
A fine specimen of a great battle rifle (The Right Arm of the Free World) BTW the Belgians also produce excellent chocolate, clearly superior to what's found in both France and Germany! Merry Christmas 🎄🍫🇧🇪👍
Their Trappist beer is also extremely good.
This is very true!
That 7.62 x 51 is a beast
Great video ! Beautiful rifle !
This rifle use by MNLF mindanao and Lebanese militia. BTW I look Larry different after chemo
Have you recovered your firearms, Mr. Vickers? Or did the ATF got away with robbery?
... it's good to see you doing well Larry ...
Fire the sound guy. It sounds like a .22 with the crap mics you guys are using.
Just receiver your two volumes of 1911 coffee table books!! So happy!! Happy Christmas from indonesia!! Please review the ksg12
Can't go wrong with an FAL. Looking good LAV! LAV STRONG! 👊
Sir, i watched your video regularly, and so much liked I am also a weapon lover..... I have one request to you sir please please please only one time review.... Indian 5.56 mm INSAS rifle...... It's a request sir please... ☺☺☺
i still want to you how you are claiming the fal is a long stroke piston? imo it's in 1010% a short stroke piston.. do you have a link to what you where talking about there?
Every home should have a proper defend yourself stick.
New nickname for our resident youtube badass - "light work Larry". Be it smoking out tangos or kicking the shit out of cancer, it's light work for light work Larry. ✌🏼
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이형ak 쏘던게 엇그제였는데 힘내요형
Mid 70's I modified Gawd knows how many SLR's with the synthetic furniture. All the wooden items were skipped, apart from some butts made into cribbage score keepers!
I wish I had kept some of the wooden bits, seemed we were cheapening the weapons somehow!
That was my issued weapon an FN FAL C2.
The best gun channel on TH-cam... Table top review and slow motion its perfect..
It's not a long stroke gas piston. It's absolutely a short stroke gas piston.
Long stroke means the gas piston is attached to the carrier and travels the full length of the reciever hence the name long stroke like the AK47, M1 garand, and BAR
Short stroke means the piston only travels a short distance and isn't connected to the carrier case and point the the SVT and SKS
Ex British Army and this is roughly the weapon we carried. Deadly accurate but a POS in the dirt. The parts are so perfectly machined that it doesn't take a lot of sand or muck to jam this rifle up. That being said a great all around weapon that deserves its reputation.
I miss the $100 G1 parts kits and Sub $200 Imbel FAL receiver days.
Beautiful rifle. I think the wood stock with polymer handguard is a great look for the rifle that straddled the cold war era transition of old world conventions with ever increasing modern technological advances
Great weapon, beautifully presented, well done LAV, solid content bro
Come on PSA, you can’t let DSA be the only US company assembling these things in the 21st century….
DSA has all the original tooling tmk, whereas PSA obviously doesn't. I'd personally prefer if they would fix their AK's issues, at least to a similar standard to their ARs first before going the FAL route anyways lol
LAV you rock have a great Christmas 🎄 stay safe be well 👍🏻🇺🇸
3:11 if im not mistaken the select fire versions look identical? I'm guessing the "A" position just doesn't work on this one? Because I've definitely seen select fire versions that had the SRA selector positions just like this one. Also the FAL doesn't use a long stroke gas piston its a short stroke piston.
Have ever you try pindad product like ss1 or ss2 spr 1 spr 2, I don't know but i just want to know how american gun enthusiast point of view
Loved my FN dearly back when I served in Canada. I know the Americans we trained with were jealous as hell.
Larry at the movies should come back and do Sicario 2 and Triple frontier
Basic design copied from USSR Tokarev SVT.
The FAL, the Right Arm of the Free World, the rifle for true men, when the 5.56 is not adequate enough to do the job.
The carry handle is not useless lol
Excellent for one handed carry movement in short distance maneuvering. Especially if the rifle has a bipod that is deployed.
Love seeing your content. I am just a bit worried that you are losing weight too fast...please stay healthy
Is it the noise reduction of editing or why do they sound as if they would have had a suppressor on or even an internal one... amazing video sir!!!
Merry Christmas Mr. Vickers!
Good to see you kicking cancers ass!
Dust cover, is useless. Dust and other still gets in with it. This video are way too Hollywood.
Stay healthy Mr Vickers. I love your slings a lot, own a ton.
I saw the ATF raided Larry and stole a couple of hundreds of his rifles
the right arm of the free world, as it was called.
Greetings from Belgium
I own a FAL and it is a very elegant heavy hitter. Replicates a bye gone era.
Wooden parts are a bit expensive than polymers.
Hey Larry hope hope you had a great Christmas and are doing well.
Nice video. I hope you are doing better Mr Vickers.
Looking good Larry! The FAL is the top dog
Ur starting to look like hickock45 only black beard 😂
It could function full auto or semi without the selector.
Good shooting rifle, excellent slo-mo sequences too!
5:03, looks short stroke to me. Eager to hear why you believe its a long stroke.
Video comes complete with audible ear ringing at the end, nice
why there is no pistol that shoots the caliber 4.6 x 30 mm?
My L1A1 just blow its flash hider 😢
Does Larry have cancer? He looks gaunt.