Love this gun

So I shot a FN FAL today. Holy crap that gun is so much more awesome to shoot then an AR15.

I always wanted an FN Five Seven.

im jealous.

This thread is worthless without pics.

was is a metric FAL or inch version?

digdug18 wrote: was is a metric FAL or inch version?

???

I was aware that FN made some interesting weapons. Then I popped over to their website.

Man they have some awesome stuff: http://www.fnherstal.com/index.php?id=711

I really don't understand why the military uses the 5.56 over the 7.62. The 7.62 is a so much better round.

Was it an FN or a Century reman one? Just wondering-been looking at the century line-up lately.

93EXCivic wrote: I really don't understand why the military uses the 5.56 over the 7.62. The 7.62 is a so much better round.

Weight and size. You can pack a soldier with a lot more ammo.

I'd also heard that one of the advantages of 5.56 is that it isn't quite as lethal, that it's more likely to injure rather than kill. An injured soldier ties up more resources than a dead soldier. I could be wrong on that one. Weight is a big issue.

Salanis wrote:

93EXCivic wrote: I really don't understand why the military uses the 5.56 over the 7.62. The 7.62 is a so much better round.

Weight and size. You can pack a soldier with a lot more ammo. I'd also heard that one of the advantages of 5.56 is that it isn't quite as lethal, that it's more likely to injure rather than kill. An injured soldier ties up more resources than a dead soldier. I could be wrong on that one. Weight is a big issue.

Aaaand you would be wrong. The Russian stuff is designed that way, because We Care. Commies didn't much concern themselves with the wounded.

FN makes good stuff. I've got an FNP-40, and am sloooowly saving for an FNAR.

My Rock River Arms LAR-8 (AR-10) uses FAL .308 clips.

mattmacklind wrote: Was it an FN or a Century reman one? Just wondering-been looking at the century line-up lately.

FN

FN originals are collector items and are spendy as all getout, but I'm rather fond of the US made DSA item. They use the same tooling FN used to make them in the first place.

but dig this: the "gun" is his dick!

-- Wheeler