My second favorite assault rifle

[Gary Cain]

The FN "Competition" model?

Oh C'mon Gene! This is not a heavy barrel! A further response to the question above. This rifle is 'technically' a machine gun but legally it is not because of its status on the C&R list(it is listed by serial number on the list.)

Gary

[DECIMA-MAS]

Nice toy!

Is this the so called the "G" series?

all the best
Decima!

[Michael Kuligowski]

damnit Gary

when You will go to shooting range !?!?!?! just give me a call


I have no clue whats that - as long as I can shoot it just one round

cheers !!!!

[Gary Cain]

Give the man a Ceeeeegar! Now can you name the subset?


Gary

Nice toy!

Is this the so called the "G" series?

all the best
Decima!

[Gene]

I based my answer on seeing this rifle in Small Arms of the World By Edward Clinton Ezell, 12th edition, page 849.

[Gary Cain]

Hey Gene,
You are correct! Please accept my most humble apologies! I had forgot that Ezell listed these under that nomenclature. In point of fact there was a 'Competition' model of the 'G' series but there were only five of them imported and they were indeed heavy barrel versions. (I sold one of those for a customer 15 years ago for 15k!) I found the scope mount and can about an hour ago. This is a 'G' Series Lightweight, one of 400 made in 1959 and imported into the USA in 1960. The lower reciever is aluminium whereas the standard FN/FAL is all steel.


Gary

I based my answer on seeing this rifle in Small Arms of the World By Edward Clinton Ezell, 12th edition, page 849.

[david stone]

Dang! I was carried away, looking at the cross-hatched Germanic looking sling, and I was just going to guess that it was a G1. Which is still probably wrong, as I've no idea what the G2 was either, but in the days where the Bundeswehr still wore Splinter camo, they carried things that somewaht resemble this...at least to a guy who doesn't own and has never shot one...

Nice scope and mount!!

Dave

[Gary Cain]

Hi David,
G1 would have been a good guess as they were contemporaries. The G2 was not adopted, as for the G3.......wait and see!

Gary

Dang! I was carried away, looking at the cross-hatched Germanic looking sling, and I was just going to guess that it was a G1. Which is still probably wrong, as I've no idea what the G2 was either, but in the days where the Bundeswehr still wore Splinter camo, they carried things that somewaht resemble this...at least to a guy who doesn't own and has never shot one...

Nice scope and mount!!

Dave

[III/JG11_Dingus]

It looks like exactly like the L1A1 SLR's that we used to use in the RAAF cadets for rifle drill but it looks like it has a fully automatic select fire setting. Could it possibly be a Belgium built L2A2 SLR.
The Aussie troops used to modify the L1A1's for fully auto fire modes back when they were in service but this one is built to fire fully auto. Thats why I am assuming it is the next model that saw limited action in the Australian Defence Forces - L2A2 SLR

[Gary Cain]

Hey Dingus,

No this is a 'metric' pattern FN/FAL. The Aussie models are 'inch' pattern. They look the same (obviously) but the inch patterns were never meant to fire full auto. Why I have no idea (well actually I do but this is not the place to vent about those things), but no Commonwealth FN was ever meant for full auto fire. The metric patterns are all select fire full auto. This particular rifle was built as a machinegun for use by whatever military force wanted to buy it in 1959. Browning Arms Company figured they might sell here in the states so they bought 2000 of them in three variations and sent them over. In the mid '60s the ATF determined that the semi conversion was insuficient so they were outlawed. A couple of collectors lobbied the ATF through the late '60s into the early '70s and were finally successful when the ATF allowed weapons which were registered with them to be placed on the Curio and Relic list. So if you have a 'G' series that is on the list you are good to go!

Cheers
Gary

It looks like exactly like the L1A1 SLR's that we used to use in the RAAF cadets for rifle drill but it looks like it has a fully automatic select fire setting. Could it possibly be a Belgium built L2A2 SLR.
The Aussie troops used to modify the L1A1's for fully auto fire modes back when they were in service but this one is built to fire fully auto. Thats why I am assuming it is the next model that saw limited action in the Australian Defence Forces - L2A2 SLR

[Laurence Strong]

When we had the FN the C1 was semi, and the C2 was a full Auto with a very thick barrel and a bipod and a 30 rd mag

[Gary Cain]

Hey Laurence,

You are right, I had forgotten about those. Everyone else went straight to the GPMG.

Gary

When we had the FN the C1 was semi, and the C2 was a full Auto with a very thick barrel and a bipod and a 30 rd mag