She followed me home today. Think my other Ladies are going to be jealous. Brazilian manufactured (IMBEL), imported by Springfield Armory. IMBEL's are highly sought after for the quality of manufacture, IMBEL manufactured FALs for the Brazilian military under contract from FN. They are widely recognized to be just as good as the original manufacturer.
They utilize high quality Type III forged recievers and chrome lined barrels. The sights are much better than a standard FAL so I'm hoping for tighter groups (open sight shooting). She came with DSA's 1913 style picatinny rail so mounting a scope will be a breeze. Inspection revealed she is in like new condition. I seriously doubt she has more than 100 rds down the pipe. Been looking for a factory built IMBEL for some time. Got her for a really great price.
Obvious drawbacks are the Bell and Carlson thumb-hole stock which prevents me easily reaching the fire/safety selector switch. Ergonomically she is not quite as comfortable to shoulder as my Entreprise Arms L1-A1 or my Century/IMBEL R1-A1. Rear sight does not fold or have protective ears. I would much prefer the folding charging handles of the inch pattern L1-A1s. Additionally she also incorporates a worthless (FAKE) flash suppressor/barrel weight. Lastly being a Metric Reciever she will only except/load metric type FAL magazines. If she was an inch patterned reciever she would readily except both metric and inch patterned type magazines without any problems. She may end up with a US made DSA lower reciever and stock group, DSA's AR-type rear sight, folding charging handle and chromed sand cut bolt carrier.
They utilize high quality Type III forged recievers and chrome lined barrels. The sights are much better than a standard FAL so I'm hoping for tighter groups (open sight shooting). She came with DSA's 1913 style picatinny rail so mounting a scope will be a breeze. Inspection revealed she is in like new condition. I seriously doubt she has more than 100 rds down the pipe. Been looking for a factory built IMBEL for some time. Got her for a really great price.
Obvious drawbacks are the Bell and Carlson thumb-hole stock which prevents me easily reaching the fire/safety selector switch. Ergonomically she is not quite as comfortable to shoulder as my Entreprise Arms L1-A1 or my Century/IMBEL R1-A1. Rear sight does not fold or have protective ears. I would much prefer the folding charging handles of the inch pattern L1-A1s. Additionally she also incorporates a worthless (FAKE) flash suppressor/barrel weight. Lastly being a Metric Reciever she will only except/load metric type FAL magazines. If she was an inch patterned reciever she would readily except both metric and inch patterned type magazines without any problems. She may end up with a US made DSA lower reciever and stock group, DSA's AR-type rear sight, folding charging handle and chromed sand cut bolt carrier.
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