If you want to reminisce then you can come and fondle her. I've had one FTF since I made that change. I sold the metric magazines to someone else who haunts here and invested the money in the Moses Mags that are inch. After some research and comparisons it became clear he'd bought a bunch of metric magazines to put in his inch receiver - yes, it's a huge difference. I have a neighbor who is a "nutty professor" and he came in and polished the feed ramp with a Dremmel on the right side and even though most of the magazines still misfed on the right the Moses Mag performed flawlessly. As the rifle is an inch pattern built on a metric receiver. The good news is, any FAL can be set to rights and once they are, they stay right. CAI Angry Beavers sometimes were very creative in making the parts fit, not always in good ways. The bad news is, CAI quality is hit & miss. Upon getting it home it always misfed from the right of the magazine but each "left" round was perfectly fed. CAI rifles built on Imbel receivers are among the better ones. I bought it because of the price and the additional stuff, (ammo, magazines, carrying case, etc.) he was selling with it.
But he did kind of woffle a bit and presented a Moses Mag in the several mags that came with the rifle. I bought mine from a gentleman here who, upon questioning, claimed perfect function and no misfeeds. CA tends to go cheap with a "flat" feed lane that doesn't direct the point of the round into the center of the chamber and they often suffer from a misfeed on most rounds. DSA and the other reputable makers of the receivers have such. The thing to look for is what's called the "widows peak" feed "lanes" from the magazine to the chamber. I did long research on the Century Arms "issues". Thelady.jpg suit.jpg Bayonet unpacked.jpgBest Rifle ever issued in the British Army. Thelady.jpg suit.jpg Bayonet unpacked.jpg The last picture is the bayonet and scabbard as I was unpacking it with the grease and brown paper and the label indicating it was purchased in 1982 IIRC. The second picture is how we carried it in Northern Ireland, (and, TBH, generally after 1980 because the SUIT was great in low light conditions) The first picture is with the original slide, (top cover), and green nylon sling.
I even have 1980's issued cleaning/oiling rags for the pull through for it. Then I started getting nutty and got an unopened issue bayonet and begged mates I served with for their old cleaning kits and tools for it. I replaced the railed slide with an original, added the sling I used when I was carrying it and got a slide and SUIT sight, (Sight Unit Infantry Trilux), that we were issued in Northern Ireland. I've had 4-500 rounds down her with only one FTF.
308 barrel that actually works flawlessly after some thought, research and some common sense.
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