[Jeff Head]

I own a CAI Sporter FAL, fitted with a normal stock and pistol grip. I have had it for a number of years. It is the best all-round weapon I have owned and I use it regularly for target shooting (particular out in the mountains where we shoot regularly at picked targets on the sides of mountains anywhere from 300-500 yards out) and for varmit hunting (particularly coyotes).

I do not have a scope on it, but with the peep site the weapon is very accurate at those ranges. I shoot with a 21: barrel.

I have shot Rueger 7mm Mags (own), Rueger Ranch Rifles (own), and friend's M1s and M14s (Fulton Armory) I personally like the FAL the best...but if I could afford a match grade Garand or a Fulton M14, I would get one of those in an instant too.

Here I am before I put the normal stock on it.

[Jeff Head]

Sorry Joe, meant to BUMP you to my post 16 as well.

[Jeff Head]

Sorry Joe, meant to BUMP you to my post 16 as well.

[Joe Brower]

Lots of good advice here, Mulder. I have a DSA SA58 with the medium contour barrel, metric, fixed stock, iron sights, no carrying handle on the reciever, and no folding bipod on the handgaurds. I have the muzzle brake, since this was bought before the AW ban sunset:

Without a doubt, this rifle is one of the best I own, probably the best overall battle rifle in my collection. Out of the box, it was zeroed perfectly at 200m. A bit heavy to lug around all day, perhaps, but worth the effort. It points surprisingly well. Standing, I can hit military "dog" target out to 300m all day, and almost twice that from prone. Let me put it this way -- if I were "working" along the southern border, this is what I would bring along.

CQB would tough, since it is a rather long piece, but that .308 makes it all worthwhile, methinks, because the .30cal is far superior to the .223 if you want to shoot something and have it stay shot. And with 20 rounds as fast as you can pull the trigger, it would wreak holy hell on hostiles coming in the doorway in a stacked entry, for example.

Ammo and mags are cheap for this firearm. And as others have pointed out, DSA has now introduced many newer variants of this that deserveexamination. Bottom line, the FAL is without a doubt one of the best of the best. You will not be disappointed.