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Old 12-24-2009, 04:56 AM
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More than anything, I would like to have an FAL and a Galil
If you think the SIG 556 is heavy for a .223 rifle, the Galil is heavier.
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Old 12-24-2009, 05:01 AM
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Not really. The Galil's weight is a little more spread out than that of the 556, which has all of it's weight in the very front. I recently handled a 556, and it's weight distribution suprisingly reminded me of a Polish "RPK" knockoff that I had held sometime earlier in the year
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Old 12-24-2009, 05:03 AM
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FALs are nice, only shot a DSA but then again they dominate the market. Id like something more optics friendly though, since my vision sucks. Contacts shift a bit making precision shooting tough. I bet there are good FAL mounts, i just didn't see any on the gun i shot. Maybe a top rail would be nice.

The sig doesn't feel unbalanced to me weigth wise, i just hate the folding stocks (too short.) A collapsible stock version may fit well.
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Not really. The Galil's weight is a little more spread out than that of the 556, which has all of it's weight in the very front. I recently handled a 556, and it's weight distribution suprisingly reminded me of a Polish "RPK" knockoff that I had held sometime earlier in the year
Not really, Galils have almost the opposite problem - a lot of the weight is more towards the rear. Especially with the stock folded (though of course, that's not how anyone shoots it).

It's not a bad rifle, but there is a good reason that the IDF ditched it and went AR.
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Don't they make FAL's with rails?
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They make anything with rails nowadays
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Most full sized Ar-15s weigh about as much as an m1a. Its only when you get a pencil-barreled carbine an AR gets light.
Ok, I've held an M1A and it is way heavier than a basic AR-15.
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What kind of AR are you talking about? One made of depleted Uranium (super heavy) with hardwood furniture? There is no way that a normal AR weighs more than a M1A
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M1As are around 11-12 pounds empty, An M16A2 is a little under 9 with a loaded magazine. I don't think 9 is 12 hehehe.
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They make anything with rails nowadays
They make rails with rails nowadays...
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