DSA Para FAL - Initial Impressions 

FALs are also one of my favorite rifles. On the PARA you are using in the video, it looks like the gas regulator is fully forward, up against the gas block/front sight. That setting is the HIGHEST pressure setting and sends the maximum amount of gas to the piston. The action tries to open too soon before the brass can fully shrink back. Many people misinterpret this as TOO LITTLE gas and it's exactly the opposite. It will create jams just as you were having. In all likelihood the gas bleed is completely covered by the regulator which it should not be. Take a look at the manual and it will describe the entire procedure for setting the regulator. Great video.

Man I would like to burn 🔥 some $$$ on a FN FAL paratrooper!! But I also want a Galil ace gen2 in 308, and a SCAR 😅😊😊😊

I have a heavy barrel,a standard barrel and would really like to get a para …I’d rather carry a standard barrel FAL over my AR 15 or AK 74 …the right Arm of the free world….great video!!

Excellent review. Had a few during my service as a conscript with the SADF in the 1970s-80s, as long as it's well maintained and kept clean it will get the job done.Thanks.

I was in the Canadian Reserve Army in the 1970s and felt very comfortable with this rifle. I fired many rounds and never had a jam, but I can't say the same for the Browning Hi-Power. We would fire on targets up to 600 yards and generally got good hits. Carrying it in the bush with extra rounds and packs was a lot of work, especially during 10-mile runs. We used to say we could shoot through brick walls with the 7.62mm. Cleaning and disassembly were straightforward, with left to right and right to left to reassemble.

DSA .... The best there is in a FAL . QUALITY .

Good content. I’m looking into this rifle at the moment. After a year, any changes? Good or bad issues? Upgrades? Thanks.

A 2" MOA FAL is actually REALLY good! haha

2:56 - 3:15 Yes, it is sad, but unfortunately, for whatever reason there are a lot of people who will jump down someone's throat if they make a mistake about something with guns like this (especially if it is about something relatively unimportant, like some obscure "factoid" that only a history nerd would care about). Good concise review. I don't think these rifles will ever get as popular again as they once were, but hopefully they will stick around for a while yet to come.

Fal's are great guns! I have the younger litle sister, the Imbel IA-2, also in 7.62. Pretty much a FAL... same magazines, controls very similar, and so on. And believe it or not, despite the 10 inches barrel, recoil is just like the big FAL.

First FAL video to not mention South Africa or Rhodesia…

Its F.A.L. A 3 letter acronym like C.I.A and F.B.I. etc. etc. etc.

How long is the barrel?

Excellent video! Very well done.

Great vid. I purchase a DSA ParaFAL two months ago directly from DSA. It took five weeks to get it and went I got the rifle it did not eject the emty casing and it came with the wrong features. I sent it back to DSA and they had two replase a couple of parts to get it to work propertly not mention that it took them four weeks to shipped it back to me, it was scratch up in a few parts on the lower and up receiver. DSA does a terrible job with the QC of their products and with the repair process. I do not recomend DSA.

There’s definitely a break in period with this rifle. At around 500 rds you can polish the contact points in the receiver, and switch out the trigger reset spring with a lighter spring. May also have to swap the bolt hold open pin with another that has proper length & angle, depending on if you have any issues with rounds popping out of the mag and into the receiver upon reloading w/ the bolt back. Another 500-1000 rounds after that, and a couple gas adjustments, it’s a reliable beast with a 4lb trigger pull. DSA’s “trigger job” is hit or miss, but you can have them do that as well before they even ship the rifle to you.

FAL or scar 17 for me , thanks.

I have one made by Imbel in Brazil. It's a little heavy, but it's one of my favorite guns. Higly durable! Congrats for the video! Cheers!

FAL M3 PARA... My all time favorite and the companion of my first emotions as a soldier

Looks like Arizona. Where's this outdoor spot? I'm in Tempe

Just received my patches in the mail! I'll make sure to share the extra with a friend and ty for the nice letter!

I’m digging the heavy metal intro. Keep up the good work.

Please do make more videos on the fal.

Can you possibly make a video showing how to "take down" (field strip) this FAL. It appears close to the DS Arms SA58 Improved Battle Carbine 16" which I just purchased but, didn't come with a manual. I can find zero videos that demonstrates field stripping. It's truly a different animal that older FAL's.

How was field stripping it and cleaning it? Mine had issues going back together, and had to take it to a gunsmith to figure it out, because DSA gave a poor manual for the para FAL.

En Argentina sean echo varias actualizaciones del Fal pero el Fal Carabina el cual seria, sino me equivoco, el modelo SA58 OSW, debido a su acortamiento de longitud de caño y en cal.7,62, para controlar su retroceso se le adherido un freno de caño, ahora bien, según comentarios de personal militar esta version en uso urbano, despejando edificaciones, es imposible aguantar o soportar el ruido o estruendo que hace su freno de boca, dicen que los disparos dentro de edificaciones es insoportable poder utilizarlo... esta version es algo que yo no lo comparto, porque desde ya un calibre 7,62 en zona urbana no es optimo no justifica su uso, pocas municiones, calibre que en fuego automatico no se lo puede controlar, el freno de boca por un lado ayuda y por el otro hace que el uso sea insoportable, para mi no reune condiciones favorables para ello. Saludos

le Fn Fal est toujours beau et moderne

Good review.

Argentina fal

is this an 18" or 21 " barrel ????

if you are not an expert why are you doing this video?