FN FAL With an Original FN Scope 

The right *eye* of the free world.

Even rarer is the shortened FN FAL featured in the movie *'Wild Geese'* (1978, Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, and Hardy Krüger). The special 'custom' FAL (which looks like the modern DSA FAL carbine) appears in several scenes in the hands of 'Sergeant Tosh Donaldson', played by *Ian Yule* (a real life Congo mercenary and ex-SAS member). His FAL 'shorty' is fitted with a *SinglePoint* (or Armson or Qwik Point) type sight. I contacted Mr. Yule's agent some years ago and he informed me that they had sourced the rifle from some contacts they had in the South African defence community (who they were working with in the making of the movie). Maybe Forgotten Weapons will feature this rifle some day?

Someone will put a small country into debt for this rifle.

5:05 Suddenly, Kermit

That's so far been the FAL with the most " want it" power yet, tho that last one with the Para config in 5.56 is a very close 2nd

You spoil me, working the desk this Thanksgiving morning.

Haven't had a chance to test if it holds zero, but mounts just fine and has nice clear glass. Centered vertically true to a plumb line with the crosshairs which is always a plus!It's a great ru-vid.comUgkxc4K63Fd5LglDMObu7-Bgapxp_ef0W8hE scope. There's no parallax adjustment or focus ring, so may be limited to 3-7x, have to see how it is on the range. Also be aware that the rings are "look through" so you can still use irons, but they are really tall if you only intend to use the optics. On a 22LR no biggie since I'm not shooting competitions or worried about a hard cheek press. Will boresight and range test, if all goes well, I'll leave it at that!

In Argentina the army modernized a bunch of FALs adding Picatinny rails everywhere it's called FAL M5

And lo the holy host of herstal did apply optics to the right arm of the free world....and gun jesus did praise these works as being righteous....praise be the word!! Amen

That is one good looking FN FAL.

I remember the FAL top cover was used upside down as the mount for the Milan Infra Red Adaptor done the job nicely. Tracking tracking tracking Impact😃 on the Argyll’s 👍

That scope looks good in the fal

Been watching these for about 2 years now. Love the information and videos!

Something else I can't have for Christmas. Bollocks to it!

I assume a regular top cover could be put in place, if a scoped replacement was not available. This does not allow the immediate use of iron sights as a backup, but does allow the rifle to return to service using standard spare parts. It also means a common rifle could get an upgrade to optical sights by any soldier. Not bad for a rifle without native scope mounting holes or a builtin rail. This is a very smart design, and a great video. Thanks

@Forgotten Weapons great video as always happy thanksgiving

I have a shortened (not SBR) with a flattop picitiny rail and the squad automatic hand guard. Front heavy as crap but took a buffalo with it so it's pretty good. ☺️

Cant tell you how many people lost their lives in MW2 at my hands with this configuration

I am looking forward to the Christmas video, hope it is as epic as the Kraut Magic video.

What a fine specimen this rifle is.

This explains why I just got recommended your full auto fal vs G3 video again :)

Happy Thanksgiving Day!!! As always a great video.

Thank you , Ian .

As a kid I loved the look of SLR with SUIT mounted on it, the SS20 nightsight just looked massive.

Cant wait to see a review of the fn fnc !

Wow... What an absolute beauty. This might very well be one of the nicest FAL I've ever seen. To me, this is peak desirable. On par with the G11 featured on this channel and way ahead of thw MP7A1 from recently.

The only battle semi auto I ever fired.. 14 years old felt the shock of the 7.62x51 shaking my body firng prone the recoil was beast.. Would love to have one of those with scope.. Maybe one day..

Churchill's right arm of the free world

German G-1 also has a scope very similar to that one(atleast the one I've used) I'm actually amazed how similar those 2 are.

I want more forgotten scopes videos

thank you Gun Jesus! Happy Thanksgiving!!

Ian- Enjoy your videos and been really enjoying the FN FAL videos. I had to watch this one twice and then get mine out of the safe! I don't have the factory scope but I am always interested to see a rifle close to what I've got. I have a purchased new in 1986 "Steyr Secaucus NJ" stamped FAL. My serial is just over 1,000 rifles lower and besides the scope mount the other big difference is I have the older style or more traditional style flash hider. Just thought it was interesting that between the original Imported Assault Weapons Ban happening in '86 that there is that much difference between the 2 rifles, importers being the biggest. Side note- I run a Shepherd's scope, 310-P3, 3-10 x40 in an ARMS mount on mine and it's a tack driver with 168gr match ammo.

I could not miss the top disk of a drink stirrer at 50 yards with the FN FAL 7.62x51mm (Dark Black Wooden stock) with its default Aperture rear sight, post front sight ...had the gas turned down a bit to make it easier and smoother to get sights on target again ..only loaded 16 rounds in the magazine to ease the ejection of the cartridge.....the sights and accuracy of that rifle was beyond deadly....i started shooting with it when i was 10 years old...i could strip that thing bare in the dark with my eyes closed...extracting the gas cylinder and spring by lifting and turning the grenade sight,removing the "mouse" and cover to clean the magazine well etc....those were the good old days...when i was 19 years old (1993) South-Africa were in talks of some political changes. We decided to take the FN (R1 we called the Army issue in RSA) and wrap it in grease and oil rags,put it with its 6 magazines in an old "balsak" together with about a 1000 rounds mix of red tip (tracers) and black tip (armor piercing) still in the small carton boxes of ammo with the white R1M1 stickers (army issue) on it.....drove to a small secondary bridge crossing the Vaal river, and we dumped it in the river.......one of the saddest days of my life (i loved that rifle so much) that i would strip it and clean it in front of the tv watching cartoons on a Saturday morning..when i was left alone during the days when my parents went to visit family, i would have the "FN" beside me on the couch with its 20 round magazine loaded. Those days in SA many kids were raised with weapons in the house and trained by their dads on how to be responsible in operating and handling them...i knew trigger discipline from 8 years old using 12Gauge shotguns,Beretta pistols etc....nowadays the closest kids get to guns is in computer games...without a father figure in the house.

That FAL is one drop dead sexy rifle!

Beautiful

are the P90 and FiveSeven forgotten enough for Ian yet? maybe both in 1 video? considering they both use the same round and were practically made for each other...

Wow. Never been here this early. #23. I happen to still be awake. I love FAL'S, haven't seen this style before. Makes a lot of sense, and the DMR concept is not new (Revolutionary War, anyone?- and almost certainly older than that). I bet that one goes for a few thousand. Great video as always. Thank you

I would like to see the FN FNC version of this.

The Dutch used K.R.R. A.I.62 scopes on their FAL's for their SLA (Schutter Lange Afstand), Designated Marksman would be the best translation. These scopes were originally developed for the A.I. AR-10. Also IR scopes were used on the FAL, they look very similar to the German Vampire scopes for the STG-44.

very cool

Hi, some weapons never be forgotten, thanks.

Not every FAL had an integrated bipod. That's usually a feature of the Canada pattern C1 or the post WWII German border guard G1.

Sweet scope.

Now that's one I wish I had the coin for. I've always wanted an Inch pattern with a trilux but this would do quite well instead.

Great vid! 👍

That's a pretty FN cool rifle

Any idea how good this scope was compared to the Trilux scope that was sometimes used with the L1A1 SLR?

Very cool

An original FN scope? That’s pretty FN cool

Have you thought about doing a video about its successor the FNC? It's is getting quite rare these days

Wait FN FAL got their own scope? :'v

OMG! It came in through GSI in Trussville! That’s not too far up the road from me. Think they are out of business now.

Seems silly that they almost made it so that the iron sights could still be used when it appears that they just had to remove a tiny bit more metal to make it actually work. Is there a reason they didn't, or was it simply that they didn't care or didn't think to do it?

I’m surprised there’s no side rail mounted scopes for the FAL so that the scope doesn’t have to be re-zeroed every time the dust cover is removed.

Damn.! i live in Belgium and can't find a good FN Fal wit scope. So i had to buy an Englisch FAL (BSA and also veery good but.......not from FN) and still surching for a good Mil.scope for it. Thanks for the vid.

5:14 for looking through it.

Ian - can you review AKS-74U?

I honestly didn't know there was any demand for a scoped FAL. Thought no-one would use it or used it as a marksman rifle. Especially with the accuracy concerns.

A Thanksgiving gift for non AR & non AK fans.

Thank you Ian. Makes me want to move South, just so I could have the chance to own one of these - although I'm guessing that FN factory originals are like hen's teeth.

Omg its beautiful sir

Does the handle travel enough to bump the scope? It seems like an afterthought.

This makes me think that the FAL could have been an excelent designated marksman rifle.

You should get your hands on a Norwegian modernized G3, the AG3-F2.

Gun Jesus once again shows us a miracle!! Christmas is coming😭😭😭

Such a nice rifle, whoever buys this better enjoy it

In 1964 to 1986 the Swedish military manufactured a modefied version named AK4. A bit heavy, but you could run it forever.

FAL is still pretty popular in South Africa with police and security guys.

I would like one of these nice .

If I didnt want to use the scope would a normal sheet metal receiver cover fit inplace of the scope receiver cover?

This is the Cody’s lab of firearms

5:05 hey guys Kermit the frog here and today we have an FN Fal here with an optic @S.H.V.C

A sight for sore eyes indeed.

Can you do more Lmgs?

How is it comparing to SVD?

Please do a video on the savage model 6/6a

What an awesome channel 👍 👍👍 👍👍 👍👍 👍

Sure would love to hear about pricing in the videos themselves.

As an Aussie I know this rifle as an S.L.R. With the timber stock it is the hottest rifle on the planet.

turrets of the scope und backsite nearly look like first generation Hensoldt scopes for the G3. Sure they weren´t build by Hensoldt/ Steiner/ Karl Kaps of Bundeswehr drawings?

Wait this isnt pornhub? Its *so much better*

Does the hand guard accept M-Lok accessories?

Anyone have any idea how rare the FNC scopes (not FAL) are? I've wanted to get my hands on one for years.

Did the same scope get shipped to Commonwealth countries for use with our, (inch pattern) FN slr's??

Always a problem with a top cover mounted scope, the bloody things took forever to zero.

So what would they do remove the whole top cover at their scope broke

Why don’t they make repros of these?

This was used by the brazilian commandos before they got the psg1

Fn' scope!

I would do absolutely unspeakable things for this rifle.

Whatever happened to Gun Lab Dot Net?

Ooh gonna be pricey

Why did they design the pistol grip to be as angled as it is? I always found it super uncomfortable.

thats a good chin weld

¿What is the real name of the optical sight of the FN FAL?

Happy thanksgiving to all our American friends! Let’s hope you’re not knee deep in snow this year 😂

Cool

I have the goofy British model with optic.

This is definitely an extremely rare gun...

FAL's are damn sexy esspecially this one.