Belgian Gendarmerie FAL Parts Kits from FN America
Added 2022-11-02 13:02:01 +0000 UTCSomeone digging through the warehouses an FN in Herstal found 400 FAL rifles turned in by the Belgian Gendarmerie when they upgraded to newer arms...and they decided to send them to the US as parts kits. So FN America has these 400 kits now, and they are selling them off via lottery (free entry for a chance to purchase a kit). This is done to prevent them all from being bought up by speculators to flip on GunBroker, and I am happy FN chose to do it...check out FN America's web site for full details.
It has been a long time since actual Belgian military FAL kits were available here, and I think it's pretty cool to get a shipment of Gendarmerie ones. The kits are complete less the upper receiver, barrel, muzzle device, gas piston, and magazine. The Gendarmerie used the same rifles as the Belgian Army - M1 and M2 pattern FALs (the M5 is a separate specialized rifle used by the Gendarmerie for launching tear gas, which we will cover later). These kits are from M2 pattern rifles, and have some cosmetic wear and little mechanical wear - they were carried a lot and fired rarely.
In the next few months I'll be having this kit built into a complete rifle, and we'll have a closer look at the original military pattern of the FAL...
Disclosure: FN America gave me the kit.
Comments
Honestly, I would spend a couple hundred dollars to review these parts and decide if I wanted to really try and assemble a complete rifle. $900.00? No way.
The Bone Clock
2022-11-04 02:38:07 +0000 UTCVery cool. The Gendarmerie, or Rijkswacht as it was called in Dutch, has been disbanded and absorbed into the general police in 2001. I think I have seen them with those FALs when they were still active.
Alexander Thomas
2022-11-02 23:31:43 +0000 UTCI have a mid 1960's Herstal manufactured FN, sent to South Africa, then to me. One of the finest shooting rifles I own.
2022-11-02 19:37:52 +0000 UTCnext to bundeswehr short lived G1 "border police" bundesgrenzschutz had fal. wonder what happend to those as those guys changed to country, but statewide, airport, train stations, something police rather from paramil/police origins. had sig p210s, too. noone else did. I always loooved the fal flavor.
Guido Schriewer
2022-11-02 16:49:52 +0000 UTCI registered for the kit, and I think that it's a cool partnership between you and FN on this and it's mutually beneficial.
Steven Vanosdall
2022-11-02 15:51:41 +0000 UTChttps://fnamerica.com/fal-campaign/
Forgotten Weapons
2022-11-02 15:03:15 +0000 UTCLast parts kit I bought was a G1 kit for $99 (i'm old) excited to see these I do not see them on the website yet.
Kenneth Marshall
2022-11-02 14:51:45 +0000 UTCInteresting development. While I am incredibly unlucky with random lotteries,, this is the best choice, considering the rarity of the kits. Looking forward to seeing some top notch builds by the lucky 400.
EyeBall
2022-11-02 14:47:26 +0000 UTCHopefully atf doesn't change their minds on parts kits again with these
Hypnotoad
2022-11-02 14:37:40 +0000 UTCThat would be a great build. I did a couple of FALs a few years back using some kits that Sarco had collected. Made a really nice gun. Always wanted to build up an Israeli HB example but didn't want to sacrifice a "good" parts kit for that. Maybe one day...
Sonny Hughes
2022-11-02 14:32:05 +0000 UTCSo FN Herstal just found 400 ex-Belgian Gendarmerie FN FALs in one of their warehouses where they've been stored for the last 30 years. And cut them up and sold the parts kits to the colonials...... you lucky sods......
Mick Gillen
2022-11-02 13:41:40 +0000 UTCThis is awesome!
zspikez
2022-11-02 13:32:20 +0000 UTCThanks for the video and info.Went to FN site and registered. Been a FAL fan for a long time.
Fred V PATTERSON
2022-11-02 13:28:25 +0000 UTC
