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longbough · 10-01-2004, 09:28 AM

Arawn, I've known folks who have owned G3s and sold them in favor of the FAL. I've never handled a G3 but I'm told the delayed blowback makes it unpleasant to shoot. For the quality of materials and manufacture I've been told the HK is way overpriced. But then I've never handled one.
The G3 was only developed as an alternative to the FAL when Germany failed to get the license from Belgium in the 1950s.
In 1959 Germany bought the manufacturing license for the Spanish CETME rifle and transferred it to the Heckler und Koch (HK) company to produce the first G3 rifles. But many still prefer the FAL.

BTW - which SA58 did you get? I got the DSA 18" Belgian Congo (above).

10-01-2004, 09:28 AM	#68 (permalink)
longbough Soylent Green is people. Location: Northern California	Arawn, I've known folks who have owned G3s and sold them in favor of the FAL. I've never handled a G3 but I'm told the delayed blowback makes it unpleasant to shoot. For the quality of materials and manufacture I've been told the HK is way overpriced. But then I've never handled one. The G3 was only developed as an alternative to the FAL when Germany failed to get the license from Belgium in the 1950s. In 1959 Germany bought the manufacturing license for the Spanish CETME rifle and transferred it to the Heckler und Koch (HK) company to produce the first G3 rifles. But many still prefer the FAL. BTW - which SA58 did you get? I got the DSA 18" Belgian Congo (above). Last edited by longbough; 10-01-2004 at 09:36 AM..