L1R1

taco413

October 08, 2003 19:16

I have a buddy of mine who recently purchased an L1A1. When he took it out of the box and looked it over he noticed it said L1R1 on the side. Plus it has a S,F, and a R switch on it. It won't go to the R but it is plainly there. He has no internet "poor man", so i've been dubbed to ask questions here. is there any significance to the L1R1? Thanks

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  brisco

  October 09, 2003 11:45

  Taco, I believe that the L1R1 is Century's model name for the FN-FAL's that they "manufacture".
  
  The quote marks are there because they do not make the rifles from scratch, rather they assemble spare parts onto a new receiver to make a new rifle. They stamp the model and serial number and out the door to you.
  
  The receivers are either foriegn (IMBEL from Brazil) or domestic manufacture, while the other parts are foriegn (typically european military rifles that have been scraped or disassembled) and domestic (US made new parts to meet the ATF's requirements).
  
  You can get more info at falfiles.com
  Regards, Brisco

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  brisco

  October 09, 2003 11:48

  The S, F, and R on the trigger pack indicate "safe", "fire" semi auto, and Really fast fire.
  
  I don't know what the R stands for, but it would be the full auto fire control selector. It's been permanently pinned.
  
  Brisco

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  taco413

  October 09, 2003 12:38

  Thank you very much Brisco, i'll pass the info on to my buddy.

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  gunnut505

  October 09, 2003 16:40

  It stands for Rock'n'Roll!
  
  If you know it all; you must have been listening.WEAR EAR PROTECTION!

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  mark christian

  October 09, 2003 17:09

  The -R- indicates the word "Repetition" which is the British designation for full automatic fire. The selectors on L1A1's are generally blocked (the British military also did this on the L1A1 service rifles to limit its full auto capabilities) or pinned, but it really makes little difference because even if unblocked (and people do this) the actual control mechanism for automatic fire is the saftey sear located in the receiver (the "upper" so to speak). All of these rifles have either a special sear block which prevents the addition of the safety sear, or the sear block area is left un finished so that nothing can ever be installed in that area without major machining to the receiver. If you were to un block the selector and move it to the -R- position in a semi L1A1 the hammer will fall but the rifle will fail to fire...a dead end and a total waste of time.
  
  Mark T. Christian

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