FN Fal Light Automatic Rifle 7.62 User Manual

FALUSER’s MANUAL
LIGHT AUTOMATIC RIFLECAL. 7.62 mm
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I. INTRODUCTION
The FN Light Automatic Rifle, colibre 7.62 mm
NATO, usually known OS the “F. A. L.” or
“L. A. R.“,has resulted from prolonged research
and 
comoetitive trials made in various countries
and unde; all types of climatic conditions.
Fig. 
IThis rifle, which has been adopted by many
countries both within and outside NATO, was
designed and made by FN to give the user a
rifle which would combine all the essential qua-
lities needed under modern fighting conditions, to
a hitherto unequalled...

I I. CHARACTERISTICS
AND TECHNICAL DETAILSThe FN Light Automatic Rifle is an automatic
weapon, calibre 7.62 mm NATO, gas-operated and
with a breech block which is mechanically locked
before firing can take place.
Rifle
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6.4Weights
a) Rifle without magazine: 4.325 kgs 
(ap-prox. 9.53 Ibs)
b) Magazine (steel) empty: 250 g 
(8+ ots)c) Magazine (steel) filled 20 rounds Ball
Ammn.: 730 g (1 lb 
98 ozs)
d) Barrel. approx.800 g (1 lb 
12a ozs)
Measurementsa) Overall length 
.1,090 mm (approx....

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12.Cocking handle:left side of receiver.
Chonge lever: left side of trigger frame.
Sights: adjustable, bocksight graduated from
200-600 metres, scaled by 100 m.
Rifling of barrel : 4 grooves, direction-right,
pitch-l in 
305 mm (1 in 12”!Cyclic rote of fire: 650-700 rpm.
Operational rate of fire, semi-automatic: up
to 60 rpm.
Cartridge
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8.Colibre: 7.62 mm NATO (Fig. 2).
Weight of cartridge: (for ordinary ball round
“SS 77”) approx. 24 g (0.86 oz).
Length of cartridge: 7...

to FN booklet for Ammunition calibre 7.62 mm
NATO, or other handbook on thk subject.
Fig. 2
FN 7.62 mm NATO cartrldge wtth SS 77 bullet
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III. FUNCTIONING1. COCKING
Before firing, the breech block mechanism is
forward, with the safety applied (change lever set
at 
‘5”).Insert a filled magazine obliquely in the housing
under the receiver, swing it from front to rear and
push fully home:the magazine is then. secured
in the rifle at both front and rear.
Pull the cocking handle, on the left side of the
receiver, fully to the rear, then let it go forward: a
cartridge is thus introduced into the chamber;
the rifle is loaded and cocked.
To fire,...

shoulder in the receiver.The mechanism is then
unlocked. The recoil of slide dnd breech block
continues, the extractor removes the spent case
from the chamber: extraction is completed; then
the hammer, pushed by the slide, is forced to pivot
to the rear.
As recoil continues, the base of the spent case
contacts the ejector, an integral part of the receiv-
er; the case is then thrown out of the gun to the
right, through the ejection opening.
buring this rear movement, the return springs,
housed in the...

pin protrudes beyond the rear face of the slide,
when the front face of the slide is.fully home.
In automatic fire, it is the safety sear which
releases the hammer and thus causes the shot to
be fired, because the trigger sear is not in action
in this case, except for the first shot of each burst
of fire.
In semi-automatic fire, it is the trigger sear
which finally releases the hammer, after it has
first been released by the safety sear; the me-
chanism has been so designed that the trigger
must be...

the hammer each time the mechanism closes after
the breech is completely locked: firing is auto-matic,When the firer releases the trigger, the nose
of the sear rises, catches hold of the hammer,
which then pushes the sear slightly to the rear;
this positions the tail of the sear over the heel of
the trigger and the mechanism is then cocked,
ready to fire the next burst.
c) A rear position“R”, which sets the 
mecho-nism at semi-automatic (single shot); the rear tip
of the trigger is now against a...

5. HOLDING OPEN DEVICE.When the magazine is empty, its platform
pushes the holding open device upwards, in the
pathway of the breech block, which is thus held
to the rear, and the firer knows that his magazine
is empty.After a filled magazine has been insert-
ed, depress the lever of the holding open device
so that the breech block is released and can con-
tinue its forward movement.
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