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I'm looking for a complete Belgium FAL bolt. Please PM if you can help.
I've a carrier with the understanding that the carrier sn and bolt sn will not match—until I force them to match. The Belgium bolts are metric but inch and metric bolts are interchangeable. This is for an early Izzy ROMAT build. The Israelis modified the bolt carriers for a forward assist.Pretty sure there are just metric and english bolts. You need a metric. Also you want to buy the bolt and carrier as a set.
if you don't score here, go over to FAL files. Somebody always has one there.
Karl
I can't tell you how many people tell me that the carrier and bolt need to be headspaced as a set. I never understood this since, as you say, the bolt headspaces off of the locking shoulder and the lug on the bolt.Belgian bolts are metric. A number of countries made metric bolts, but also bought them from FN. Not uncommon to find them dual-marked.
And there is no need to buy a matched set of bolt & carrier. The headspace is off the locking shoulder and bolt, not the carrier.
I can't tell you how many people tell me that the carrier and bolt need to be headspaced as a set. I never understood this since, as you say, the bolt headspaces off of the locking shoulder and the lug on the bolt.