Rhodesian FAL | In Depth Look
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Rhodesian FAL R1 South African Rifle
0:00 Intro
0:40 R1 FAL Rifle
2:09 History
3:04 Lower + Magazine
4:24 Handguards
5:18 Rack Number
6:47 RA Numbers
7:52 Rhodesian Paint
9:53 Rifle Grenades
10:40 Provenance + Carry Handle
11:43 Rear Sight
12:04 Halbek Device
13:09 Prototype + Rhodesian Magazines
17:10 R1 Bayonet
17:55 Disassembly
23:23 Re-Assembly
24:05 Shooting
interesting . i thought all south african fals sent to rhodesia where sanitized so they couldn’t be traced back to south africa . i had neighbors back in the early 70’s from rhodesia , loved the story’s he told . now a said but true story , knew a guy back before 86 . the machinegun ban time . he got a fal from a guy at a great price . it was a sanitized fal had the original camo paint on it . and he removed all of it ! sadly he screwed up a very historical piece . when he found out he repainted it with spray paint ! but it never looked right again . i wonder if he still has it ? 83 was a long time ago . great job talking about the fals .
Is this the rifle used in the movie Moffie?
Is the friend of yours in this video the same friend who you did that classic SVT-40 shooting video with that is now deleted and lost to time?
Loved the detail in the Rhodesian fal video. Keep em coming. Subbed
The British L1a1 was used there to 👍🏻 grate vid
Question. Are double rack numbers on Zimbabwean furniture common? On the video I have of my Rhoady clone on my channel, both red and white enamel rack numbers were present on the stock when I bought it from Apex.
Love the tune
I like your Hitler mustache.
Thumbs up for you. Spot on.
Nice video,i like it! 👍
Excellent information and the title is correct, this is the ultimate Rhodesian FAL video. No one’s been able to tell me what those prototype magazines were until now. I have a few and they’ve run flawless. Do you know how many that guy made?
FN FAL and HK G3 are the Guardians of Rhodesia
Stock length has to do with the largely Dutch decended people who are the tallest people on earth, the shorter stocks were adopted for indigenous Africans who were substantially shorter and had difficulty shouldering the longer rifles.
Many thanks for the shout out for ‘the Gasworks’
For your information the difference in the Grenade Launcher Sights is down to different types of Rifle grenades being used. The early one is for Energa/Strim 60 HEAT anti-armour grenades, while the shorter one is for the 40 Zulu Anti Personnel Grenade.
Hope that helps.
I wonder if the legendary Darrell Watt ever carried one of those bad boys!
RA-4950 Was the number of my rifle.
New video hooray. 🙌🏻
Those two are fantastic examples
I am really glad that you were able to get your hands on them
moreover the prototype mags
Your collection keeps getting better and better !
I saw a review a while ago about Rhodesian FALs and I recall that they mention that the reason these don’t have carrying handles is that they removed them after an incident in which an ejected brass case was deflected after hitting the handle then hit the shooter’s face and caused him an injury.
A long time ago some very fine gentlemen in short shorts Armed with FN FAL’s
tried to make this world a better place.
Everybody’s free to feel good, what a great song. Great video too! probably feels good shooting that rifle too, haha
The Rifle grenades, if I recall were not very reliable.47 years ago Zulu 32 I think. Dont forget you had to make sure you had the different cartridge(Balast) in to propel the grenade. Sometimes guys forgot and 762 normal or tracer had not been removed
Australian Army troops used the L1A1 SLR 7.62 in Vietnam.
Serious stopping power and reliable.
Wow guys thank you so much, very very informative. I served in the South African army and bush war in 1984 and 85. What memories these rifles bring back. My first year I carried the R1 (FAL), used to just call it R1 or FN. R1 South African made and FN the Belgian import.
Second year our unit switched over to the South African made R4 (5.56mm Galil – copied under licence)
Both excellent rifles but the FAL will always be my favourite. Still have 2 magazines, will certainly treasure them a bit more after watching this.
Love this, found you thanks to Andy’s Gasworks. Definitely looking forward to watching this channel grow!
Awesome as usual
Bro, your microphone isn’t catching the full sound of this thing firing. This gun has an authoritative bang which reverberates through the atmosphere; your microphone is catching a very muffled version of it.
Having the full audio makes videos more exciting.
Unbelievable collection ! Always great content from this channel.
Awesome vid, my father would pay a substantial amount for a genuine having fought in the Rhodesian bush war himself. He talks about the FN FAL often.
I carried one for 2 years in the SA Commandos mine was all black. A dress code tip for you when wearing your bush hat. The vertical stitch seam on your hat goes to the back. They used to hammer us for it saying your but crack is at the back. LOL
We never had camouflage on our Rifles, which were black.1973 we had the FN Belgian model. I had that thru out
One interesting note about the Zimbabwean paint vs Rhodesian paint. The Zim paint can flake off with just your fingernail but the Rhodesian paint is hard as nails.