LCT teasing a FAL

[Austeyr]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/583056370996885

 

[DerDer]

East German Aks would certainly be a nice extra too. The Bakelite stuff is getting harder to source.  MP5 is logical given the HK33/53/G3 series they have already. As is the PKM, given the PKP.  Hopefully the weight isn't too excessive.

 

As regards the FAL, fantastic news. Hopefully they come out with a Para stock and some tacticool options too. They have an AK variant,which has a Galil style stock.  Shouldn't be too difficult.

 

 

[Austeyr]

1 hour ago, DerDer said:

East German Aks would certainly be a nice extra too. The Bakelite stuff is getting harder to source.  MP5 is logical given the HK33/53/G3 series they have already. As is the PKM, given the PKP.  Hopefully the weight isn't too excessive.

 

As regards the FAL, fantastic news. Hopefully they come out with a Para stock and some tacticool options too. They have an AK variant,which has a Galil style stock.  Shouldn't be too difficult.

 

 

 

Hopefully they release one soonish and it's reasonably priced! Trying to find a King Arms OG style FAL is difficult.

[Colin Allen]

1 hour ago, Austeyr said:

 

Hopefully they release one soonish and it's reasonably priced! Trying to find a King Arms OG style FAL is difficult.

Hopefully, the FAL offering will include an L1A1.  As for the East German AKs, from a purely selfish perspective, I would rather they did not; I like having a  couple of AKs that are so different from 99%+ of those on airsoft sites. 

[Enid_Puceflange]

1 hour ago, Austeyr said:

 

Hopefully they release one soonish and it's reasonably priced! Trying to find a King Arms OG style FAL is difficult.

Easier to find the rif than the mags for it 😂

[DerDer]

2 hours ago, Austeyr said:

 

Hopefully they release one soonish and it's reasonably priced! Trying to find a King Arms OG style FAL is difficult.

Got sick of waiting for King Arms to do their re-release. You're quite correct in how much of a nightmare they are to find.

Hoping that the disassembly of the LCT isn't as much of a pig as the KA was.  Also if the magazines could work reliably from the get-go, that would

be swell. LCT can be a bit disappointing in that respect. 

 

[Colin Allen]

2 hours ago, DerDer said:

Got sick of waiting for King Arms to do their re-release. You're quite correct in how much of a nightmare they are to find.

Hoping that the disassembly of the LCT isn't as much of a pig as the KA was.  Also if the magazines could work reliably from the get-go, that would

be swell. LCT can be a bit disappointing in that respect. 

 

Indeed; the magazines are one aspect that worry me.

[DerDer]

27 minutes ago, Colin Allen said:

Indeed; the magazines are one aspect that worry me.

That's a realistic concern. Had an early batch LCT G3, the mags were complete dreck. The Hi-caps were passable but the midcap magazines were rubbish feeders. Similar experience with the HK33.  Also hoping they are decent construction. Had a VFC Scar H in an attempt to scratch the battle rifle itch.  Could change out the springs in the midcaps but the magazines were prone to disassembling themselves.

 

Can't be too negative, still great to see that they are coming out with the FAL.  Plenty of potential options such as L1A1, FN's and some of the DSA style.

[Colin Allen]

14 minutes ago, DerDer said:

That's a realistic concern. Had an early batch LCT G3, the mags were complete dreck. The Hi-caps were passable but the midcap magazines were rubbish feeders. Similar experience with the HK33.  Also hoping they are decent construction. Had a VFC Scar H in an attempt to scratch the battle rifle itch.  Could change out the springs in the midcaps but the magazines were prone to disassembling themselves.

 

Can't be too negative, still great to see that they are coming out with the FAL.  Plenty of potential options such as L1A1, FN's and some of the DSA style.

It is very much the L1A1 that interests me; I have an Ares, which has taken a fair amount of work to get it running nicely, and would welcome a better designed and better built version.

I have just bought an SA58, which I am looking forward to upgrading when it arrives and I get some time.

[DerDer]

13 hours ago, Colin Allen said:

It is very much the L1A1 that interests me; I have an Ares, which has taken a fair amount of work to get it running nicely, and would welcome a better designed and better built version.

I have just bought an SA58, which I am looking forward to upgrading when it arrives and I get some time.

Use of some steel or at least better quality metal would be welcome. Some of the previous iterations suffered from cocking handles falling off and sights getting damaged. On the design front imagine they should go for a standard ak/short motor length. Not faffing around with a medium size one.  The other models people have gotten various ETUs to work with, so should be decent on that front. LCT are usually good at making spares available so that's also a plus.

[Krisz]

LCT is extremely overpriced crap without mosfet and decent internals. Yes, externally might be superior to others but in 2025 that's simply not enough when a sub 200 pound specna knows pre-cocking and programmable by few trigger pulls.

 

Edited December 27, 2024 by Krisz

[DerDer]

12 hours ago, Krisz said:

LCT is extremely overpriced crap without mosfet and decent internals. Yes, externally might be superior to others but in 2025 that's simply not enough when a sub 200 pound specna knows pre-cocking and programmable by few trigger pulls.

 

Pretty much everything in airsoft is overpriced compared to say a Cyma platinum. I'm glad to have a aeg FN FAL, particularly after a decade of the King Arms version being rarer than rocking horse poo. The higher quality externals/lower quality internals is acceptable for some. Look at VFC/ARES aegs too. Part of the price paid for snowflake replicas unfortunately.

[1st commando]

Exactly,  it's extremely cheap to knock out copy /paste M4 variants with cheap cast bodies but that's not for everyone

[Cannonfodder]

Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about whether or not a gun comes with a mosfet? Afterall, if their internals are so bad then the mosfet is just another thing to go wrong.

[Colin Allen]

35 minutes ago, Cannonfodder said:

Am I the only one who doesn't give a crap about whether or not a gun comes with a mosfet? Afterall, if their internals are so bad then the mosfet is just another thing to go wrong.

I agree; most of the mosfets and ETUs that guns come with are not great and I end up replacing them anyway.

[Cannonfodder]

1 hour ago, Colin Allen said:

I agree; most of the mosfets and ETUs that guns come with are not great and I end up replacing them anyway.

I'd go further than that and say that 99% of guns don't need them and that any benefits are massively over exaggerated 

[Colin Allen]

52 minutes ago, Cannonfodder said:

I'd go further than that and say that 99% of guns don't need them and that any benefits are massively over exaggerated 

I agree that most guns do not need them.  However, getting rid of all the fiddly little gearbox parts is a positive, while features such as precocking and trigger sensitivity are helpful when most players seem to be running them or using HPA guns that shoot if you breathe on the trigger.

[DerDer]

On 25/12/2024 at 16:19, Colin Allen said:

Hopefully, the FAL offering will include an L1A1.  As for the East German AKs, from a purely selfish perspective, I would rather they did not; I like having a  couple of AKs that are so different from 99%+ of those on airsoft sites. 

If you're a AEG user, you might get a closer looking pistol grip than has been previously available.  One positive.

[Colin Allen]

2 hours ago, DerDer said:

If you're a AEG user, you might get a closer looking pistol grip than has been previously available.  One positive.

Yes, that would be rather nice!

[Sylithics]

My king arms fal is with negative airsoft as we speak.. 🕺 I agree with the mags tho I’ve been searching for ages! Neg is going to covert rs fal mags into mid caps for me! 😅 

[DerDer]

16 hours ago, Sylithics said:

My king arms fal is with negative airsoft as we speak.. 🕺 I agree with the mags tho I’ve been searching for ages! Neg is going to covert rs fal mags into mid caps for me! 😅 

Hopefully we get an entertaining video out of it. Would be too convenient for the brands to be cross compatible.

[Darkmikey22]

21 hours ago, Sylithics said:

My king arms fal is with negative airsoft as we speak.. 🕺 I agree with the mags tho I’ve been searching for ages! Neg is going to covert rs fal mags into mid caps for me! 😅 

I had to do the same with my king arms L1A1. 

[ButcherBill]

Not to brag or anything but I got mags for my Ares L1A1 easily enough. (shame it's too hot for my local site tho)

[Tackle]

28 minutes ago, ButcherBill said:

Not to brag or anything but I got mags for my Ares L1A1 easily enough. (shame it's too hot for my local site tho)

Too hot to DMR it ??????🤔

[ButcherBill]

37 minutes ago, Tackle said:

Too hot to DMR it ??????🤔

Yeah, unless it's a bolt action it's max 360fps, 1.2j

 

Last time I crono'd it it was 434fps, 1.85j

 

p.s. it's a single shot.

Edited Friday at 20:09 by ButcherBill