{"id":1102,"date":"2016-02-03T02:58:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T02:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2016\/02\/03\/fal-meets-ar-meets-god-knows-wha\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:26:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:26:21","slug":"fal-meets-ar-meets-god-knows-wha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=1102","title":{"rendered":"FAL Meets AR Meets God Knows What"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:9762,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/auctionsolutionsinc.proxibid.com\\\/aspr\\\/Manufacturer-Masterpiece-Arms-Action-Semi-Auto-Model-MPA971x1A-Caliber-9mm-Barrel-Length-16-1-2\\\/28525947\\\/LotDetail.asp?lid=28525947&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/auctionsolutionsinc.proxibid.com\\\/Guns-Military-Artifacts\\\/Firearms\\\/Rifle\\\/lotInformation\\\/28525947&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9763,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/thefiringline.com\\\/forums\\\/showthread.php?t=235120&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/thefiringline.com\\\/forums\\\/showthread.php?t=235120&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nI was looking over an <a href=\"https:\/\/auctionsolutionsinc.proxibid.com\/aspr\/Manufacturer-Masterpiece-Arms-Action-Semi-Auto-Model-MPA971x1A-Caliber-9mm-Barrel-Length-16-1-2\/28525947\/LotDetail.asp?lid=28525947\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">auction site<\/a> when I stumbled across this really funky looking carbine.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MasterpieceMPA971x1A-1024x682.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/MasterpieceMPA971x1A-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>It is listed as a Masterpiece Arms MPA971x1A 9mm carbine. It comes with a 71 round drum magazines and the Bushnell HoloSight.<\/p>\n<p>A closer look at the lower, pistol grip, and butt stock make it look like it was stolen off a FAL. In the picture below, look at the safety, the locking lever, and the rear sight dovetail where the rear sight should be.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/268-7-1024x682.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/268-7-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Doing a search on this, it appears that it is indeed a FN FAL lower. The upper is derived from the MAC 11 and the drum is from a Finnish Suomi SMG. <a href=\"http:\/\/thefiringline.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=235120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to this old post<\/a> in The Firing Line, the carbine weighs almost 17 lbs! The original poster said he put 600 rounds through it without a single malfunction. It may be ugly but it does sound reliable.<\/p>\n<p>Prices I&#8217;ve found are about $560 from an auction in 2004 and someone trying to sell one on Armslist for $1000 back in 2012 saying it is very rare. I would agree with the last part about it being rare but worth $1000 is another story.<\/p>\n<p>I may bid on it just for the heck of it. If I won it, I&#8217;d have the satisfaction of knowing no one had a similar carbine in a three state area. Heck, make it a four state area if I pick the states correctly.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was looking over an auction site when I stumbled across this really funky looking carbine. It is listed&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":8,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1988,1879],"class_list":["post-1102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-masterpiece-arms-mpa971","tag-weird-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10608,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1102\/revisions\/10608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}