Keith Ford and Paul Levy are back at Rock Island Auction Company, this time to show us a semi-auto civilian variant of the FN FNC military rifle. The "Fabrique Nationale Carabine" is chambered in 5.56 NATO and was a "lessons learned" follow-on to the unsuccessful FN CAL rifle of the 1960s. Like the CAL, the FNC clearly shows FAL heritage and also points ahead to the FN SCAR. Paul and Keith give us the scoop on the FN CAL's commonalities with these other guns AND its unique features. There's an FAL-style folding stock and pistol grip, AR-15 style pinned-and-hinged upper / lower receivers, an adjustable gas block, AK-ish long-stroke piston system, and a lower receiver and firing mechanism that carrier over to the SCAR. The piston system is very similar to the FN Minimi / M249 SAW, which was under development at the same time as the FNC. It uses a steel STANAG 4179 type magazine that's interchangeable with a U.S. M16 mag. The FN FNC was eventually adopted by the armies of Belgium, Sweden, and Indonesia (where it's built under license as the Pindad SS1 and SS2).
Our earlier FTV video about the FN CAL: [ Ссылка ]\
More Brownells videos: [ Ссылка ]
