My New DSA FAL Para

I purchased a SA58TACP SA58 FAL PARA Tactical Carbine .308 Cal. on Saturday it has these options:

16.25" Fluted Medium Contour Barrel with Threaded A2 Flashider
Shortened Gas System w/ Short Military Grade Handguard
FAL A2 Hampton Lower With Integral M16A2 Sight System
SA58/FAL LOP Side Folding 5 Position Adjustable SOCOM Stock
SAW pistol grip
MSRP $2,192

I was excited to get to the range and see how it shot. I just got back after firing 80 rounds of Winchester 147gr USA 3081 and 40 rounds of surplus Pakistan ball from the 1980s.

I paced off 25 yards and settled down to break in the barrel and get the sights on target all at the same time.
I had set the windage to mech zero 84/42 clicks, and I bottomed out the elevation and then removed the rear sight and adjusted the turret with an allen wrench to enable going to 8/3 minus 2.

Fired the first shot at a 1" piece of tape at 25yards and I couldn't stop grinning. 1.5" high and dead center!

The gas was on 7 and the bolt locked back.

Ran the patch after each shot and fired a 5 shot group. I was hitting slightly high and a little left MPI. Shot another 5 cleaning the bore after each shot with copper cleaner as directed by DSA for the Badger Barrel.

Finished the second 10 cleaning every 2 rounds.

Then I loaded a couple of mags and tweaked the gas to 4.5 for nice positive ejection, I may be able to drop it back a notch or two as the round count goes up.

Once the gas was set the rifle fed and ejected perfectly with all the 4 20 round mags I had with me regardless of Winchester or Paki ammo.

Moved to the 100 yard line and fired 20 rounds at an 8" target.

I was still a little up and left but I had 4 out of 5 in the black, so I tweaked the sights and ended up with the front sight UP a total of 27 clicks and the rear RIGHT a total of 7.

I was right on with a 6 o'clock hold, the hardware works perfect!

My group needs a little work, but on the 100 yrd line I was shooting the 1980s production Paki stuff, so maybe it will tighten up with a newer production lot.

To summarize:
The DSA Para was very tight (which I prefer) and I spent a snowy Sunday cleaning, lubing, and running the bolt. The Para is now tight and smooth.

120 rounds fired without incident.

The sights where some of the closest I have had for any rifle POA/POI from factory mechanical zero. 5 minutes of tweaking and I was good to go for head shots at 100yds.

The A2 rear sights absolutely rocks and is a vast improvement over the L1A1 rear I am used to on my New Zealand L1A1s (I am a native Kiwi living in the states).

The LOP 5 position adjustable stock is worth every penny and then some. The recoil pad is phenomenal and the foam check piece is perfect.
I like a shorter stock and run it on position 2 from the shortest.

Overall I am 100% satisfied with the carbine!

Here are some pics of the Para

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...cticalVS01.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...Tactical02.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...alFolded01.jpg

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...raBushyM42.jpg

Regards,
Cameron

cool!

nice write up too :)

Nice, I've had one on order since the end of January with a few differences. Mine's coming with the normal gas system but the same length barrel. I ordered the folding tube stock and extreme duty scope rail upper with extended rail interface handguards and NP3 coated internals.

Hopefully mine will be arriving soon before the Dem's do something stupid.

I wanna get me an 18".

Wow... 7 year old dead thread resurrection. Gotta be some kind of record...

(I see it's not - the other one timmyp30 replied to is 3 days more dead than this one was)