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Anyone
who has spent his life around firearms will always have some favorites-weapons
that, for whatever reason, stand out when you walk past a rack of rifles
or shotguns. These are firearms that have earned your respect from years
of reliable and faithful service. My list of respected friends includes
such perennial favorites as the Model 1911 Colt Government Model and
Browning Hi-Power as well as the likes of the No. 4 MKI Lee Enfield
and AKM And while I don’t own one, another rifle I wouldn’t hesitate
to carry into a dangerous situation would be the FN-FAL. A close friend
of mine has carried an FAL for the last 15 or so years and that rifle
has done nothing except impress me. My friend Al, a former sniper in
the 10th Mountain Infantry, is just one of those people that is hard
on equipment. He is the only person that I know that could leave in
the morning with a perfectly good Lee Enfield and come back in the afternoon
with a piece in each hand. Yet for the last 15 years that FAL has been
carried all across North America, paddled canoes, taken game, routinely
doubled as a fire poke, provided security, and fired countless thousands
of rounds. Whether in -50 degree F or 110 above, that old FAL has never
missed a beat and always shot superbly. I have a lot of respect for
that rifle and its owner.
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