[Webley455]

Pics attached - No numbers on the action at all, gas plug is longer than L1A1 plug. 8 on barrel, bolt carrier, bolt and upper receiver.

selector lever is from an L1A1, it’s pinned in so an FAL fully auto selector cannot be put back in. Not allowed full auto where I live

 

[Webley455]

Early Belgian made FAL import. Type 1 receiver. The furniture is metric wood, not L1A1. That wood stock was made for the FAL, L1A1 stocks fit differently. The only L1A1 bit is the selector lever. Probably installed later to legalize it for US import, since you can see on the grip where it had been rotated to "A" many times. I wonder if it was part of a prototype project built to win a specific country contract. It's not a variant that I recognize as specific to any country. The wood, the open ear gas block, non-bipod cut barrel and wood hand guards. Unique.

I bet the upper receiver is sear cut too. Do you know what to look for?

The hinge pin is in backwards. You'll want to turn that around to save your knuckle skin 😄

Post these pics on the FALfiles.com and see what the old horses over there can tell you. Lot deeper FAL knowledge there.

thanks for reply, the wood fore stock is L1A1 as it has the WD arrow stamps on it. The rifle was imported to Jersey back in the 1980’s along with a dozen or so L1A1’s. It had been messed around with over the years but I have managed to recover its original grip and butt. The 3 hole forestock has still escaped me so far, I’m hoping it might surface one day.
I live in Jersey British Channel Islands, not the USA🙂