GRAIL ALERT! FN’s first mini FAL 🇧🇪 the “CAL”

This review of the FN CAL, presented by the Arm&Gun host, highlights its aesthetic appeal as a 'grail' gun developed by FN Herstal. Despite its beauty, the host critically labels it a 'beautiful dumpster fire' due to significant mechanical complexity and reliability issues, making it difficult for armorers to service. The review details its technical specifications, operational features, and compares it to its predecessors and successors, the FN FAL and FN FNC.

This review of the rare FN CAL rifle highlights its historical significance as FN's first 5.56mm offering, predating the FNC. Despite its rarity, especially in full-auto configuration, the rifle demonstrates surprisingly controllable full-auto fire thanks to an effective FAL-style muzzle brake. Magazine compatibility is a key point, with proprietary 20-round magazines not interchanging with AR-15s.

The FN CAL, FN's initial 5.56mm combat rifle, served as a precursor to the FNC. Despite its innovative features like a short-stroke piston and a four-position fire selector, it suffered from commercial failure due to high cost and maintenance difficulties. Only around 12,000 units were produced, primarily for Thailand, before being superseded by the more successful FNC.

This review compares the rare FN FNC select-fire machine gun against the M16, highlighting the FNC's superior controllability due to its slower cyclic rate (approx. 650 RPM) and long-stroke gas piston system. The demonstration shows the FNC's exceptional stability and accuracy in full-auto fire, outperforming the M16 in spray pattern tests. It also details the FNC's history, development, and unique features like the gas shut-off and adjustable regulator.

This expert review delves into the Daewoo K2, a South Korean military rifle that found its way to the US in the 1980s. The video highlights its design influences, drawing from the M16, AR-18, and AK-47, and discusses its unique hybrid features. It also covers the impact of import restrictions leading to variants like the DR-200.

This review details the French trials of the FN CAL rifle in the 1970s, focusing on its adaptation for rifle grenade capability. The video showcases the evolution of grenade launching systems tested on the FN CAL, including early STRIM sights and later adjustable barrel stops. It also touches upon experimental magazines and the eventual outcome of the trials, where the FN CAL was unsuccessful.

This video demonstrates the proper loading technique for the M1 Garand's unique En Bloc clip, emphasizing the step-by-step addition of .30-06 Springfield rounds. It highlights how the clip functions like a magazine's feed lips once partially loaded and concludes with the iconic 'ping' sound upon ejection. The content is educational, showcasing the mechanics of this classic WWII rifle.

This video showcases a Beretta-made FKF M1 Garand chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO, featuring a modification to prevent the 'Garand Thumb' injury. The host demonstrates the rifle's unique safety feature, its semi-automatic firing at steel targets, and the ability to manually trigger the iconic 'ping' sound of the en-bloc clip ejection.

The C96 'Broomhandle' Mauser is an iconic pistol known for its unique wooden holster that doubles as a shoulder stock, making it NFA exempt. It features a 10-round internal magazine fed by stripper clips and fires the 7.63 Mauser cartridge. Select-fire variants exist, and its tangent rear sight is graduated to an impressive 1000 meters.

The GM6 Lynx, nicknamed the 'Handheld Howitzer,' is a bullpup rifle chambered in .50 BMG. Its unique long-recoil operation is demonstrated through mechanical sounds as the barrel extends, bipod deploys, and a 5-round magazine is inserted. The rifle features a compact design for transport, with a visible 'LYNX' logo on its muzzle brake.