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FAL Review: Olympic Arms FAL Receiver
2016-09-20
FAL Review: Williams Arms Company Steel FAL Receiver
2016-09-20

FAL Review: Williams Arms Company Aluminum FAL Receiver

(updated 04-09-2020)
Introduction
Dwight Williams of Williams Arms Company in Sisters, Oregon, produced an aluminum FAL receiver. This receiver was significantly lighter than its steel counterparts an I was hopeful that it would prove to be a viable option. I reviewed my sample in 2001.
Review

Williams Arms Company  FAL aluminum receiver review
Left side view, nicely machined.

Williams Arms Company  FAL aluminum receiver review
Right side view, lettering a bit large for my taste.

Williams Arms Company  FAL aluminum receiver review
This inch receiver has clearance cuts for the inch receiver cover tabs

Williams Arms Company  FAL aluminum receiver review
Note same clearance cuts on the WAC Aluminum receiver. Note also the hole in floor of receiver.

Williams Arms Company  FAL aluminum receiver review
Ejector block pins machined flush. Very neat. Note unusual mill cut behind hinge pin hole.Lightening cuts and sand cuts done very nicely.

Williams Arms Company  FAL aluminum receiver review
compare to this IMBEL

Williams Arms Company  FAL aluminum receiver review
different shape cut on IMBEL

Williams Arms Company  FAL aluminum receiver review
right side view

Williams Arms Company  FAL aluminum receiver review
mag well apparently cut to take inch or metric magazines

Williams Arms Company  FAL aluminum receiver review
Rear view.

Williams Arms Company  FAL aluminum receiver review
Feedramp cuts are perfect.
Summary

Williams Arms Company  FAL aluminum receiver review
I recommend strongly against using the WAC Aluminum receiver in a rifle caliber. It endured one man’s 1000 round torture test – then cracked. Tested with proofloads by White Labratories, it failed catestrophically. I have personally examined the splintered shards of the receiver. Several other people have had locking shoulders and ejector block pins walk out. I have examined photographs of several other full and semiautomatic aluminum receivers with cracks. Although probably okay for pistol calibers, I choose not to complete this review with a live fire. I have serious reservations about its safety and structural integrity. Dwight Williams has left his customers with a pretty, but useless product.
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