You're not bulletproof...

German African

An H&K 91 with the rather uncommon Namibian furniture. The handguard pretty much looks like a standard wide handguard aside from the ventilation slots. The stock is unique in that it mimics the FAL’s stock.   It’s substantially heavier than the regular G3 fixed stock. One other thing to note is the color. Namibian furniture has a very distinct faded molted green pattern, but it was never applied to the pistol grip.

I lucked out on my SAR 8 cause the owner had Namibian furniture installed but didn’t know what it was. Depending on the condition of the furniture, a complete set would be around $300+. 

Crests

Just a few of the various Mauser crests from different nations.

From top to bottom…

Czechoslovakian

Turkish

Persian

Israeli

Portuguese

Colombian

Yugoslavian

AR-180B

A reproduction of the AR-180 (civilian version of the AR-18), the 180B differs in few ways. It has a fixed stock instead of a side-folding stock, uses a polymer instead of stamped steel lower and will use and accept standard AR-15 magazines. The older AR-180 has it’s own mags but AR-15 mags could be modified to work in them.

Not sure if these reproductions are still in production. I haven’t seen new ones lately.

Frankenfal

A nickname given to FAL rifles built using different parts from different nations. Receiver is from Imbel of Brazil but the parts are Israeli, specifically the heavy barrel model.

What’s interesting here is the scope and mount. Note that it’s off-set to the left instead of directly over the bore. That is a very rare Belgian OIP experimental mount and scope. It’s somewhat of a throwback to the FAL’s father the FN49 which used a similar off-set to the left scope mount. I’ve seen tons of the more common STANAG mounts but this is only the second OIP mount I’ve ever seen.

M76

What is essentially and over-sized AK chambered in 8mm Mauser. The ones sold/built by Century Arms and Ohio Rapid Fire (now known as Assault Weapons of Ohio) are generally the most common versions on the market.

This one is missing it’s ZRAK ON-M76 scope which is calibrated for the 8mm Mauser caliber.

FR8

A Spanish bolt-action rifle chambered in 7.62x51mm. It was essentially a temporary firearm until Spain could produce enough CETME rifles. The FR8 uses the same muzzle brake and front sight but has a different rotating dial rear sight. The CETME had a paddle style rear sight; something that didn’t carry over to the G3.

Built using a Mauser action so its simple and reliable, although the straight bolt handle made it difficult to use optics unless you modified it. Fairly uncommon nowadays even for a surplus rifle.

WZ-48

A Polish single-shot .22 LR bolt-action training rifle. It mimics the Mosin Nagant 91/30 but is much shorter and more similar to the carbine versions. These would later be sold to the U.S surplus market as Poland adopted the AK series of rifles, requiring a new training rifle to mimic the new platform.

Springfield Armory G3

Although this is a clone rifle, this is a rarely seen variant. Springfield Armory used to import these Greek made versions marked as a G3 but Heckler & Koch protested the designation because the original G3 was select-fire. Springfield Armory then renamed them under the moniker SAR-3 but later switched to SAR-8.

Exact number of Springfield Armory G3 marked rifles is unknown but it’s speculated to be only a few hundred. This is only the 2nd one I’ve seen for sale in 5 years.

Galil 323

These rifles were imported by Action Arms and are genuine Israeli built examples for the civilian market. Note the side optic mount with the Trilux SUIT. The Israeli’s adopted the optic from the British when the FN FAL also entered Israeli service.

The .308 models, like the one pictured above, are considered collectable especially since no one makes a current production model. Average price range is $2,500 to $3,500.