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Anyone familliar with DSA stuff?
theboogeyman
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Just curious if anyone had experience with DS Arms. They're on the front cover of my latest Shotgun News with their version of the B&T TP9, and does that little honey look sweet! I know it's a gun that has no purpose to speak of, but I like it. Guess the question boils down to though, is the DSA stuff junk or decent?
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Thank you for the correction.
Dosn't DSA stand for Doug Shilen Arms? As in a division of the barrel maker Shilen?
I actually have no clue....I don't see the Doug Shilen name anywhere on their website: http://www.dsarms.com They have the have a half-page advertisement on the cover of the Feb. 1st Shotgun News (newspaper one). The gun I'm asking about in particular is the Brugger & Thomet TP-9 Pistol: http://www.dsarms.com/prodinfo.asp?number=BTTP9
I've seen a version of this pistol made by Steyr, I think. This looks like it's updated with Picatinny Rails and such. I was mainly curious if they were any good.
A former friend of mine had a Steyr SPP, same gun, that broke it's firing pin. He had to have a gun smith machine him a new one as Steyr would not replace it and had no parts in the country for it.
If you buy one, I would buy some of the common replacement parts.
Extractors, firing pins, springs, etc.
DSA makes probably the best FAL short of the original FN.
A former friend of mine had a Steyr SPP, same gun, that broke it's firing pin. He had to have a gun smith machine him a new one as Steyr would not replace it and had no parts in the country for it.
If you buy one, I would buy some of the common replacement parts.
Extractors, firing pins, springs, etc.
Sounds good...the new ones aren't made by Steyr, so I was hoping they'd be better, but it sounds like DSA's reputation is pretty good. I'll keep them in mind when I'm looking at a FAL too. I guess they're probably not fly-by-night if they're plonking down the cash for half of the front page of SN.
The short answer is No. Here's the long answer:
DSA, also known as DS Arms, is
run by Dave Selvaggio, hence the
DS in the name. Since shortly after
he set up business around 1987, Selvaggio
has been the prime source in
the U.S., and perhaps now in the
world, for FAL rifle parts, rifles,
accessories, books, you-name-it.
He traveled all over the world buying
up arsenals full of FAL things,
brought them to his Illinois-based
outlet, and sold them. He has lots
of experience with numerous other
high-end semiautomatic and fully
automatic rifles, but came to prefer
the "free world's right arm," the
FAL in its many guises.
It became clear to Selvaggio several
years ago that the supply of
good existing FAL receivers was
quickly disappearing. He didn't like
any of the numerous new receivers,
because his experience told him
they weren't being made correctly.
Some of the receivers were soft,
some brittle. Most if not all of the
new FAL receivers had major problems
in one or another area, and Selvaggio
knew this because he knew
FALs like very few other living men.
He decided to do the FAL right.
Best.
Anyway, mine's basically a metric FAL with a 16.25" bbl plus flash hider. Nice trigger as compared to most FALs and very easy to clean up. Mine has the folding bipod legs with black steel handguards. The brake or hider can be unscrewed (LH thread) and different ones installed. Lots of different add ons available such as folding stock, picatinny handguards, sights and a solid scope mounting dust cover.
Most popular is 308 of course, but you can get 260 Rem & 243 Winchester if you like.
Excellent quality. I plan on getting a target version & seeing how I fare against the AR15 crowd.
http://www.wolverinesupplies.com/default.asp?Pg=8&do=3&mcid=1&scid=12&pid=48