[jboot]

It was a while back, maybe 10 years ago. Imbel was the only game in town at the time, and they had shut the door on them. Intact Imbel recievers were moving for over $1K.

I've been collecting C&R for years, I kind of lost track of what was going on in homebuild land.

[Spktyr]

Yeah, that’s been a very long time. There are multiple options now. Imbel was making new, not recycled receivers, though. Imbels do still go for a bit of a premium, but it’s $600 or so, not $1000+ now.

A brand new DSA receiver is $449 retail. http://www.dsarms.com/FAL-SA58%20Upper%20Receivers/products/13/

Entreprises start at $349. http://www.entreprise.com/fnreceivers.html

You can even get one for an “inch” FAL from them, as the L1A1 receivers.