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How do you tell if FN Mags are Metric or English
- ButchS1066
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Re: How do you tell if FN Mags are Metric or English
Have her price .308 Galil magazines, FAL mags are quite a bargain in comparison.BobTheWitch wrote:Now I just have to convince the missus that spending $100 on magazines for a rifle is a necessary thing
Life is short, ammo is expendable. Empty the mag.
- 1911Man
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Re: How do you tell if FN Mags are Metric or English
I have one of the Century R1A1 (formerly L1A1 before conversion by the CAM's) rifles. It takes inch mags. AFAIK, it's all inch pattern. I've been seeing a lot of metric mags lately, but no inch ones. So I'll probably be looking at some of these links when I get to a PC with unrestricted internet access. It's good to know I have a fallback if I can't find inch mags.
The only thing that didn't work on mine was the empty mag, bolt hold-open. I made my own with a nail and a grinder.
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CAM's refers to the Crack Addled Monkeys that work at Century Arms.
The only thing that didn't work on mine was the empty mag, bolt hold-open. I made my own with a nail and a grinder.
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CAM's refers to the Crack Addled Monkeys that work at Century Arms.
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- Netpackrat
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Re: How do you tell if FN Mags are Metric or English
I thought R1A1 denoted that it was built using South African parts.
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- 1911Man
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Re: How do you tell if FN Mags are Metric or English
I'll have to look closely, but I believe it has the Century markings R1A1 on the lower receiver (right side) and L1A1 on the upper receiver (left side). It's been a while since I looked. It's all inch pattern though.Netpackrat:
I thought R1A1 denoted that it was built using South African parts.
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Re: How do you tell if FN Mags are Metric or English
Well, there is a reason they call Century builds FrankenFALs...
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- 1911Man
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Re: How do you tell if FN Mags are Metric or English
NPR,
You may be right about it being made with South African parts. I looked at it tonight and where I thought it said L1A1, it was blank. The right side is indeed stamped R1A1. I thought I had hallucinated the whole L1A1 thing. Then I hunted up the box it came in and the related materials. All of them say L1A1 and have the correct serial number of my rifle.
You're right about FrankenFALs. Who knows where the parts came from? Those wacky Crack Addled Monkeys just keep going and going.
You may be right about it being made with South African parts. I looked at it tonight and where I thought it said L1A1, it was blank. The right side is indeed stamped R1A1. I thought I had hallucinated the whole L1A1 thing. Then I hunted up the box it came in and the related materials. All of them say L1A1 and have the correct serial number of my rifle.
You're right about FrankenFALs. Who knows where the parts came from? Those wacky Crack Addled Monkeys just keep going and going.
My ideas are mine. You go out and get your own!
- evan price
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Re: How do you tell if FN Mags are Metric or English
Man, I'm glad I cleaned out SARCO for $4 a pop shipped last year. Most of 'em were Israeli, too.
DSA has the best deals on used Steyr mags right now. $8 each I think.
DSA has the best deals on used Steyr mags right now. $8 each I think.
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