FN FAL Magazines

[mobil890]

Are there any companies making FN FAL .308 inch polymer mags?

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[JRuby]

google is your friend

FN® FAL .308 (20) Rd - Flat Dark Earth Polymer

FNH-A9-FDE, FNHA9FDE, FNHA9, FNH FAL, FAL

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DS Arms FAL SA58 Metric .308 Win / 7.62 NATO 20-Round Polymer Magazine

Featuring high-strength polymer construction, the DS Arms® FAL SA58 Metric .308 / 7.62 NATO 20-Round Polymer Magazine offers unparalleled strength, lasting corrosion resistance, and consistent service in virtually any shooting environment. The high

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[mobil890]

google is your friend

FN® FAL .308 (20) Rd - Flat Dark Earth Polymer

FNH-A9-FDE, FNHA9FDE, FNHA9, FNH FAL, FAL

promagindustries.com

DS Arms FAL SA58 Metric .308 Win / 7.62 NATO 20-Round Polymer Magazine

Featuring high-strength polymer construction, the DS Arms® FAL SA58 Metric .308 / 7.62 NATO 20-Round Polymer Magazine offers unparalleled strength, lasting corrosion resistance, and consistent service in virtually any shooting environment. The high

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I'm not interested in metric mags which don't work in inch gun. But thanks for looking.

 

[JRuby]

I'm not interested in metric mags which don't work in inch gun. But thanks for looking.

good luck

 

[JRuby]

FN Fal 1" Pattern 20 Round 308 Thermold Magazine

Thermold replacement magazine for fn fal inch pattern guns made to the same specifications as the factory original magazines. Free shipping on orders over $75

www.gunclips.net

 

[CLT65]

You might have better luck searching for L1A1 magazines. FAL magazines are metric pattern by definition.

 

[gearhead]

Moses mags allegedly fit metric and inch, but I haven't tried them. DSA sells them IIRC.

 

[CLT65]

I would be wary of any magazine that claims to fit both metric and inch. I used to hear all the time that you could use metric FAL magazines in inch L1A1 guns, but in my experience it just isn't so.

The front lug on an FAL mag is just a little punched out nub, whereas the L1A1 front lug is much larger. The FAL mag physically fits in the L1A1 receiver, but hangs loose, causing jams. I imagine you could 3D print a polymer lug and epoxy it over the front lug on a polymer FAL magazine. Maybe that could work, at least for a little while.

 

[osprey]

I damn near broke a toe trying metric mags in an inch gun.

 

[Aero Denezol]

Aftermarket magazines for the FAL are not very good, unfortunately. Even the ones made by DS Arms for their own SA58 are awful. Maybe this is better w/ inch pattern mags, I only have experience w/ metric.

Zastava was smart when they re-issued the M77 by building all new steel mags in the USA. I wish more companies would do this.

 

[billdeserthills]

I had one of these fitted to my cetme

X-FAL 50 Round Drum for FAL 308 rifles FREE SHIPPING - AtlanticFirearms.com

The X-FAL is a .308 caliber 50 round single stack compact drum designed for Metric FAL Type rifles. The magazine easily loads and unloads by operating the

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Guess metric is no good...

Gunbroker has some

L1A1 Inch Pattern 20 round magazine. New, Old Stock. FAL Pre-Ban! - Rifle Magazines & Rifle Clips at GunBroker.com : 1033417080

Buy L1A1 Inch Pattern 20 round magazine. New, Old Stock. FAL Pre-Ban!: GunBroker is the largest seller of Rifle Magazines & Rifle Clips Rifle Parts Gun Parts All: 1033417080

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[NATO308]

good luck

I guess you have not tried a metric military magazine in your inch pattern FAL? They feed fine in my Lithgow. They shove straight in and pretty well lock in place.

 

[JRuby]

I have enough for mine - bought a bunch of Belgian magazines 10 years ago or so. Mine are all metric.

 

[CLT65]

I guess you have not tried a metric military magazine in your inch pattern FAL? They feed fine in my Lithgow. They shove straight in and pretty well lock in place.

Some insist metric mags work fine in inch guns, and some say they don't. Since my last post, I read up on the subject numerous places online. Apparently they're both right, because it seems to be an individual gun thing, with minor dimensional differences between guns and mags.

I can tell you for certain that surplus metric mags absolutely do not work reliably in my inch-pattern rifle (Imbel receiver). If they work well in your rifle, that's great. I picked up several inch mags a couple decades ago when I found some beat-up surplus ones for $5 each. They work great, and half a dozen is a lifetime supply for me.

 

[lucusloc]

Metric mags usually works in inch pattern mag wells. It is the other way around that does not work. I have a repost up that shows why this is the case;

FAL inch vs. metric differences (reprint)

Seems that a lot of the old FAL information out on the web has gone stale. I am reprinting the info from this thread, and am capturing the missing images from the wayback machine so that the guide can exist in one spot on the internet again (sorry, these were the highest resolution images I...

www.northwestfirearms.com

I can verify that the ProMag FAL mags fit in my inch pattern receiver.

CETME/G3 mags will not work in a FAL. Their mag latching mechanism is an inny, not an outy. I am not sure how @billdeserthills got that to work, but it would have to be a custom job?

 

[billdeserthills]

Metric mags usually works in inch pattern mag wells. It is the other way around that does not work. I have a repost up that shows why this is the case;

FAL inch vs. metric differences (reprint)

Seems that a lot of the old FAL information out on the web has gone stale. I am reprinting the info from this thread, and am capturing the missing images from the wayback machine so that the guide can exist in one spot on the internet again (sorry, these were the highest resolution images I...

www.northwestfirearms.com

I can verify that the ProMag FAL mags fit in my inch pattern receiver.

CETME/G3 mags will not work in a FAL. Their mag latching mechanism is an inny, not an outy. I am not sure how @billdeserthills got that to work, but it would have to be a custom job?

It was most definitely a custom job by Glockmonger. I never saw anyone who could do so much with so little for such a low price

 

[lucusloc]

It was most definitely a custom job by Glockmonger. I never saw anyone who could do so much with so little for such a low price

That seems like it would be quite the job. At first I was thinking all you would need to do would be to grind a hole into the front, but now that I look at both mags the feed lips are different, the back tabs are in totally different locations and the mags are not even the same width where the interface with the mag well. Did he just cut off the top of a CETME mag and solder it to the drum body?

 

[billdeserthills]

It looks like he filed part of the drum mag away, until it clicked into place--I know the first time I tried the magazine for function, the CETME fired one shot and the drum fell out. Glockmonger was standing there when it happened. He took the gun & mag back to his shop and adjusted the mag some more