Help me identify mags. 308 battle rifle

[Michael566]

Hey guys, I'd love help identifying some mags. Any input helps. I'm guessing one in m14 and the other is FAL?

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[ZA_Survivalist]

Looks like an M1A and an FAL.

 

[Knobgoblin]

BM 59.

My best guess

 

[Knobgoblin]

Are they too long for M1a ( m14)?

 

[Knobgoblin]

Looks like an M1A and an FAL.

Changed my mind.
M 14 , best guess.

 

[Michael566]

Changed my mind.
M 14 , best guess.

Boy that was a roller-coaster. It's like you saw a horse and yelled zebra and then thought about it for a second I appreciate the imput!

 

[Knobgoblin]

Boy that was a roller-coaster. It's like you saw a horse and yelled zebra and then thought about it for a second I appreciate the imput!

Lol.

I guessed, then I googled.

Bm59 mags are super weird.

Honestly, I was hoping you had found something cool/rare/valuable.

 

[mesa]

The pouch is for a G3 if i'm not mistaken. The early type.

 

[CLT65]

Neither of those is any kind of FAL magazine. I see one M14/M1A magazine, maybe GI? and one that looks like a poor quality aftermarket M14/M1A magazine.

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

Neither of those is any kind of FAL magazine. I see one M14/M1A magazine, maybe GI? and one that looks like a poor quality aftermarket M14/M1A magazine.

The upper back of the slimmer one looks like an FAL, but the front ridge lip of it is throwing me off.

 

[CLT65]

The punch out on the rear of the darker one does look a lot like the front catch of a metric FAL magazine, but the rear of a real FAL mag is completely different. The top front of it is funky for sure, not sure what's going on with that.

I remember a lot of the aftermarket magazines that were cranked out in a hurry around the time of the 1994 AW ban. The worst was "USA Magazines". They made some real garbage. I was young and stupid back then (I'm older now), and I bought a few. Over the years I learned to recognize quality, and the lack of it. I hate to say it, but that darker magazine looks a lot like an old "USA" to me. Some of them worked OK but it was hit or miss.