Who made this FAL 30rd "inch" mag?

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osprey21 Member Joined Jan 2001 Posts 152645 EE 100% (276) FL, USA	Posted: 12/11/2023 1:55:49 PM EDT What say y'all? I seen these with that disc on the back before but don't recall who made them.
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_DR Member Joined May 2003 Posts 57565 EE 100% (18) TX, USA	Posted: 12/11/2023 2:05:46 PM EDT [Last Edit: _DR] [#1] L2A1 LMG mag looked something like that.

_DR Member Joined May 2003 Posts 57566 EE 100% (18) TX, USA	Posted: 12/11/2023 2:07:18 PM EDT [Last Edit: _DR] [#2] And that does look like a Inch mag. IIRC metric FALs can use Inch and Metric mags, but Inch guns like the L1A1 can only use Inch mags.

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Posted: 12/11/2023 2:42:51 PM EDT

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Originally Posted By _DR:

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IIRC metric FALs can use Inch and Metric mags, but Inch guns like the L1A1 can only use Inch mags.

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You have it backwards, sir, metric mags can fit (badly) in an inch-pattern rifle, but the wide front catch tab on the inch mags will not let them seat in a metric rifle. This is one reason why companies like Century produced basically metric-pattern rifles with inch-pattern mag catch setups, which has confused an awful lot of folks.
Any chance of a side view of your mag? Any markings at all anywhere/

_DR Member Joined May 2003 Posts 57568 EE 100% (18) TX, USA	Posted: 12/11/2023 5:36:45 PM EDT [#4] Quote History Originally Posted By Ductapeman: You have it backwards, sir, metric mags can fit (badly) in an inch-pattern rifle, but the wide front catch tab on the inch mags will not let them seat in a metric rifle. View Quote Ok, make sense. Been about 15 years since I sold my R1A1 and only have a metric FAL now. Good refresher.

osprey21 Member Joined Jan 2001 Posts 152647 EE 100% (276) FL, USA	Posted: 12/11/2023 5:44:03 PM EDT [#5] Quote History Originally Posted By Ductapeman: Any chance of a side view of your mag? Any markings at all anywhere/ View Quote No sir, mag is not mine nor in my possession - I was told there are no marks/letters/numbers on it whatsoever.
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lew Michigan J. Frog Joined Sep 2005 Posts 15693 EE 100% (16) WY, USA	Posted: 12/11/2023 7:48:40 PM EDT [#6] L2A1. Can't recall if the Canadian C2 mags used the disc, but Aussie ones did.
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Posted: 12/12/2023 4:37:19 AM EDT

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Originally Posted By Ductapeman:

You have it backwards, sir, metric mags can fit (badly) in an inch-pattern rifle, but the wide front catch tab on the inch mags will not let them seat in a metric rifle. This is one reason why companies like Century produced basically metric-pattern rifles with inch-pattern mag catch setups, which has confused an awful lot of folks.
Any chance of a side view of your mag? Any markings at all anywhere/

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Century also had upper machined by Caspian Arms from their mold. It has the inch rectangle cut instead of the crescent of the metric mag. Metric mags fit perfect and inch no where near lock in. I thought it just wasn't machined correctly but I have seen 3 more like it. All feed from metric mags but inch doesn't fit. Guess it was easier and cheaper that way