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2/4/2008 6:04:43 PM EDT
Did the U.S. ever experiment with a plastic body magazine in the 60's or 70's for the M16?
2/4/2008 6:32:04 PM EDT
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07/08/1969

Patent #3,453,762 "Disposable Magazine Having a Protective Cover and Follower Retaining Means".

Not adopted into service.
3/3/2008 12:55:39 PM EDT
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I just noticed something about this in my copy of "Small ARms of the World 11th edition" mentioning a project GARMAN IIRC.

Someone posted some pics of prototype phenoolic mags that the one of the Arsenals had made (RIA in their museum maybe)?  in a previous thread...
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