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Thread: Let's play Guess the Gun - by looking at the magazine

  1. 01-11-2015, 12:05 AM #1
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    Let's play Guess the Gun - by looking at the magazine

    - I am on the FAL files and someone has some 9mm magazines but I'm not sure what they are...
    what is know is they hold 40 rounds - double stack - double feed like an UZI and have been modified to have two different catches to hold it into a firearm. The Original catch punch out the backside and a slot cut into the left side.






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    Not an MP5 or PPS-43, madsen, owens, F1, suomi, Beretta 12 or Beretta 38

    My faulty old memory thinks they were modified for use in AR15 9mm conversion.

    What's your best guess
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    The shape looks more suited to a 7.62X25, is there room for that cartridge?
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    Lots of search hits on using them in Colt 9mm conversions, with a bunch thinking they are Madsen magazines.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Multigunner View Post
    The shape looks more suited to a 7.62X25, is there room for that cartridge?
    nope not long enough I'm told
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    Quote Originally Posted by texassako View Post
    Lots of search hits on using them in Colt 9mm conversions, with a bunch thinking they are Madsen magazines.
    He's saying it's not - but I tend to agree with you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Multigunner View Post

    The shape looks more suited to a 7.62X25, is there room for that cartridge?
    nope not long enough I'm told
    The Chinese developed a shortened version of the Tokarev cartridge for use in silenced SMGs.
    Thats probably not what these are for but the moment I saw them they looked familar.
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    Been alot of years since I fired it but I will guess a Sterlin. Does not look like Sten MK3.
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    Quote Originally Posted by missionary5155 View Post
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    Been alot of years since I fired it but I will guess a Sterlin. Does not look like Sten MK3.
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    I think you're right, Mike - Sterling mags. Definitely NOT Sten mags.
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    The Stering mags use roller followers, the pictured mags have the conventional followers.

    Though its possible that these could be an after market cheaper to manufacture version made by a third world end user.
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    Someone who has some stepped forward and said they are Halcon mags converted for AR15 9mm -

    Thanks for the guesses, appreciate it.
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