m14 mags?
- Thread starter johndeeretimex
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I'm not sure how much work you'd have to do to make them work in an M-14 type rifle, or if they'd even work at all, but have you tried looking up the going prices for FN FAL and G3/HK91 mags? It'd be cheaper and less time consuming to just bite the bullet and buy the proper mags, since they're fairly easy to find on the market.
Do they hold the bolt open after final round is ejected?
They should - they use an M14 follower that's been chromed.
What I'm more wondering about is how the mag is retained in the rifle at the front end? There does not appear to be a square hole in the front for the guide rod to clip into? Does it just stay put with friction?
Let me put it this way....... the Only two differences between an M14 mag and an AIA is that the AIA has no square hole in the front where the m14 mag has one and the followers are chromed. Otherwise, the two mags are the same. I have also been told that AIA mags are made in china and no doubt by the same machines used to make m14 mags
all i know is that in my rifles and others i've tried them in..... with all known oprod spring guide rods used in said rifles....... the AIA mags functioned as an m14 mag...... but they hold the legal 10 rounds that is allowed for a bolt action rifle magazine.
Let me put it this way....... the Only two differences between an M14 mag and an AIA is that the AIA has no square hole in the front where the m14 mag has one and the followers are chromed. Otherwise, the two mags are the same. I have also been told that AIA mags are made in china and no doubt by the same machines used to make m14 mags
The shape of the rear latch is slightly different on the AIA mag, also. It has a bevel on the bottom as opposed to the square corner of the M14 mag. Or is it the other way around? Can't remember for sure right now.
That pic doesn't really show the bevel that well. It's not much of one but it's obviously different when I compare the two mags side by side.
