Valmet m78 and Galil mags

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Hey there, just trying to gauge the going rate of Valmet and Galil .308 mags. I have a buddy stateside with a lead on some but trying to see if it's worthwhile brining a few in or just trying to find them local. Last I checked the 5/20's were in the 326-375 range depending on condition.

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Your estimate for M78 mags sounds about right. Maybe $50 too high. Maybe not. Hard to price something that almost never comes up for sale.
Hunter .308 5/20 mags are even more rare. I'd say $400-500 per mag. Again, I haven't seen one for sale in ages.
Galil 25 rounders would probably be worth 200-250 each up here. They are readily available in US for $120 each, or $6000 for 100. There is probably enough demand for 100 of them up here, depending on price.
 
G3 Mag...
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Valmey with "original mag" which is a G3 with side tabs shaved off and front and back locking hooks added...
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fenceline said:
G3 mags in 308 can be converted and are cheap state side. Most valmet 308 mags are modified g3 mags. Thats how valmet did it in the factory.
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Not all "original" Valmet M78 mags are factory converted G3 mags. Some were made from scratch by Valmet. These always had blued finish. Converted G3 mags were always parkerized.
Also, not all G3 mags had ribbed sides. Many had smooth sides, like the one inserted in a Valmet in your second picture.
 
zZ_denis said:
Not all "original" Valmet M78 mags are factory converted G3 mags. Some were made from scratch by Valmet. These always had blued finish. Converted G3 mags were always parkerized.
Also, not all G3 mags had ribbed sides. Many had smooth sides, like the one inserted in a Valmet in your second picture.
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The ribbed mags are black-anodized aluminum G3 mags. The flat side mags are the more common (and heavier) parkerized steel version.
 
Also M1A or M14 mags have been known to be converted to fit in the M78 but too wide for the M88 (Hunter). I have some M88 mags and also some M78 mags which are identical to each other, except for where the mags insert into the receiver on the M78 there is a piece of plate spot welded on to the sides of the mag. Those are added to take up the space in the wider mag opening of the M78.Both my M78&M88 mags are blue steel and identical in every respect excet for the addition of the spotweded plates on M78 version.I just saw an outfit selling Galil 25 rounders $70 USD per. I bought 10 Galil 35 rounders for my .223 M88 and those fit better than the factory(?) 15 rounders that came with it. Only thing is the red angle is ever so little off in comparison so a wee bit of carefully fitting for proper loading the chamber was needed. Other than that they're perfect. Seems 20 rounders are about $200-30.range. im going to see if any AR 10 style mag can be converted to make it fit because I'd rather wreck 5 mags until.i get it perfect and then in the end I'd have some that work and for only a fraction of the price. I have some previous experience in this for different mags and a good selection shop equipment so im fairly confident itll work.
 
I bought some converted M14 mags back in the day. They worked well in a 308 Galil. I dont know what the worth would be in Canada. Galili stuff is hard to find, but Canadian government regulations banning the use of 12(x) long rifles have skewed the market and arguably can be said to be worthless here.
A good case for a lawsuit?
 
zZ_denis said:
Not all "original" Valmet M78 mags are factory converted G3 mags. Some were made from scratch by Valmet. These always had blued finish. Converted G3 mags were always parkerized.
Also, not all G3 mags had ribbed sides. Many had smooth sides, like the one inserted in a Valmet in your second picture.
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I didn't say all... I said most.
 
The aluminum ribbed G3 mags are not convertable, they are way too flimsy and meant to be largely disposable in the field.

It is the steel G3 ones without flat sides you want for conversion, not the one in the top picture above. They were made by Rhinemetal and HK for Germany IIRC. The Valmet factory converted steel G3 mags were actually made by Sweeden for their G3. The original ones have a small crown stamped in them. The Valmet factory blued mags were not converted G3 but newly made.

I would post pictures but I dont seem to have that option on this thread.
 
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fenceline said:
Funny. My valmet came with converted g3 mags with visible milling marks showing the alteration.
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If there is stamp of a crown on top of a 'C' than you have original Valmet factory converted Sweedish G3. Typically the date stamp will be early 80's too. They all have grind/mill marks if you look close in the right light.
 
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