BOUGHT FIRST VALMET LATE 70'S, AN M-71, AND LIKED IT. REALLY!! LIKE M76 AND PICKED UP A COUPLE IN LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT MISSED THE BOAT ADDING SOME EXTRA MAGS. JUST SAW ONE SINGLE RIVET
M71 MAG FOR $500. NOT A THREE RIVET M76 MAG BUT SINCE IT WILL WORK IN M76, HATE TO ADMIT IT, BUT MAY BUY. NEVER WOULD HAVE BELIEVED IT ! IT GETS WORSE. I HAVE AN M76 IN .308. LATELY, HAVEN'T SEEN
FACTORY .308 ( SO FLIMSY COMPARED TO .223 MAGS ) FOR ANY PRICE. I SEE REFERENCES TO CONVERTING .308 HK91 STEEL MAGS TO FUNCTION ( CORRECTLY ??) IN M76 FOR SEVERAL YEARS. CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANY DEFINITIVE INFORMATION ON THIS. NOW, I DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO FIND ANY REAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. CAN ANYONE WITH FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE ENLIGHTEN ME ?
WHY ON EARTH DOSN'T A MANUFACTURER ALREADY UP TO SPEED ENGINEERING PLASTIC MAGS, TOOL UP, AND PRODUCE SOME .308 AND .223 M76 MAGS ?? SEEMS TO ME LIKE DEMAND WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT.
I WOULD SNAP UP 30 MAGS IN EACH CALIBER IN A HOT MINUTE MYSELF, AS WOULD THE MAJORITY OF FRUSTRATED VALMET OWNERS.
M71 MAG FOR $500. NOT A THREE RIVET M76 MAG BUT SINCE IT WILL WORK IN M76, HATE TO ADMIT IT, BUT MAY BUY. NEVER WOULD HAVE BELIEVED IT ! IT GETS WORSE. I HAVE AN M76 IN .308. LATELY, HAVEN'T SEEN
FACTORY .308 ( SO FLIMSY COMPARED TO .223 MAGS ) FOR ANY PRICE. I SEE REFERENCES TO CONVERTING .308 HK91 STEEL MAGS TO FUNCTION ( CORRECTLY ??) IN M76 FOR SEVERAL YEARS. CAN'T SEEM TO FIND ANY DEFINITIVE INFORMATION ON THIS. NOW, I DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO FIND ANY REAL DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. CAN ANYONE WITH FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE ENLIGHTEN ME ?
WHY ON EARTH DOSN'T A MANUFACTURER ALREADY UP TO SPEED ENGINEERING PLASTIC MAGS, TOOL UP, AND PRODUCE SOME .308 AND .223 M76 MAGS ?? SEEMS TO ME LIKE DEMAND WOULD BE SIGNIFICANT.
I WOULD SNAP UP 30 MAGS IN EACH CALIBER IN A HOT MINUTE MYSELF, AS WOULD THE MAJORITY OF FRUSTRATED VALMET OWNERS.