[Marcus]

I`ve seen adds for "Original South African,new,30rd. magazines" as well as "30rd. american magazines". The SAs are $39.95 the others are $18.95. It`s hard to justify with 20rd. G3 mags going for $3ea. but I wouldn`t mind having just one...if they actually work. ;) Marcus

[Preacherman]

Bear in mind that an awful lot of stuff advertised as "South African" isn't! South Africa never issued either the G3 or the CETME as a standard weapon, so it's highly unlikely that they'd have made magazines for them...

[Jack19]

Why buy overpriced "South African" mags when you can buy real German mags for under ten bucks? :cool:

[Destructo6]

Some South African countries used Portuguese-made G3s left over from central African civil wars.

The FAL-like "Namibian" G3 stock sets came from somewhere in southern Africa. These stock sets are excellent: HK-quality easy.

The "African" magazines are crap. I have 6 or so 20rnd versions and one 30rnd version I purchased just for fun. All are blued, have no markings, and appear to be somewhat simplified. The followers are, blued rather than chrome/nickle plated, rough, and poorly made (the century replacements are far better).

The best G3/HK-91 30rnd magazines are the type that look to be two 20rnd mags welded together. IIRC, these were sold through B&B Guns out of North Hollywood in the 80s.

[Marko Kloos]

Never seen a 30-rounder in the service. I imagine it may be a bear to go prone with a G3 magazine that's long enough to hold 30 rounds.

Now, there's a 50-round drum for use with the G8, which is the magazine-fed version of the HK21 as used by the German Federal Border Guard. That would be a cool critter to find, although it may be a bit on the heavy side when loaded. It should fit the G3, as the magazine wells on G3 and G8 are identical.

[Marcus]

Doh, I figured as much. :banghead: I know the 20s are a much better value and much more practical. I just wanted one 30 for range blasting and well just for the hell of it! :D Guess I`ll pass on em though. Thanks for the info! Marcus

[Jack19]

nevermind......

[Marcus]

Well I`ve already got a big pile of assorted 20rd. G-3 and CETME mags and CTD just had "american 30rd. G-3 mags" on sale for $10ea.! I had to try one. Well just as suspected it`s a cheap POS. It looks like a cheap clone M14 mag but longer and with a collar on top that allows it to lock into a G3/CETME. It locks up fine but the feed lips hit the bolt carrier. I`m going to tweak it until it clears and otherwise mess with it and see if I can get it to actually work. If not I paid $10 for a nice paper weight and conversation piece,big deal. :p Marcus

[Marcus]

30rd. mag update: I had to file the top of the feed lips a bit to clear the bolt but afterwards it hand fed round fine. Today I took the CETME to the range and put 90rds. through the $10 30rd. mag and it worked great!!! :what: Hey sometimes even I get lucky! ;) Marcus