G3 Magazines

[TechBrute]

The AR has USGI mags that are pretty much guaranteed to be reliable, and aftermarket mags are generally not completely reliable. I was wondering if there's a wide discrepency between G3 mags. I see G3 mags going for $3 and $4 and I have no idea if that's normal or if they're junk.

Also, are G3 mags and Cetme mags interchangeable? If they are, are the 100% compatible, or is there some slight compromise?

I tried using the search function and it doesn't accept G3 as a term since it's not 3 letters or more. Thanks.

 

[Marcus]

I`ve been told CETME mags will fit a G-3 but G-3 mags don`t necessarily fit CETMEs. However since the Century G-3 and CETMEs use the same recievers I dunno if that`s so with them. My CETME works better with G-3 mags than the originals. I bought a bunch of those CTD $3 aluminum G-3 mags. They all have very light finish wear (some looked darn near new) and every one of them has been 100% reliable for me. I`ve been meaning to get some steel G-3 mags to try also. I also have some crappy looking USA type 30rd. mags. CTD had them on sale for $10ea. They look like big M-14 mags with a G-3 adapters welded on top. I wouldn`t trust them for serious stuff but at the range the cheap looking things have been 100% reliable also. Marcus

 

[Destructo6]

Portugal, Spain, Germany, and others are switching to 5.56NATO weapons, so all of their G3 mags have hit the surplus market. That's why they're so cheap. Most of the ones I have are aluminium, made by FMP(Portugal), and work as well as the steel HK-91 mags I have.

Some people prefer the steel G3 mags, but they're almost as heavy empty as the aluminium ones loaded.

A G3 can accept CETME mags. A real, made in Santa Barbara, CETME model C may not accept G3 mags, but most of the US-made receivers were originally designed to assembly G3s, then converted to assemble CETMEs, so G3 mags usually fit.

 

[outdoorman63]

g3's and cetme

my cetme wont use g3's..have 3 of them i ordered and they wont work...