Q for Don Gwinn / others about Jager AP 74

[Tall Man]

Don - Here's an aged post of yours that I found archived on The Firing Line:

The AP-74 is pretty cool. The only bad thing about mine is that it has a little cross-block style safety. I know there are some out there with AR-style safeties, but I'm not sure if mine can be refitted. It DOES have a bayonet lug, and a standard bayonet fits perfectly. It's pre-ban, but even if it weren't, it's rimfire.

Two Qs:

1. What is the definition of a "standard bayonet", vis-a-vis one's desire to retrofit the same to an Armi-Jager AP 74?
2. Where in the world may one find original 15 round mags for the AP 74? Google, Numrich, and ebay were not helpful. I did find one available on a website (whose name presently escapes me) for $50.00 each. Yipes.

Thanks.

TM

P.S. - The Armi-Jager A.P.74 is an Italian-made .22LR clone of the AR-15.

 

[dfariswheel]

In this case the "standard bayonet" is the standard US M7 bayonet for the M-16 rifle.

The original importer for the Armi-Jager was EMF, Early-Modern Firearms, who are still in business. You might try checking with them on mags.
http://www.emf-company.com/

Another likely source of magazines is Tom Forrest (TF Inc) who often advertises in the Shotgun News and The Gun List.
http://www.gunmags.com/

The original Armi-Jager was somewhat better quality and closer to the AR rifle than the later versions.
The original version was available in .22 LR and .32ACP.

 

[Tall Man]

Thank you dfariswheel.

 

[MAKOwner]

I sold mine a couple years ago, but if you're going to shoot it alot it couldn't hurt to get the firing pin case hardened or something. I went through a couple of them on mine, they're soft and have a tendency to mushroom after some usage, especially if your bolt hold open works intermittently like mine resulting in a fair amount of dry fires. Light strikes not setting off rounds are annoying... Probably hard to find a replacement now so...

You'll just have to keep your eyes open on mags. CDNNinvestments had some for like $15 a year or so ago, but I never found any for a decent price when I wanted them...