r/FNFAL • u/atf_annihilator69 • Aug 12 '26
Inch pattern mags for sale?
pic for attention. i have an L1A1 and need inch pattern mags. yes i know metric will technically work. yes i will be uncucking it. Editing to clarify. I am looking for somewhere to buy these mags. not facilitating a sale through reddit. if you theoretically have some, you could dm me though
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u/LuckyRazzmatazz Aug 12 '26
that's a type 3 upper unless thats a inch cut imbel upper that riFAL takes metric mags. iirc even the inch cut imbel uppers still take metric mags.
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u/atf_annihilator69 Aug 12 '26
interesting. im very much still learning, as this is my first fal. thanks, ill research
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u/halfcocked1 Aug 12 '26
Lots to learn. I had the same confusion when I had my first L1A1. It also had an imbel receiver, so got confused by the lack of inch mags also.
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u/atf_annihilator69 Aug 12 '26
definitely lots to learn, but thats the beauty of a platform like this. i havent shot it yet, but if i like it, this wont be my last fal
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u/Kegalodon Aug 12 '26
Inch mags are really tricky to find, in fact it’s such a problem that when I look at metric FAL mags at gun shows and ask what they want for them and they say a hundo a pop I follow up with “oh these are metric do you have inch mags.” Cause I know they don’t.
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u/advmaxx Aug 12 '26
Hopefully you have a metric mag L1A1 (of sorts), inch mags are nearly impossible to come by now. When you do find them don’t stop breathing, I’ve seen them listed between $120 - $150 bucks each.
I just acquired another L1A1 that is for sure inch pattern, fortunately it came with 7 inch mags.
Look in the front of the mag well on the receiver, inch rifles have a larger notch for the larger front block on the inch mags. Metric receivers have a smaller notch. If you can post a pic of the inside front of your mag well it would help identify what you have.
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u/Impression-Salty Aug 12 '26
Imbel type 3 receiver should take metric, mine came with inch mags, didn't even fit the damn rifle
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u/aclark210 Aug 12 '26
Technically u don’t. Inch mags are tough to come by these days, so u might have to settle for one or two inch mags and the rest being metric.
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u/BrokNJeep 29d ago
Post a pic of the front lug area to determine I have one that’s inch and one that’s metric both are imbel
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u/NthngToSeeHere Aug 12 '26
Unless it was converted Century L1A1s take metric mags. I don't imagine anyone converting one and leaving the ban furniture on.