G3 Magazine Date Quest.

[Nehalem Man]

Call me lockdown bored. It's true.

Started a mission today to find the earliest G3 magazine that I could track down. I started with my own stash first.

Steel 10/61



Aluminum 3/63


Rheinmetall 3/64




Norwegian 2/68



In my war room I still have a stash of unopened surplus magazines. I'm not quite so obsessed as to be ready to tear all the storage packaging open yet, but it's tempting. One magazine was not in the plastic wrap but was still in that brown wrinkled storage paper.

I decided to open that one up and found a NOS unissued FMP magazine dated 6/65. That magazine now has me wondering what else is in the pile. ???

 

[Tailflash]

I would love to find a mag dated 1/62 to help remind me of how old I am...

 

[ENDER]

You win, my earliest is 3/62

 

[AGG]

Call me lockdown bored. It's true.

Started a mission today to find the earliest G3 magazine that I could track down. I started with my own stash first.

Steel 10/61
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Aluminum 3/63
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Rheinmetall 3/64

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Norwegian 2/68

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In my war room I still have a stash of unopened surplus magazines. I'm not quite so obsessed as to be ready to tear all the storage packaging open yet, but it's tempting. One magazine was not in the plastic wrap but was still in that brown wrinkled storage paper.

I decided to open that one up and found a NOS unissued FMP magazine dated 6/65. That magazine now has me wondering what else is in the pile. ???

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Those are awesome.
To assist in your search, here are the very earliest that I have seen:

Aluminum

- 20-round aluminum magazines (HK)

G3 HK/ 10/62
G3 HK/ 1/63
G3 HK/ 2/63
G3 HK/ 3/63
G3 HK/ 4/63
G3 HK/ 4/63 12-127-7057 vertical
G3 HK/ 5/63 12-127-7057 vertical
G3 HK/ 7/63 12-127-7057 vertical
G3 HK/ 8/63

- 20-round aluminum magazines (Rheinmetall)

G3 “diamond” in circle/ 2/63
G3 “diamond” in circle/ 10/63 1005-12-127-7057 vertical
G3 “diamond” in circle/ 12/63 1005-12-127-7057 vertical

- 20-round aluminum magazines (FMP)

G3 FMP/ 3/65 1005-12-127-7057 vertical
G3 FMP/ 6/65 1005-12-127-7057 vertical
G3 FMP/ 7/65 1005-12-127-7057 vertical

- 20-round aluminum magazines (Norway/Kongsberg)

G3 “crown” over “K”/ 6/65 1005-12-127-7057 vertical
G3 “crown” over “K”/ 11/65 1005-12-127-7057 vertical
G3 “crown” over “K”/ 3/66 1005-12-127-7057 vertical
G3 “crown” over “K”/ 4/66 1005-12-127-7057 vertical
G3 “crown” over “K”/ 11/66 1005-12-127-7057 vertical

Steel

- 20-round steel magazines (HK)

G3 HK/ 9/59 12-120-1142 vertical
G3 HK/ 1/60 12-120-1142 vertical
G3 HK/ 3/60 12-120-1142 vertical
G3 HK/ 5/60 12-120-1142 vertical
G3 HK/ 9/60
G3 HK/ 10/60
G3 HK/ 11/60
G3 HK/ 12/60

Tony

 

[Nehalem Man]

Thanks Tony! I was wondering about the dates for the steel magazines.

-E-

 

[AGG]

Thanks Tony! I was wondering about the dates for the steel magazines.

-E-

My pleasure--- there could be earlier/other dates--- these are the only ones that I have actually seen.

Tony

 

[copdoc]

I dont see this one in list. I might have missed it.

G3 HK 6/63 12-127-7057

 

[AGG]

I dont see this one in list. I might have missed it.

G3 HK 6/63 12-127-7057

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Me either--- until now.
Thanks--- added to the data.

Tony

 

[copdoc]

Do you have steel, G3 HK 3/62?

 

[Nehalem Man]

Dang it! I really want to open some of these now.

 

[copdoc]

If you dont. Eventually somebody will.

 

[Nehalem Man]

Didn't expect this. A 7/64 Rheinmetall packaged together with a 3/95 HK.

 

[Nehalem Man]

8/65 Norwegian. Sweet.

 

[Nehalem Man]

That's it. 10/63 HK and a 2/64 Rheinmetall were the only other notable magazines. No more FMP to be found.

-E-

 

[AGG]

Do you have steel, G3 HK 3/62?


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I do--- thank you.

Tony

 

[AGG]

Didn't expect this. A 7/64 Rheinmetall packaged together with a 3/95 HK.

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The Rheinmetall I had--- the HK I did not--- that is the latest, HK aluminum manufacturing that I have seen (before G3 HK/ 4/90)--- thanks.

Tony

 

[AGG]

8/65 Norwegian. Sweet.

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Thank you--- I did not have this either.

 

[AGG]

That's it. 10/63 HK and a 2/64 Rheinmetall were the only other notable magazines. No more FMP to be found.

-E-

Your efforts are greatly appreciated.

Tony

 

[Nehalem Man]

The Rheinmetall I had--- the HK I did not--- that is the latest, HK aluminum manufacturing that I have seen (before G3 HK/ 4/90)--- thanks.

Tony

Oh wow! Moved the needle five years forward. Hadn't thought about that end of the scale.

-E-