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Old 12-23-2018, 05:04 PM
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Default The Stoner System

I didn't realise that the Stoner uses proprietary magazines and will not accept STANAG mags. That's a bit of a bummer. I'm fairly sure the Stoner magazine won't fit in ARs either.
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Old 12-24-2018, 12:58 AM
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Definitely not compatible in either direction. The Stoner uses a "rock-in" style magazine, and has locator tabs on the magazine sides (to keep the magazine from going too far into the receiver).

I'll scan the "engineering changes" book I have, it shows 20- and 30-round Stoner magazines.

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Old 12-24-2018, 01:10 AM
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Here's the scan of Stoner magazines. Note the small tab protruding on the front "top" -- that and the side lugs will stop this from going into an AR15/M16 magazine well (presuming that the general "sheet metal" dimensions were otherwise STANAG-compliant).

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Old 12-26-2018, 12:13 AM
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Another issue: the Stoner LMG uses a proprietary S-63 disintegrating metallic link that’s not compatible with the M27 link that the M249 SAW uses. The M249 SAW entered U.S. Army service in 1984, but most production (and adoption) was delayed until the very late 1980s.

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Old 12-26-2018, 05:44 AM
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Another issue: the Stoner LMG uses a proprietary S-63 disintegrating metallic link that’s not compatible with the M27 link that the M249 SAW uses. The M249 SAW entered U.S. Army service in 1984, but most production (and adoption) was delayed until the very late 1980s.

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I was coming to post this, it's worth noting if they capture belts from the KFS Army.
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Old 12-26-2018, 08:49 AM
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My research on the Stoner 63 and the M27 link says that it may not work reliably because of the different angle of pitch. This sounds like the Stoner 63 could use M27 linked ammo, but with greater misfire and jamming.
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