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IIRC the Star L85s were built to be used with standard AR Mags Alex.
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Good one on them, changing the exterior design of a rifle for the sake of convenience :-( That's really sad. |
Alex, how sure are you of the L85 mag issue? I was under the impression that part of the reason certain rifles were pickd by NATO nations was due to interchangability of mags (FAMAS, Armalite family, L85, etc).
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The L85 is fed using NATO-standard (STANAG) magazines, similar to M16 type magazines, with the standard capacity of 30 rounds. Early L85A1 steel magazines caused a lot of troubles, as well as a magazine housing itself, which had a thin walls that could be easily dented, thus blocking the magazine way. Both magazines and its housings were upgraded in the L85A2 configuration, too.
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Edit - Also it makes sense that they are branding the HK mags for the L85, as HK carried out the upgrades for L85A2s.