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Just got my 20 rounders in for my S-308. They look great, fit great, and feed great hand cycling. Hope to shoot it soon. Now all I need to do is get FCG, PG, and stock...I think. I have a couple of questions though:

 

Does anyone know how many parts are US made in the new production FBMG mags?

 

As long as I get the right parts count - could I stay with my current trigger? Say get US stock and still convert to PG config?

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New FBMG mags only have one US part - the mag body. You need to swap out three more parts (assuming you are not using a muzzle device) to get to the magical "10-or-less" imported parts under 922r.

You might consider stock, PG, gas piston. If adding a muzzle device, you need another US part or it (the muzzle device)needs to be US made...

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Could I leave my trigger in and just move it, then put the PG in, US stock & piston and, say change the floor plate to a US one? I hate to sound cheap - but that's what it gets down to I guess. The new trigger is more money IIRC than say a US floor plate and piston.

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How about just getting one of the .308 SureFire mags (3 U.S. parts) for roughly the same money and then you only have to swap one part on the rifle.... :rolleyes:

 

Well, first of all I've already got the FBMG mags - been waiting for a while to come up with the money - also I had heard that they were very reliable and until recently - the only ones around. So they're what I have.

 

I guess I need to crap or get off the pot - I really should just do the full conversion - just getting cheap on the FCG. THe trigger does seem alittle cheap - although I've had no problems with it. THat's why the question about the stock, piston and the mag parts.

 

There was a guy on this board who was making floor plates available. But they seem somewhat easy to make.

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Dude, you can get a Tapco G2 trigger for $34 and a US made Buttstock & PG from K-Var for $59. That's less than $100 total. Do yourself a favor and do the conversion.

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Dude, you can get a Tapco G2 trigger for $34 and a US made Buttstock & PG from K-Var for $59. That's less than $100 total. Do yourself a favor and do the conversion.

 

Yeah, that's the ticket - I had looked some prices up which came up to more than that - but I'll check ou the Tapco & K-var eq.

 

Thanks

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