Military Surplus Magazines
FAL • G3 • CETME • VZ-58 • Scorpion • K31 • Uzi • Galil • PM-63
Authentic military-issue and factory-contract magazines for the Cold War service rifles, battle rifles, and submachine guns of the Warsaw Pact, NATO, and non-aligned nations — Euro-surplus AK-47, German H&K G3 steel, Spanish CETME, Belgian FN FAL, Czech vz.58 and Skorpion vz.61, Polish P-64 and PM-63 RAK, Taiwanese M14 T57, Swiss Schmidt-Rubin K31, Israeli Uzi and Galil. Every platform a Cold War veteran, every magazine genuine military-contract production.
About Military Surplus Magazines at Keep Shooting
Keep Shooting's military-surplus magazine catalog is the catch-all home for authentic military-issue and factory-contract magazines from Cold War-era service rifles, battle rifles, and submachine guns that fall outside our dedicated platform categories. Where the AK-47, M14, and M1 Carbine categories each have their own dedicated magazine pages, this category consolidates the FN FAL, German H&K G3, Spanish CETME, Czech vz.58 and vz.61 Skorpion, Polish P-64 and PM-63 RAK, Taiwanese M14 T57, Swiss Schmidt-Rubin K31, Israeli Uzi and Galil, and the country-specific Euro-surplus AK magazines (Bulgarian, Bosnian, Croatian) — the rifles and pistols that won and lost the Cold War, now kept running in American civilian ownership by remaining factory- contract magazine production.
Western European NATO battle rifles. The three great 7.62×51 NATO service rifles of the Cold War — the Belgian FN FAL (adopted by 90+ countries, the "Right Arm of the Free World"), the German Heckler & Koch G3 (Bundeswehr standard 1959–1997), and the Spanish CETME (the G3's predecessor and design ancestor, in Spanish service from 1957 through the 1970s) — are all represented in this category. The FAL magazine in our catalog is the original Belgian / metric-pattern FN magazine standard; L1A1 inch-pattern magazines (British, Australian, Canadian, Indian) are a separate non-interchangeable pattern and are not included. The G3 magazines come in both the original 20-round aluminum production (used by West German Bundeswehr through the 1970s) and the later 20-round steel production (used through the end of G3 service in 1997 and then in widespread secondary-market distribution as Bundeswehr transitioned to the G36). The CETME 20-round magazine shares essentially the same physical geometry as the G3 magazine — the G3 was H&K's engineering continuation of the Spanish CETME — and is functionally interchangeable in most G3 and CETME rifles.
Czech Cold War surplus — vz.58 and vz.61. Czechoslovakia was the only Warsaw Pact country that did NOT adopt the Soviet AK-47 — instead designing and producing its own indigenous assault rifle, the Samopal vz.58. The vz.58 looks superficially similar to the AK but is mechanically entirely different: a short-stroke gas piston system with a pivoting locking block (design borrowed from the Walther P38 pistol), not the AK's long-stroke rotating bolt. No vz.58 part is interchangeable with any AK part, including magazines — the Czech vz.58 magazine is platform-specific and cannot be substituted with any AK-pattern magazine despite both chambering 7.62×39mm. Our Czech vz.58 magazine is original-issue Czechoslovak People's Army production. For related Czech surplus see our Czech Army Surplus category. The Samopal vz.61 Skorpion is the tiny Czech .32 ACP machine pistol designed in 1961 by Miroslav Rybář at Česká zbrojovka — a pocket-sized submachine gun for vehicle crews, paratroopers, and security details. Our Czech Skorpion magazines come in the original 10-round and extended 20-round capacities, original-issue Czechoslovak military production.
Polish Cold War pistol and submachine gun. Two distinctive 9×18mm Makarov platforms from the Polish People's Republic. The P-64 pistol (Pistolet wz. 1964) was Poland's indigenous service pistol, adopted to replace the TT-33 Tokarev and designed to resemble a scaled-up Walther PPK. Our Polish P-64 magazine is original-issue six-round production from the Łucznik Radom arsenal. The PM-63 RAK (Pistolet Maszynowy wz. 1963, sometimes romanized "Ryczący Automat Komandosów" — "roaring commando automatic") is Poland's compact machine pistol, adopted 1963 for tank crews, paratroopers, and military police — the Polish equivalent of the Czech Skorpion in concept, but chambered in the Warsaw-Pact-standard 9×18mm Makarov rather than .32 ACP. Our PM-63 25-round magazine is original-issue Polish military production.
Taiwanese M14 — Type 57. The Taiwan Type 57 Rifle is the Republic of China's licensed copy of the American M14, produced at the Hsing Hwa Armory in Taiwan from 1968 through the early 2000s and issued as Taiwan's standard service rifle through that period. Hsing Hwa-produced T57 magazines are dimensionally interchangeable with USGI M14 magazines — the T57 was built to original Springfield Armory M14 drawings under US government license — and are sometimes the single most available source of military-production M14 magazines remaining in the US market as factory USGI surplus has dried up. See our M14 Magazines category for the complete M14 magazine lineup including factory Springfield Armory M1A production and other US and international M14 sources.
Swiss Schmidt-Rubin K31. The Karabiner Modell 1931 is the straight-pull bolt-action carbine that served as Switzerland's standard service rifle from 1933 through 1958 — a famously precise rifle in 7.5×55mm Swiss (GP11) with tight barrel tolerances and match-grade factory accuracy that made it the envy of every other European army of the era. The K31 feeds from a detachable 6-round box magazine — unusual for a bolt-action rifle of its generation (most contemporaries used fixed internal magazines loaded from stripper clips) — and the magazines are original- issue Swiss military production from W+F Bern (Waffenfabrik Bern), the Swiss federal arms factory. K31 magazines are increasingly scarce as remaining Swiss stockpiles have been gradually released through the commercial market over the past 20 years.
Israeli Uzi and Galil. The Uzi is Major Uziel Gal's 1950s-design open-bolt 9mm submachine gun, adopted by the IDF in 1954 and widely exported to Western militaries, law enforcement, and security services for decades. Our IMI Uzi 25-round magazine and the base Uzi magazine listing are both original-issue IMI (Israel Military Industries, now IWI) production. The Galil is Israeli military engineer Yisrael Galili's AK-pattern service rifle adopted by the IDF in 1972 as a replacement for the FAL — internally a Finnish-designed Valmet RK 62 (itself a Finnish AK- derivative) with Israeli modifications including a chambering in both 5.56 NATO and 7.62 NATO variants. Our IMI Galil 35-round magazine is the 5.56 capacity from original IMI production. Galil magazines use proprietary feed-lip geometry that is NOT interchangeable with standard AK-pattern magazines despite the Galil's Kalashnikov-derived action.
Euro-surplus AK-47 — country variants. Warsaw Pact AK production varied in feed-lip geometry, magazine body construction, and follower detail enough that country-of-origin identification has become a meaningful distinction for collectors and shooters. Our catalog carries Bulgarian AK-47 30-round, Bosnian Army AK-47 30-round and 40-round (plus the distinctive Bosnian slab-side variant), and Croatian AK-47 30-round Scout production — each representing a different country's domestic AK ammunition-supply response during or after the breakup of Yugoslavia and the end of the Warsaw Pact. The generic "Euro-surplus" AK 30-round is the catch-all listing for mixed-country AK magazines where specific country origin cannot be reliably identified — typically a mix of Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, and East German production from the late Cold War period. For the complete AK magazine catalog including domestic US production (Magpul, Arsenal, SGM Tactical, KCI) see our AK-47 Magazines category. For related country-specific surplus see our Bulgarian Army Surplus, Bosnian Army Surplus, and Croatian Army Surplus categories.
SKS. The Soviet Samozaryadny Karabin sistemy Simonova (1945) is the semi-automatic 7.62×39 carbine that served as the Soviet Army's standard service rifle between the adoption of the SKS in 1949 and the adoption of the AK-47 in 1956, and then remained in widespread second-line, reserve, and ceremonial service through the end of the Cold War. The SKS is distinctive for its fixed 10-round internal magazine — loaded via 10-round stripper clips rather than from detachable magazines — and this is the defining design difference between the SKS and the AK that replaced it. Our SKS 20-round clip is technically not a magazine but a stripper-clip adapter used in SKS field loading; the ProMag SKS-A4 magazine is a detachable-magazine aftermarket conversion kit for shooters who have modified their SKS to accept detachable magazines rather than the original fixed internal box.
Authenticity and provenance. Military-surplus magazines differ from commercial aftermarket production in a way that matters for collectors and some shooters: the stamps, markings, and manufacturing provenance are part of the magazine's identity. A Bundeswehr-stamped G3 steel magazine carries a stock number and inspection stamp that identify its production year and arsenal; a Czech vz.58 magazine carries the Uherský Brod factory mark and year-of-manufacture stamp; a Swiss K31 magazine carries the W+F Bern factory mark; a Polish P-64 or PM-63 magazine carries the Łucznik Radom arsenal stamp. For shooters who simply want functional magazine capacity for a given platform, the commercial aftermarket (where it exists) is a valid choice. For shooters who own surplus rifles as historical or collector pieces, original-issue military magazines complete the rifle in a way that commercial production cannot — and in many cases (K31, vz.58, P-64, PM-63) commercial production simply does not exist, and military-surplus magazines are the only option for keeping these rifles operational. See our broader Military Surplus category for the complete surplus catalog including uniforms, field gear, and accessories.
Supply is finite. Unlike factory AK, AR, or Glock magazines where US or international production is ongoing, nearly every magazine in this category represents a closed production line — the K31 stopped production at W+F Bern in the 1950s, the vz.58 stopped at Uherský Brod in 1984, the G3 stopped at Bundeswehr contract in 1997, the M14 T57 stopped at Hsing Hwa in the early 2000s, and the Polish P-64 and PM-63 stopped at Radom in the 1970s. Remaining stocks reach the US market through allied-nation surplus releases as those countries finish transitioning to NATO-standard or newer service weapons, and once a given country's stockpile is sold through the market, no more factory- original production is coming. For platforms where ongoing commercial magazine production exists (AK-47 via KCI USA and ProMag, M14 via Springfield Armory, Galil via IMI successors) the surplus supply constraint matters less; for platforms where no commercial production exists, stocking spare magazines now while the supply still exists is the only long-term path to keeping the rifle shootable.
Keep Shooting ships all military surplus magazines from our Pennsylvania warehouse with free shipping on orders over $49.95 and hassle-free returns. State-capacity restrictions apply: the 5-, 6-, and 10-round low-capacity surplus magazines (K31 6-round, P-64 6-round, M14 5-round) ship to all 50 US states; the 20- through 40-round higher- capacity magazines will not ship to states with magazine-capacity restrictions (state rules vary — verify before ordering). Whether you are an FAL shooter sourcing Belgian-pattern metric magazines, a G3 or CETME collector replacing an aging aluminum Bundeswehr magazine with a factory steel equivalent, a vz.58 or Skorpion owner completing a Czech Cold War display, a K31 collector looking to restore an original W+F Bern magazine to a factory Swiss rifle, or a Cold War militaria enthusiast building out a multi-platform representative collection, every magazine in this category is authentic military- contract production — the original issue that equipped the armies that shaped the second half of the 20th century.
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