An SR-25, AR-10 or LR-308 pattern magazine is a type of detachable
firearm magazine based on the original
Armalite AR-10 "waffle" magazine design introduced in the late 1950s, used for
.308 Winchester
The .308 Winchester is a smokeless powder rimless bottlenecked rifle cartridge widely used for hunting, target shooting, police, military, and personal protection applications globally. It is similar but not identical to the 7.62×51mm NATO ...
and
7.62×51mm NATO
The 7.62×51mm NATO (official NATO nomenclature 7.62 NATO) is a rimless, bottlenecked rifle cartridge. It is a standard for small arms among NATO countries.
First developed in the 1950s, the cartridge had first been introduced in U.S. service fo ...
cartridges.
The design has been used on many AR-10 derivatives (generally referred to as AR-308 style rifles), for instance in the
Knight's Armament SR-25 and
DPMS Panther LR-308, as well as
bolt-action
Bolt-action is a type of manual firearm action that is operated by ''directly'' manipulating the bolt via a bolt handle, which is most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon (as most users are right-handed).
Most bolt-action ...
rifles such as the
Mossberg MVP .308,
Ruger Precision Rifle and
Q FIX. Aftermarket magazines are produced by
Magpul
Magpul Industries Corporation is an American designer and manufacturer of high-tech polymer and composite firearms accessories like M-LOK. Magpul Industries takes its name from its first product, the MagPul (Magazine Puller), an accessory for t ...
, Lancer Systems, and others. Not all AR-308 rifles use magazines compatible with the SR-25 pattern. For example,
HK417/MR308/MR762 uses a proprietary design. Notably, Armalite switched from their original pattern magazines to modified
M14 magazines in 1996 with their new AR-10B model, but reintroduced their original (SR-25 pattern) magazine design with the AR-10A model in 2012.
Firearms compatible with SR-25 pattern magazines
AR-10/AR-308 type rifles
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Armalite AR-10A
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Bushmaster .308 ORC
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Colt CM901-16S (.308 configuration)
* CORE Rifle Systems CORE30
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Diamondback DB10
Diamondback may refer to:
Animals
* ''Crotalus adamanteus'', the eastern diamondback rattlesnake
* '' Crotalus atrox'', the western diamondback rattlesnake
* Diamondback moth, a European moth that has spread to North America
* Diamondback terra ...
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DPMS LR308
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JP Enterprises LRP-07
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KAC SR-25
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LaRue OBR
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Les Baer .308
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LMT LMT may stand for:
Places
*Klamath Falls Airport, Oregon, US (IATA code LMT)
*Lebanon Mountain Trail, a hiking trail in Lebanon
* Lower Merion Township, a township in Pennsylvania bordering Philadelphia
Businesses and organizations
*'' Laredo Morn ...
.308 MWS
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LWRCI REPR
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M110 SASS
* Mega Arms MATEN
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POF P-308
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PSA PA-10
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Remington R-25
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Remington RSASS
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Ruger SR-762
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SIG716
The SIG Sauer SIG516 is a semi-automatic rifle manufactured by SIG Sauer. It is an AR-15 style rifle chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO. Introduced in 2010, the SIG516 was discontinued as of 2019. A variant chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO, the SIG716i, rem ...
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Smith & Wesson M&P10
The Smith & Wesson M&P10 is Smith & Wesson's modified version of the AR-10 rifle.
Design details
The M&P10 series of rifles is based on the AR-10. Smith & Wesson offers the M&P10 semi-automatic rifles in a variety of configurations tailored to s ...
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Colt Canada C20 DMR
Other rifles
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Mossberg MVP
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IWI Tavor 7
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IWI ACE (7.62 NATO version)
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POF USA ReVolt Heavy
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Troy
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Pump Action Rifle (PAR)
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Q FIX
Notable incompatible firearms
SR-25 pattern magazines are in general not compatible with rifles using Springfield Armory M1A pattern magazines,
FN FAL pattern magazines, or
HK41/
HK91/
G3 pattern magazines. As mentioned, the AR-10B variant (produced since 1996) uses proprietary modified M14 magazines, while the AR-10A variant uses standard SR-25 pattern magazines. The
Noveske Rifleworks N6 version prior to Gen 3 used AR-10B type magazines, but with the introduction of the N6 Gen 3, however, the design was changed to utilize the more common SR25-type.
Rock River Arms LAR8 uses proprietary
FAL style magazines.
MKEK MPT-76 uses a proprietary design. As mentioned,
HK417/MR308/MR762 uses a proprietary magazine.
FN SCAR 17S use their own proprietary design.
[https://www.guns.com/news/2012/08/04/custom-scar-17-lower-receiver-handl-defense-sr-25-ar-10-m110-20lr-magazine Custom SCAR 17 Receiver Accepts SR-25/M110 Magazines - Guns.com]] Furthermore, HK41/HK91/G3 and
PTR rifle, PTR-91 uses a proprietary design.{{Cn, date=January 2021
See also
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STANAG magazine, a standardized firearm magazine based on the 5.56x45 mm cartridge
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AICS-style magazine
Accuracy International is a British firearms manufacturer based in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. The company produces the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare series of precision sniper rifles. The company was established in 1978 by Brit ...
, an emerging standard for bolt-action rifle magazines.
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List of AR platform cartridges, cartridges that can be fired from the AR-10 and AR-15
References
Magazines (firearms)