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Old September 7, 2006, 02:07 PM   #7
Gewehr98
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Minor correction, only because I own one...

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Not exactly parallel development with the M14, because the BM54 and BM59 retained the full-length gas system of the M1, making it less susceptible to barrel damage and more shootable due to the weight forward construction.
Depends on which variant of the BM-59 you're talking about. The simplest BM-59 version, the BM-59E, looks for all the world like an M1 Garand with a 20-round box magazine attached. Here's the E-Type BM-59, first the receiver area:



And the muzzle area, showing the original M1 Garand gas cylinder, albeit with a new muzzle brake added by Beretta for controllability in full-auto fire:



Here's a lineup of the different BM59 family variants:

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