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Old September 7, 2006, 02:18 PM   #9
Gewehr98
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Now, where things diverged...

My own BM-59 is the Nigerian Model Mk IV, which looks like this one:



It has the proprietary Beretta BM-59 gas cylinder/expansion chamber/bipod mount system and TriCompensator, you'll notice the amount of daylight showing between the barrel and gas cylinder. Beretta widely separated the gas cylinder from the barrel to give the oprod a straight shot back, instead of the mild curve of the full-length M1 Garand, or the more severe bend of "tanker" M1 Garand conversions. Oleg Volk has a pseudo-BM-59 on his website, the giveaway is that it uses an M1 Garand gas system with a sharp-radius shortened M1 Garand oprod. (it has the correct Beretta BM-59 magazine, though!):



These conversions were rather popular for a while when one couldn't find the original PB marked gas cylinder/expansion chamber/bipod mount systems. Reese Surplus (same folks as Springfeld Armory, Inc.) bought out the remaining inventory, and every now and then will list them on their website.

Here's the most common variant of the BM-59, straight grip stock, w/TriCompensator, bipod, and proper PB gas system:

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