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Apex has pulled a rabbit out of the hat with a small supply of parts kits drawn from vintage “Pre-G3” HK rifles. Officially dubbed the Espingarda automática 7,62 mm M/961 by the Portuguese military, these were only made for three years before the contract changed to producing the plastic-furniture M/963, which was by far the more widespread model.

The M/961 was very interesting as it used an early first pattern muzzle brake, ventilated stamped steel hand guards, a folding bi-pod, a flip sight (rather than the rotating drum sight), and a painted wooden buttstock modeled on the one used by the preceding Spanish CETME 58.

The M/961, note the cheesegrater handguards

The much more commonly-encountered HK G3 (M/963)

Portugal used these rifles in its series of Colonial wars in Africa in the 1960s and 70s in Angola, Guinea, and Mozambique, alongside the P-38 Walther, and the Portuguese Marines (Corpo de Fuzileiros) still use them, outfitted with some more modern accessories and handguards.

Apex just announced a parts kit of these old M/961s (that they call M/61 but anyway) that come complete with the stamped steel hand guards, folding bi-pod, flip sight, and wood stock. Parts have been sorted for matching numbers on the buttstock ferrule, fire control group housing, bolt, and carrier.

They are kind of spendy ($1,500), but you can always get a regular G3 set for $399 if you are a cheapskate.

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