Early 1954 HRA T-48 magazine

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can you remember if your FAL was stamped T-48

I simply don't. I just remember looking things up at the time and finding it was very close to the last ones made. And, it had survived somehow to live in the R22er regimental museum lockup for decades. It arrived without a breech block so I used a current FN C1A1 breechblock and it worked perfectly.