Thinking about an AUG have a magazine related question or two

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If I chose the standard variant are the magazines still hard to find (Nationally not CO), and are they date coded similar to Magpul. (Would your typical gun show have them available in enough supply to look for "older" ones?

If I chose the NATO Variant (presuming they are available) is the only manual of arms difference between them a lack of a bolt hold open on the NATO stock?

If I bought the standard variant are replacement NATO stocks easy to come by and a simple swap?

I have enough AR-15 pattern magazines to last a lifetime so it would seem simple to choose the NATO variant but my curiosity cor the original is still there.

Ok...I have owned 4 AUGs and currently have 2. The simple answer would be to go with the NATO stock. You have the mags for it already and the gun can even use higher capacity ones like the 50 round drums and the 60 and 100 quad stack mags. Yes the standard AUG mags are stll available at gun shows but tend to pull a higher price than a typical magpul mag.

The NATO stocks are available out there from either PJs AUGs or on the firearm sale sites like gunbroker. PJ also sells AUGs with the NATO stock already installed but they arn't difficult to do yourself.