Just wondering have you found any of those you are looking for? You have been looking quite a long time
Yes, I have found a good amount from direct sources before I ever posted here, I posted here being many enthusiasts and collectors have some of these hidden away, and likely from ties in the past, like a gun show find, or surplus store find, as in the 90s and 00's many were found mixed in with the green ones that were sold, although they were grabbed quickly so a ton of the owners are older fellows who are not on forums anymore. Although most large finds were from guys who worked at the factory back then, or ex Depot workers who kept them before the mags could make it to surplus stores. This all started when SAKO took over Valmet and the remaining items they had stored from tests were sold off.
Still looking to see what I may not have yet, being between the few solid colors, their are MANY mixed color variations where they would mix the new color in with the previous one (most common was mixing yellow into White for example) so many go slowly from white to off-white, to like a lemonade color that slowly gets darker yellow, and eventually go to yellow, then orange, then Tan. Most of that type are of the translucent plastic type though which the darker it gets, the less translucent it is. They were for testing purposes only.
I plan to do an article on these once I feel my collection is completed for nice pics, as there is very little publically known about these when it comes to documented info which I have obtained a lot of of, and I MAY make a Finnish version also, being that is the origin of the magazine so it would only be right to do so.
Most of my connections worked in factories or depots during the early 90s and I bought their entire collections, which they found in crates or took home from work, although have met many people who I have made a very good profit from me opposed to what they paid at a gunshow or surplus store a decade or so, back.
I am a magazine collector and the m92s isnt sold where I am, so being I cannot enjoy that nice rifle, I collect mags from it, and the versions before it also.
Most have the same body style as the green that has no side loop, and most lack any steel, then I have some specimens with the 95/92 features from the test periods also, that are very cool looking.
