I have been offered this item, and I actually don't have the foggiest idea what the MG16 machine gun is. Can anyone please weigh in on this for me? Also, if anyone knows what a fair price is for this item, I would appreciate it.

Not sure if it got past the prototype stage, for the mg34-42.

was'nt there a nato mg16 (german made) ?

but i could be completly wrong...

heres and extract from the mg34-42 book..

"Taking their cue from the MG16, proposed during WWI as the first-ever Einheitsmaschinengewehr (universal machinegun), an audacious programme was begun in secret in Germany in 1930 to develop one new weapon which would combine the advantages of the light machinegun and the heavy machinegun, and be capable of performing all the functions previously allotted to both."

Interesting. I will have to wait until this magazine arrives, but I am told it is pre-1945 manufacture. I'll post photos when I get it.