1911Tuner
Moderator Emeritus
Junk Mags
19200
ASSY 5508694
MFR. 8R611
AK10, Maybe the ones that I have are fakes, I don't know. I do know
that they're possibly the worst excuses for magazines I've ever seen.
The springs are too weak to make a 6-round Officer's Model magazine
function reliably, and the tube's steel is so thin and soft that it can be
bent easily without pliers. Surprisingly, the followers aren't bad, and
are in service in other magazines.
In addition, about a third of them wouldn't seat in the magwell of
three of my GI pistols, and I don't mean they failed to lock in.
The width was so far out of spec, they wouldn't go past halfway
into the well. I was able to get them to work after squeezing them
lightly in a vise. The welds are so weak that you can rip the baseplate
off of them with your hands.
I replaced the springs, made some adjustments on the feed lips, and was
able to use them for a time as beater feeders in two range pistols. I
didn't mind them hitting the ground, even though I had to rip most of
the time. They were good mags to use for malfunction clearance drills
and such. Eventually, the need for repeated reshaping of the fed lips
work-hardened them and they began to break.
My better half ordered them off ebay about two years ago as a
surprise. Because the price was right, I decided to give them a try.
Caveat Emptor!
Tuner
19200
ASSY 5508694
MFR. 8R611
AK10, Maybe the ones that I have are fakes, I don't know. I do know
that they're possibly the worst excuses for magazines I've ever seen.
The springs are too weak to make a 6-round Officer's Model magazine
function reliably, and the tube's steel is so thin and soft that it can be
bent easily without pliers. Surprisingly, the followers aren't bad, and
are in service in other magazines.
In addition, about a third of them wouldn't seat in the magwell of
three of my GI pistols, and I don't mean they failed to lock in.
The width was so far out of spec, they wouldn't go past halfway
into the well. I was able to get them to work after squeezing them
lightly in a vise. The welds are so weak that you can rip the baseplate
off of them with your hands.
I replaced the springs, made some adjustments on the feed lips, and was
able to use them for a time as beater feeders in two range pistols. I
didn't mind them hitting the ground, even though I had to rip most of
the time. They were good mags to use for malfunction clearance drills
and such. Eventually, the need for repeated reshaping of the fed lips
work-hardened them and they began to break.
My better half ordered them off ebay about two years ago as a
surprise. Because the price was right, I decided to give them a try.
Caveat Emptor!
Tuner