A Question Concerning Oddball AR15 Mags

[CB900F]

Fella's;

Due to circumstances beyond my control, it's been awhile since I inventoried my AR magazines. When I did so today I found three oddballs.

Two of them are Simmonds Precision Products Inc. West Haven Connecticut magazines marked M16/M16A CAL 5.56mm. They have steel followers & look exactly like Colt mags, near as I can tell.

The other is an Adventure Line Manufacturing Company Inc. item. They're out of Parsons Kansas and no other information is on the base plate. This is a very well used magazine & I'm thinking to just trash it anyway unless there's a real reason not to.

But, anybody got some information on these?

Thanks, 900F

 

[rcmodel]

Simmonds Precision Products Inc. and Adventure Line Manufacturing were both military magazine contractors at one time.

They are GI mags, and probably pretty good.

rc

 

[CB900F]

Rcmodel;

Thank you for that information. Guess I'll run a mag-full through the adventure Line & see how it does. Any hiccups though & it's gone. As I said, it looks like it's got almost all the new wore off it.

900F

 

[ugaarguy]

CBF900F, almost all of those GI mags were made on the same set of tooling made from Colt. The companies got small business contracts, and the government loaned them the tooling. After they'd made several thousand mags they'd generated too much revenue to be classified as a small business, the tooling was sent to the next small business contractor, and the cycle repeated.

So, as long as the feed lips are good, and the body welds are good the mag bodies are worth keeping. I've revitalized many old GI mags with a new spring and a new MagPul or similar anti-tilt follower.

 

[rcmodel]

+1

And the grey finish does eventually wear off revealing a gold sheen underneath.
That is hard anodizing or something they put on under the top color.

'Gold' color mags are not necessarily worn out!
Just the grey finish is.

rc

 

[1911 guy]

What they said. I have a half dozen or more AdventureLine magazines and they work fine, despite being decades old and seeing regular use.

 

[AlexanderA]

Spray them with gray "Dry Film Lubricant" from Brownell's and they become like new!

 

[CrusaderOperator]

I'm not too far away from Parsons. The ammo plant is still up and running today, but they don't make mags anymore. I still have a few left over that I acquired from the Army. Great magazines!!

 

[CB900F]

Fella's;

OK, OK, I got the message: Don't auto-toss the thing, check it for function first. Thanks.

900F

 

[USAF_Vet]

If you are even thinking about tossing it, toss it in my direction, please.

 

[medalguy]

Seconds!!

 

[SEDurbin]

I bet they didn't get that well worn because of not functioning.