M 1 Carbine magazine that works

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I have one Military 15 round magazine that works. Those I ordered from midway and Sportsman Guide do not as they jam or will not chamber a round.are there any quality 15 round magazine that work?
 
I sold all of my aftermarket magazines because they mostly don't work. A few years ago a guy in Germany found a treasure trove of thousands of USGI magazines that he said came from Austria. He was selling them here in the US and people were buying them by the hundreds. I got my hands on several dozen of those and sold the ones I didn't want. Some of them looked like they had never been used. They were full of cosmoline and wrapped in wax paper. You can still find a few for sale over on the CMP forum from time to time. For me they are the only ones to have and worth the price.
 
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The Korean 15 round mags work well in my Inland Mfg M1 carbine.
 
As others say, the Korean ones work. Original G.I. ones should if they're in good condition.
Is your M1 a G.I. version or a later commercial repro? Some of the commercial M1s are .... finicky.
 
Same here, I have only used original and never an issue....even with M2 mags.

I have two carbines, and IBM and a Winchester.....they have both never had an issue....and there was a time that they got shot A LOT.
 
"...they jam or will not chamber a round..." Needle nosed pliers and tweak the lips open a tick. Takes very little tweaking.
Mind you, it still depends on what make you bought from Midway and/or through Sportsman Guide. Midway shows Promag, well known for being low end stuff. And Auto-Ordnance factory mags that have unreliable availability. Midway gives you 90 days to return stuff that isn't satisfactory
Sportsman Guide lists those and something called Red White & Blue. They say just send it back if you don't like it, but we're not paying for it.
 
My Thanks to all for this help. By the way Sportsman Guide did email me a pre paid mailer which I took to Fedex
 
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