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Old 01-08-2013, 04:21 PM
WR Moore WR Moore is offline
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All magazines are not created equal. If the mags were certified to meet a military specification, they should work acceptably in any weapon of that type.

However, there are a slew of companies making magazines, each with their own specifications, which may or may not meet mil-spec standards or the standards of any particular firearms manufacturer. Considering the current panic, I expect there are individual manufactureres who are cleaning out their scrap bins and selling the scrap as good products.

Most firearm companies don't make magazines, they contract that out. OEM mags made to the manufacturers specifications by reputable companies are generally good products and priced accordingly. Even then, you get the occasional oddball that's on one extreme of production tolerances or the other and worn't work in your particular firearm (remember the firearm has a production tolerance too.). This is referred to as "tolerance stack".

Given the current panic over AR mags, I'm sure you can peddle them to someone.

Last edited by WR Moore; 01-08-2013 at 04:24 PM.
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