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Old 05-25-2018, 04:26 PM
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I have what I think is a factory High Power high capacity magazine. There is no stamped ID on it but it has a polished blued base. The follower is plastic.

Is my magazine factory? It looks just like my known factory magazine.

Do any after-market magazines have a polished blued base?
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CDNN is currently selling an identical magazine as factory Browning, so I'd say yes. Other aftermarket magazines have blued bases, but are not done in the phosphate finish as you have.
The funny thing is I have 2 FEG Hi Power clones, and the magazines that came with them are identical except for the followers. Weird!
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Almost all factory mags of European manufacturers are made in Italy by Mec-gar.
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They do indeed look like original HP mags but I have not seen some of the clones available on the market.
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