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As soon as I think I have this figured out someone makes another post and I'm confused all over again.
3rd Gen Magazines - Pre-Ban vs. Post-Ban
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I was aware that I could bring the "hi-cap" handguns with me, but I wasn't aware that I could sell them in MA FTF.
Hmmm - interesting - I wonder if Mec-Gar finally made a run, at some point, of 6906 mags? Back before I gave up on trying to find more 12-rounders - I had paid as much as $60 for 12-rd mags. Then, I found that the 10-rounders were pretty well made ... but, now they seem to be completely gone!!
Yes, you can...
... with a limit of 4 per year before you have to go through a dealer (then only if a roster-listed gun) and pay him or her for the transfer. This is how at least some non-roster and pre-roster guns still manage to come into this highly-restrictive moonbat state. For example, years ago I bought my "banned" Glock 17 Gen4 from a newly-arrived MA resident after he obtained his LTC. He couldn't bring in or sell me the post-ban hi-cap magazines that came with it, but he was able to sell me the gun for which I later bought some 10-round magazines. 
No, they aren't from Mec-Gar. They are apparently American-made. There are a couple sources out there. One appears more "factory" than the other but I have only seen unverified photos, not the actual post-ban magazines themselves for obvious reasons.
Yep. 10-rounders have all but disappeared in the marketplace. You can thank Commiefornia and other such restrictive states for that situation.Back before I gave up on trying to find more 12-rounders - I had paid as much as $60 for 12-rd mags. Then, I found that the 10-rounders were pretty well made ... but, now they seem to be completely gone!!
Wow!!!
Excellent find! 
I found some a little cheaper (not by much) but you seem to have found the motherload... 57 in stock! Well done!!! Personally I think if the magazine is purchased in good faith from a reputable seller attesting to its status as pre-ban that I would be Ok with it. Consider yourself somewhat lucky as here in Kolorado there is only grandfathering for magazines you actually OWNED before the cutoff (albeit much more recent).
Been in a Colorado gun store recently? Pretty much any mag you want is available disassembled into the tube, floorplate and spring and sold as a "kit." Lately it seems most shops just stock the mags and I assume will disassemble them before you walk out of the store for you to put back together outside. It isn't illegal to possess hi cap mags here, just to buy and sell them within the state. The kit method has the full support of every LEO I know and was the subject of at least a couple news stories and no one tried to "fix" that in the legislature.
Still need to get rid of the stupid law, but in the meantime it is a fairly small inconvenience. But, you know, we had to feel good after Aurora so we needed a new law.
As to the OP's situation, after reading through the detailed responses I can see your problem. If I had to live in your state I would just use 10 round magazines to avoid some over-zealous and gun-unfriendly cop or prosecutor making my life difficult. But I don't care much about hi capacity and am mostly a single-stack person anyway, so that is easy for me to say.
Good luck in your quest.
Went to LG Outdoors referenced in post #66,definitely as TTSH said 'a motherload'. CS45s'-5,'69' 10rdrs-57,CS9s'-31
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If mags are indistinguishable, how then can the state get past reasonable doubt?
Are you willing to put yourself in a position of the government against you ??? If you play by the rules,you have the rules on your side.
Most hi-cap magazines are readily distinguishable between pre-ban (pre-1994) and post-ban. It helps the anti-2A enforcers that all hi-caps manufactured here or imported between 1994 and 2004 (i.e., during the Federal AWB) had to be marked for "LEO or Export Only." Those are the most illegal hi-cap magazines in states like MA simply because they are so easily identified by anyone as post-ban.
AWB period production aside, there are many ways to distinguish between pre-1994 and post-2004 magazines. The information is out there. You just have to look for it and be able to tell what is true & accurate and what is BS.
Are there hi-cap magazines out there that are difficult to date? Yes, there are. In such cases, you better know the risk before possessing a possible or likely post-ban hi-cap in a crazy state like mine. It's a felony in MA so we take it very seriously even though the statistics say that the odds of being arrested for possession of a post-ban hi-cap alone (absent some other charge) are pretty small. But seeings as how it is a felony, you'd instantly lose your license in MA, have your guns (all of them) confiscated and you'd likely become a prohibited person for life.
So it's a small risk, but with a life-changing penalty if arrested and convicted. Most here will tell you it isn't worth the risk for the few dollars extra it takes to buy a pre-ban hi-cap or 10-round crippled magazine.
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