Save Bad Magazines?

[THE PILGRIM]

Yes, mark and save.
Usually- probably it's the lips- outside case that's bad.
Insides and springs may be usable.

 

[Golddollar]

When the magazines for some of my guns are now going for $70+ I'm not going to smash them.

 

[Harv 24]

Yup, Magazines are an expendable item. No Workie...No Keepie.

 

[Rock185]

Pitch.

 

[John in Yuma]

Mini-14 long time shooters know. Only Ruger magazines can be depended on to always work in a Mini-14. On the other hand, Magpul mags have always worked flawlessly in my Glocks.
Advice. Ban all mags from your mini-14 not Ruger brand. One bad Magpul should not sour you on that brand for your Glock(s).
You know what free advice is worth already.

 

[Phenix]

I only have one bad magazine. At my current skill level, I am not capable of figuring out what is wrong with it and then fixing it. So, I'm not doing anything with it at the moment. That said, I am more than willing to toss it in the trash. I know that a lot of "gun failures" are due to magazine failures.

I have a shooting buddy who bought a new Glock. He can't get it to run without failure. This surprised me since nobody buys a Glock except for the fact that they are reliable out of the box. It turns out he was using cheap aftermarket magazines and surplus Egyptian army ammo. My friend is "Cheap first, everything else second." Making a new Glock fail takes some effort, but he found a way.

Why would anyone buy anything but OEM magazines for a Glock, unless they were wanting to up the capacity of the G43 or G48?
Glock magazines are out there by the hundreds of thousands, and are cheap enough considering their consistent quality.
I know nothing about Mag Pul magazines. Their gun stocks are first-rate, I know.
Cheap people annoy me, and I refuse to spend time around them. They generally have no appreciation of quality or nice things in general. Often, when shown something nice, their first ( and sometimes only ) question is "What did that cost?" rather than showing any appreciation of form and function, or how well it was finished.
Someone once said that cheapskates know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.

 

[Imissedagain]

The body of a Colt mag, that had a fracture at the top of the back, was screwed to a piece of wood.





Aluminum chips,
just milled/drilled a fixture for 1911 grip bottom bevels.

 

[Imissedagain]

Pitch.

Would that be a Mag dump?

 

[S-W4EVER]

I had a bunch of Sarsilmaz pistol mags that had weak springs. You either use their mags or nothing so I ordered a bunch of + 10 Wolff gunsprings and replaced the springs and they're good to go. I just don't believe there are any better gunsprings on the planet, especially compared to some if the foreign garbage you come across.

 

[TIMETRIPPER]

I used to keep mine under the bed.

John

 

[Mister Coffee]

I had a bunch of Sarsilmaz pistol mags that had weak springs. You either use their mags or nothing so I ordered a bunch of + 10 Wolff gunsprings and replaced the springs and they're good to go. I just don't believe there are any better gunsprings on the planet, especially compared to some if the foreign garbage you come across.

These fellows seem to have a good reputation for springs. However, the do not offer as many different types as Wolff.

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