What's going on with 3rd Gen magazines?

[oldman10mm]

2 of the 4013s' I picked up at the Novi Mich show 3 weeks ago,they had a tag of $25 on them. 5 of them I got at the February Medina Ohio show. there were 3 on the table @ 25 each,he was complaining nobody wants them,I bought them and as I was walking away from the table,he called me back and said I got a deal for you,he reached under the table and pulled out 2 more and said you can have them for $20 each.
The clip/magazine guy that I got the 10mm mags from found a 'stash' of them in his dad's supply. He had others asking for 10mm mags also. I would buy 1 per show so that others had a chance to buy too. Eventually he sold out(took a couple months) and he's still finding 3rd gen mags in his dad's stash. His dad started the clip/magazine business and he's taken over and trying to inventory the hidden stuff.

 

[nocents]

2 of the 4013s' I picked up at the Novi Mich show 3 weeks ago,they had a tag of $25 on them. 5 of them I got at the February Medina Ohio show. there were 3 on the table @ 25 each,he was complaining nobody wants them,I bought them and as I was walking away from the table,he called me back and said I got a deal for you,he reached under the table and pulled out 2 more and said you can have them for $20 each.
The clip/magazine guy that I got the 10mm mags from found a 'stash' of them in his dad's supply. He had others asking for 10mm mags also. I would buy 1 per show so that others had a chance to buy too. Eventually he sold out(took a couple months) and he's still finding 3rd gen mags in his dad's stash. His dad started the clip/magazine business and he's taken over and trying to inventory the hidden stuff.

Is that mag seller from Mich.?....there was a mag dealer from Mich. that was at the southern Ohio shows all the time that i scored most of mine from but havent seen him recently........I misplaced his card and cant remember his name

 

[Dennis]

I bought a coupla 3913 mags from cdnn just about a month ago. Brand new S&W. Check em out.

 

[rwsmith]

I don't see them getting lower or more common...

Buy all the third gen mags that you can afford.

If it's in 10mm buy more than you can afford.

 

[TTSH]

2 of the 4013s' I picked up at the Novi Mich show 3 weeks ago, they had a tag of $25 on them. 5 of them I got at the February Medina Ohio show. there were 3 on the table @ 25 each, he was complaining nobody wants them, I bought them and as I was walking away from the table, he called me back and said I got a deal for you, he reached under the table and pulled out 2 more and said you can have them for $20 each.

Now, why don't things like that ever happen to me?

 

[TTSH]

I bought a coupla 3913 mags from cdnn just about a month ago. Brand new S&W. Check em out.

Thanks for the tip, but it appears they are out-of-stock right now.

 

[TTSH]

Buy all the third gen mags that you can afford.

If it's in 10mm buy more than you can afford.

Yep. That's about what it boils down to.

 

[oldman10mm]

in response to post #42,the clip/magazine guy only does the northeast Ohio shows.
There was a clip/magazine seller that I saw at the Novi Michigan show a few weeks ago and I think he's the one you're referring to. At that show there were tables selling the more common 9 & 40 mags still in S&W packages. After I left the show I wish I had bought some of those. Next time I go there,I will.

 

[Bozz10mm]

3 years ago, I was able to buy three 1006 magazines from MidwayUSA, plus some new followers. I found some replacement springs for the two original mags that came with the gun at gunsprings.com.

1006 mags were readily available on E-bay, but the bidding often went up to double the price that Midway was asking, which I think was $29. Now I've got 5 good mags and that will probably last me the rest of my life. LOL, it will have to. Midway has long since ran out of stock. They still pop up on E-bay, and currently there are several offered, but the bids range from $65 to $102 plus shipping.

 

[MWater]

CDNN has been advertising used 40 mags (11 rounds) for $15, BTW.

There are some other guns that use 59-style magazines (of various heights/capacities), like the P11, Sub-2000, LH9, and some older stuff like the camp carbine and god knows what. That ought to help keep production costs down for Mec-Gar and keep availability up.

I did notice that Beretta 92 mags fit and feed in the 59 (at least cycling by hand). You would have to cut a new notch for the magazine release and modify or swap the follower, though. I would reserve that option for a very rainy day.

Makes me wonder what other crazy options are out there?

 

[TTSH]

CDNN has been advertising used 40 mags (11 rounds) for $15, BTW.

I did notice that. Can't tell whether they are "pre-bans" or not (as required by my loony moonbat state) but that is a good price for all you free state folks.

I'm still waiting for MidwayUSA to correct a problem with my account so I can then go ahead and order some 3913 magazines from a different source. I see they are already disappearing slowly but surely on the Greg Cote site this morning.

 

[Gunhacker]

Just a note for anyone that has a 945 or 945-1... the last time I ordered some from S&W for my 945-1 (gun & magazines long discontinued), they looked like they were simply 4506 magazines with a second catch/latch cutout to work with the 945.

Out of curiosity, I slid one into my 4506-1 and yup, it worked... so those with a 945 might want to jump on a few of the 4506 magazines from Midway, if any are still left at the time of this posting, to have some spares for their gun. It looks to be a simple matter of using a square and round needle file to make the cutout in the mag body.

 

[Old_Cop]

Just bought 2 3913 magazines from Midway, and 5 assorted grips. Hanging around here has got me carrying a 3913.

 

[Big Shrek]

If legislation introduced here passes and signed into law... there might be tons of magazines available from the West coming out of CA when retailers (and owners) need to dump them.

While nothing over 10 rd magazines have been the law of CA land for years as far as buying new ones is concerned, possession of so called "high capacity" magazines (over 10 round) was grandfathered and we were able to keep what we already have.

Some of the legislation introduced in the aftermath of the San Bernardino shootings, if passed and signed into law, will remove that grandfathering and ban possession of any magazine over 10 rounds.

Also being considered, is legislation that will ban semi-auto's capable of accepting over 10 rd. capacity magazines... meaning any semi-auto with a magazine well is in jeopardy.

So there might be a glut of stuff flooding out of CA before 1/1/17 when new laws take effect... magazines, semi-autos, people...

Why the heck aren't California Citizens suing the **** out of Cali
with NRA lawyers to get the stupid stuff gone??

 

[TTSH]

Why the heck aren't California Citizens suing the **** out of Cali with NRA lawyers to get the stupid stuff gone??

They probably are already (or perhaps will do so at the right time). Doesn't mean they will be successful. Moonbat judges in moonbat states tend to go along with moonbat pols and their anti-2A ideas & laws.

We have it awful here in Massachusetts but California is even worse. Much worse, in fact.

 

[Aegis]

Why the heck aren't California Citizens suing the **** out of Cali
with NRA lawyers to get the stupid stuff gone??

The NRA and Second Amendment Foundation are..

 

[Big Shrek]

They probably are already (or perhaps will do so at the right time). Doesn't mean they will be successful. Moonbat judges in moonbat states tend to go along with moonbat pols and their anti-2A ideas & laws.

We have it awful here in Massachusetts but California is even worse. Much worse, in fact.

Yeah, if even just us guys in the S&W forums sued their own state,
it'd help
Contingency Lawyers are so much fun!!

 

[85V65Sabre]

See my post #11.............the 17round mags are sweeeeeeeeet.

I EDC the MG 17rd mags in my 6906.
But I would say the MG 20rd mags are "SWEEEEEEET".

You can't leave the range without a smile on your face after running 7 - 20 rounders through a 5906.[emoji3]

 

[Towns]

WOW - that'll run through the ammo

 

[TTSH]

Update...

I see they are already disappearing slowly but surely on the Greg Cote site this morning.

Just 5 curved baseplate 3913/3953/908 magazines left as of this morning.

But...

I took the time yesterday to attack the gun room and really get an accurate inventory of all my 3rd Gen magazines. You can't imagine how disorganized I am when it comes to spare gun parts including magazines. It's pitiful.

The good news is that I'm not quite as bad off as I thought I was. I found 2 used 3913/3953/908 magazines that I'd forgotten I bought. In fact, I found a lot of magazines that I'd forgotten I'd bought. Doing an inventory once in a while is a beautiful thing.

So now I'm a little more relaxed. I know where there is one used magazine for sale that I can pick-up for maybe $25 (or less?) with a little haggling. If I can do that, I'll only be 3 short of my immediate goal.

Meanwhile, I see that 1006 magazines and 4013/4053 magazines continue to bring insanely high prices on that big auction website that we can't name. Mama Mia!!!