NOS Magazines

[browningautorifle]

Why not just tweek the front lip out a bit then? Use some slip joint pliers with a bit of electric tape over the serrations and just straighten the front to match the good ones?

[imntxs554]

That's my next option. I tried doing it once, but it was a little tight. We never had to modify Mags in the Service so I just wanted to see why some worked and a few didn't.

[browningautorifle]

Absolutely anything could have happened to those mags while they were still in the wrap and in some dealer's hands. Most people wouldn't notice if these got a squeeze or smash that would deform something...while still in the paper.

[imarangemaster]

I have used the receiver with trigger guard attached in stock (minus bolt and slide) for a form for the mags, using a round wood or nylon dowel to pry lips into place.

[Mizzouboy]

Interesting that the roll crimp on the front seam is rolled the opposite way the mags. Were they marked the same?