Help on Mags

I dug out 5 mags.
2 are marked on the bottom...

Colt
45 Auto

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2 are marked on the bottom....

19200-
ASSY 5508694
MFR. 1M291

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One has no markings on the bottom. But on the backside looks as though it was spliced together....
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From Left to Right....
2 marked Colt 45...2 marked 19200- and the no markings but spliced back...
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No other markings.
Any way to tell how old these are?

TIA
Charlie-painter777

Two After market mags NOT made by Colt- Two later post war miltary mags- one sounds like it could be a WWII General Shaver mag.

The General Shaver magazines (G on top of toe) have a folded seam down the spine that is spot welded.

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The 2 marked Colt 45 Auto.......made by Colt? or No?
The 2 marked 19200- ASSY 5508694 MFR. 1M291...Post War Military Mags?
The one with the spliced looking back....made by Sub Contractor?

Thanks for your time

Charlie-painter777

The 2 marked 19200- ASSY 5508694 MFR. 1M291 are Post War Military Mags made by Checkmate Industries (CMI) ~1970's to early 1980 before the switch to the M9. Good mags.

The 2 that are marked Colt 45 Auto are Not made by Colt, they are aftermarket and many a Newby has been deceived into believing that they were Colt mfg. mags. The one with the seam down the back sounds like a WWII General Shaver Mag used in Rem Rands.

It does not seem a seam, but rather a kind of discoloration. Is it the base pinned?

If I recall the Checkmate contract was 1976-78.

Bill,

Here's some info on the Check-mate magazine contracts:

Contract No. DAAA0992C0260, Cage Code 1M291, Date 1 Jan 92,

Contract No. DAAA0991C0675, Cage Code 1M291, Date 1 Jul 91,

Contract No. DAAA0991C0675, Cage Code 1M291, Date 1 Jul 91,

Contract No. DAAA0988C0776, Cage Code 1M291, Date 1 Jul 88,

CAGE Code 1M291 is for Check-Mate Industries, Inc., 777 Mount Avenue, Wyandanch, NY 11798-4452, (516) 491-1777 formerly in Farmingdale, NY.

Rick

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Originally Posted by painter777

The 2 marked Colt 45 Auto.......made by Colt? or No?
The 2 marked 19200- ASSY 5508694 MFR. 1M291...Post War Military Mags?
The one with the spliced looking back....made by Sub Contractor?

Thanks for your time

Charlie-painter777

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I have a couple of mags with the discolored back spine,I never bothered to really find out(could have taken to work and xrayed)but I really think they are a full welded butt joint down the back,that could account for the finish discoloration.As J.Peppers says,they are not spot welded Gen.Shaver.The cage #'d mags speak for them selves,as for the other 2(marked Colt)they ain't,I bought several like that some years ago at a gun show,think they came out of Mexico or some place like that,same unevenly spaced base plate spot welds,same exactly out of place cartridge count holes,body tubes were not formed just right,got them dirt cheap,needless to say I got what I paid for,although 8 out 10 worked fairly well as range mags,2 were garbage,3 of the other working ones didn't last long,only paid $15 for them,gave the whole bunch to my son,if you want good mags buy genuine US GI mags,even the used ones work good if not damaged.

RayP.