Bought 50 Wrapped Magazines - 2006~ And Forgot About Them
I bought a sealed pack of 50 at a gun show back maybe 2006~
50 for $300..... At $6.00 each I had to buy. Stored them away still wrapped and had forgot about them until just recently when I found them while trying to get things organized.
When opened all were Park'd, I added the only Park'd mag I had to these.
All are GI 15 rd Mags, 9 have Hold Open Followers.
I don't know why unless these parts came from 30 rd Mags.
Everyone marked for a Prime maker, not one being a Misc make Mag.
Little surprised that 15rd Mags were Parked / Rebuilt, considering how many Mags are out there. I don't see any sign of these being media blasted, none have any pitting.
PITA getting the inside of the tubes Park smoothed down. Just minor issues but need some tweaking. I'm using folded sandpaper for the inside corners and sandpaper folded over the blade of a flexible putty knife for the inner - sides. Just getting the upper 3/4 of the inner tube seems to be working. Bottom 1/4 doesn't come in contact with the follower. But I'm also trying to make the Follower smoother... Dremel is speeding that up. Bench grinder with Fine wire wheel and buffing pad is faster than the Dremel.
I'd be lying if I said the thought of dipping in Muriatic Acid to strip the Park and getting them Blued hasn't crossed my mind.... :rolleyes:
Hate the look of a Parked Mag, but not worth the effort to spray paint them. Figure if I get them to feed right I might as well use these for shooting. And save the wear on the other Blued ones.
These should last a long time for use in the 6 or 7 carbines that we shoot on a regular basis....... As long as my Ammo supply holds out.