Are USGI M1 carbine Magazines better than the aftermarket magazines?

[gew8805]

This one was $197.50. Holy smokes.

5 Round 30 Cal M 1 Carbine Rifle Magazine Mag Clip | eBay

Good grief, you used to not be able to give them away.

[USGI]

KCI 15rd. Carbine mags are back in stock at Midway as of this morning. Price is $10.99 and they show them as "out of production" - no longer available after these are gone. - Bob

[browningautorifle]

you used to not be able to give them away.

$197.50 for a 5 rd mag??

[scubatke]

ProMag makes a very good aftermarket magazine both in 15rd and 30rd. The Korean mags are ok; ProMag is better IMHO.

[jimb16]

I think I better hang on to my 5 rounders!

[gew8805]

$197.50 for a 5 rd mag??

Yes, that is an obscenely stupid price, frankly I wouldn't (and never will) pay more than $10 for any 10 round mag, I have several. I wasn't even aware that they made 5 round mags, are you sure about that?

[AFJon]

Samco has the GI 15 rounders for under $13, under $12 per if you buy 10, wrapped 15 rounders are under $25, under $24 if you buy 10.

[Curt]

Wow I have 3 (5 rounders) look for them on EBay tomorrow!!! Kind of interesting 2 are stamped Japan deeply , I recall all 3 having 30 round hold open type followers

[VOODOTHATIDO4U]

By the way, my father is 94 years old and he carried a a low-digit Inland M1 Carbine as a Marine on Guadacanal, Vela Lavela, Peliliu, and Okinawa. He keeps telling me to stay on a lookout for the WWII M1 carbine that he carried in the Pacific theater from 1942 through 1945: Inland, serial # 238548.

That would be something to have someone on here to have that carbine. All the best to your pop. He covered some hard ground in that AO.

[djr46]

The mags coming out of Korea, marked, UU, function 100 percent, and are as reliable as A1 and/or SEY.
I've tried all and found that to be true.
I use the Koreans and put the originals in vault, saved....
I bought a bunch of the UU marked 30 rders for $9 a piece, wrapped..
DJ