A little birdie told me that it was THE factory tooling Roger! But one part of the final product was a weak. And they didn't get the foot operated marking die
The principal economics of new mags are just the same as the MGC kingpins, brackets and lenses of which I can relate to one small part. You won't get a financial return on the first run. It's the second that gives you your money BACK and the third that returns a profit. You just have to hang on in there. The drawback with shooters from what I've heard, as opposed to MGC owners, is that generally speaking, shooters expect yesterdays prices for tomorrows stuff