Yesterday a young fella gave me a 15 round M1icon Carbine magazine.
When he aquired the magazine it was wrapped in what may have been the original USGI storage wrap.
He had removed it from the wrap, and I did not see the actual wrap. I did show him some magazines in the original wrap and he said the wrap was identical.
The odd thing, to me, is the magazine was stored fully loaded with LC43 ammunition.
The magazine is marked R-C and appears unused. There is no wear to the blued finish on the two "nubs" on the back of the magazine from having been inserted in a gun.
I realize there is more that I don't know than what I do know, but I have never heard of such.
Was it somewhat common for the US military to store M1 carbine magazines in this fashion?
This magazine has been around for many moons and there are a lot of possibilities as to when and by who it was loaded and wrapped/rewrapped.
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