1911/1911A1 Mag

[f15guy71]

Folks, I came across an blued "M.S. Little" mag with the L on the bottom of the lip. I know Raymond Eng marked their 1911 mags with an R on the bottom of the lip. Is my mag a freak of production, a common occurance, or something unusual? Thanks- Jim.

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[Duane Hansen]

Please show us some pictures of the Mag in close up detail. If the only mark on it is an L on the bottom of the toe, you either have a rare piece that someone at the factory goofed on or someone had too much time on their hands and a do- it -yourself stamp kit. I tend to believe the second scenario.

[Doran]

I have a Ridson with R on the bottom of the toe, same font as a normal letter on top of the toe. Also, the letter is slightly less deep where the bottom of the magazine was ground to take off the excess magazine tube so I'm convinced the baseplate was installed upside down. I would like to see a picture of your Little.

[Duane Hansen]

Like f15guy said, the mag with the R on the bottom is a Raymond Engineering Corp.

[Doran]

Raymond magazines are two tone and pinned. This Ridson magazine is fully blue and welded.

[f15guy71]

I haven't mastered the art of posting yet. Maybe I could email pics to some fellow collector who will post them for me.

[Doran]

I haven't mastered the art of posting yet. Maybe I could email pics to some fellow collector who will post them for me.

I PM'd you my email address to send the picture.

[Doran]

f15guy71 provided pictures of this bottom marked MS Little magazine compared to a normal example. Note the break away angles on the edges of the baseplates are opposite between the two magazines.
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I don't have a side view of the baseplate edge but this Ridson magazine exhibits the same reverse break away angle. Also notice the slightly shallow letters on the Little and Ridson due to grinding off the excess magazine tube.
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[f15guy71]

Thanks to Doran for posting the pics