Any Good Commercial 30 Round Mags Out There?

[DinBinFoo]

It has gotten to the point where I am afraid to use my "real" 30 round magazines when shooting my mixmaster carbine. Has anyone any experience with the ProMag 30 round magazines? The price seems good on them...

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[imarangemaster]

NO NO NO NO! No Promags! Get he Korean commercial marked "UU" 30s from Cheaper than dirt and other vendors. Members here have had great luck with them, as had members on the CMP forum. They are $10-15 (cheaper than promag) and better.

[DaveHH]

Dien Bien Phu.....read "Hell in a Very Small Place" by Bernard Fall

I would not hesitate to use a real SEY as they are well made and made to be used a long time. I would also think that it is better for your carbine to use a correct 30. They are not disposables like the 15s.

[DinBinFoo]

OK, I'm taking the ProMag's off my list. I will try to acquire a couple of the "UU" marked mags or at least restrict my shooting to one SEY magazine. I have tried to read everything I can get ahold of regarding Dien Bien Phu. For all the criticism France's fighting abilities gets,
one cannot deny the battle of Dien Bien Phu was an epic engagement.

[imarangemaster]

I agree with DaveHH: If you have GI use them. I have had the same 30 round carbine mags for most of 25 years: Vietnam era Js and O Kay, a European AYP, SEY and AI split backs. I used them in my carbines when I carried them as LEO trunk weapons. I recently took the springs out and cleaned the insides of the mags. There was virtually no difference in the springs from a USGI new spring I got to put in a commercial 30 rounder I got. As long as the springs are in correctly /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ long side (bottom) to the rear, USGIs should feed 100%. In my carbine, they even feed 110 Remington SPs, as long as I have an M2 mag catch with the side hook on it in the trigger housing. I had an AI hardback that had lots of blood pitting on it, and looked like it was through a war (which I am sure it was). It fed 100%. USE THEM!!! You won't ruin them or their value (unless they are MINT).

The second most import thing for feeding with 30 rounders is the recoil spring. It should be 120 coils and 10 1/4 inch long. If it is shorter, get a new one. I had one that was 9 3/4" long and only fed 15s because it was so compressed.

[Wulf]

I have some of the good Koreans NIW for sale.

[DaveHH]

a lot of ex Germans and war vets. They just chose a bad place to fight; a fishbowl valley surrounded by high foggy mountains at the outer range of fighter cover. When they brought in all those Chinese captured 105s from Korea, the party was over. Plenty of "Morte por La France" headstones from that one.

[c east]

I have bought 5 Koreans and 150 rounds later no malfunctions...All were reloads ...I'm going to sell my GI 30's to collectors and get all Koreans...Charlie