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    Question Taiwan Made Carbine Mags

    Curious if anyone has tried the new Taiwanese 10rd and or 30rd magazines offered by What a Country?
    Currently listed 10rd for $14.99 and 30rd for $19.99.

    I have plenty of GI mags tucked away. And keep my shooting mags in a range bag. But only have a few 10rd mags that I like using for multiple reasons. Stripper loads and 10 shot groups come to mind.

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    Saw those for the first time yesterday and wondered the same thing. Did you see the Danishicon G.I 30's for around $35? - Bob

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    Did you see the Danishicon G.I 30's for around $35?
    Yea, Those have been around a while. Pretty rare for me to shoot any 30rd's.
    The few 10rd's I have are all Fill Blocked in the bottoms. Just came along with other misc buys. But I've really got used to using them. Easy to keep track of the 10 count.
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    GI Bob,
    Just noticed in the picture WAC always uses of their Original C tip sling, it appears to have different type C tips on it.
    Does the lengths of the legs of the C look different to you?
    Picture is from their site.

    Now I'll admit I'm a couple doubles of Jim Beam in to my day, but the Tips appear off.
    What do you see ?
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    Yep, looks different. I forgot to mention earlier, but thought the shape of the followers on those Taiwanese 10 rd mags seem to have an odd shape to them. See what I mean? - Bob

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    Quote Originally Posted by USGI View Post
    Saw those for the first time yesterday and wondered the same thing. Did you see the Danishicon G.I 30's for around $35?
    In regard to their "Danish GI" 30 round magazines. I contacted them and asked if they are marked, turns out they are AYP magazines. Ended up having a conversation with Damon from WAC, I asked if they had any hard evidence that they were actually Danish GI mags. He stated did not have any evidence and only based their description on what they read over 20 years ago. He did say that he recalled that when they were shipped to them (20 plus years ago) they were in a in a large unmarked wooden pallet box and that there was also a quantity of USGI SEY magazines mixed in with them. I did end up buying one and it was a AYP mag in pretty good condition. There has been a lot of speculation about the origin of these mags over the years, but I believe that we are still needing hard factual evidence on what country they are actually from.

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    OK, I thought they might be something new. Good to know that Damon is still working there. I've got one AYP in new condition that I've had for 15 years and have never used it. I have it in my database as Post War, NATO, produced in Belgiumicon by FN. Also remember them as having been faked at some point with a variation in the way the letters AYP were formed. - Bob

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    Bob, here is a bit more on the AYP mags.
    Thoughts n AYP Magazines - The Carbine Collector's Club - Page 1

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    Thanks, Wayne. I looked at most all of those links tonight. One thing I remember Bill Ricca saying was that no USGI mag would (not?) have that one hole in the back - not sure if he was talking about the drain hole at the bottom or the hole you can see in the back of the follower. He must have been referring to the follower - Also, I wasn't aware of that "wrinkle" since I've never had mine apart. I wouldn't say that the AYP is especially "robust" - maybe even looks a little cheaper than an SEY split-back. I compared the weight to an SEY and the AYP is about 3 grams lighter. - Bob
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