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Damn straight I'm from Idaho, but once again, NO AFFILIATION with BDM, just a customer who appreciated the product.
The patent for the original Ceiner,/Atchisson design had run out, (US Patent 4169329 issued 10/2/79), which is why there are multiple .22 conversions out there. I only responded because I thought it was pretty chickenshit of cmmg to blatantly copy someone else's work. Granted the original design was copied by BDM, but it was done in plastic not metal.
Go ahead and buy your mags from cmmg if it makes you happy, but I am out of this thread.
Mikey
What? OK for BDM to copy something but no one else? What about all those companies making AR15 mags? If they have a patent on the plastic mags they can file a lawsuit.
If they lower the price to be competitive and address the issue of cracking problems (which they admitted to in the other thread) then they will sell all they can. Seems they couldn't provide enough mags to meet the need of their buyers. Maybe that shortage was artificial to maintain the price at almost double what CMMG sells at.
Prices of CMMG mags are $18.96 delivered from Aimsurplus vs $35.00 plus shipping for the BDM mags from BDM.
I was buying mags from BDM. They came out with a 10/22 mag for $15.00 then raised the price to $20.00. I'll pass on future purchases myself, I can get Butler Creek steel lip mags for just a bit more.
here BDM makes an almost identical copy but with plastic lips. Shooters Ridge also makes a copy of the mag that is almost a twin.