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Posted: 11/28/2016 12:09:54 AM EDT

I have a dozen pre bans that are nothing special to me. They should go to a brother that needs them. What's States behind the lines allow pre ban mags or repair parts ?

Posted: 11/28/2016 12:13:31 AM EDT

[#1]

I believe only Massachusetts @ this time.

Posted: 11/28/2016 12:20:39 AM EDT

[#2]

Tagscription as I'm in the same boat.

Posted: 11/28/2016 7:53:01 AM EDT

[#3]

Ma.

Posted: 11/28/2016 10:59:23 AM EDT

[#4]

IM sent, ty

Posted: 12/5/2016 11:28:04 AM EDT

[#5]

We can have them!

Posted: 12/7/2016 4:00:01 PM EDT

[#6]

I would be in for some! Check your emails

Posted: 12/7/2016 10:54:15 PM EDT

[#7]

New Jersey can have pre-ban normal capacity magazines? Youse guys can't even carry hollowpoints, amirite?

Posted: 12/8/2016 9:12:49 AM EDT

[#8]

NJ doesnt allow preban. My dad lives in MA and I would be buying them for him as a gift.

You cant carry in Nj period haha.

Posted: 12/8/2016 10:37:23 AM EDT

[#9]

Thought Nolo had just won a case & someone got their carry permit in the Garden State. Might check w/ him.

Posted: 12/8/2016 1:14:19 PM EDT

[#10]

Ok I should clarify.

The law allows concealed permits to be issued.
The only people to get them are armed guards (duty use only), celebrities, and other highly connected people.
The average person isn't getting one. Occasionally some get issued after multiple court proceedings but its rare and cost prohibitive for most.

Posted: 12/16/2016 5:59:42 AM EDT

[#11]

What's a fair price? I found 6 in my stash that are preban.

Posted: 12/18/2016 2:07:55 PM EDT

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Depends, when I got rid of mine I just traded 1 for 1.

Posted: 12/18/2016 9:23:51 PM EDT

[#13]

^ Thanks!

Posted: 12/24/2016 8:39:56 AM EDT

[#14]

What dates are we looking for?

Posted: 12/24/2016 9:17:24 AM EDT

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Anything before 9/94 stamped internally or externally. Technically if the mag doesn't have a date on it and does not say restricted for mil and leo use only its good to go.
However, most guys in MA are gonna like to see dates just in case we ever get stopped and hassled.

Posted: 12/24/2016 10:31:43 AM EDT

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Anything before 9/94 stamped internally or externally. Technically if the mag doesn't have a date on it and does not say restricted for mil and leo use only its good to go.
However, most guys in MA are gonna like to see dates just in case we ever get stopped and hassled.

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What dates are we looking for?

Anything before 9/94 stamped internally or externally. Technically if the mag doesn't have a date on it and does not say restricted for mil and leo use only its good to go.
However, most guys in MA are gonna like to see dates just in case we ever get stopped and hassled.

Also, while more difficult and a hassle to prove, being from a manufacturer that stopped producing magazines before 9/94. Adventureline is one that comes to mind. There are others.

Posted: 12/24/2016 1:50:51 PM EDT

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Anything before 9/94 stamped internally or externally. Technically if the mag doesn't have a date on it and does not say restricted for mil and leo use only its good to go.
However, most guys in MA are gonna like to see dates just in case we ever get stopped and hassled.

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I'm not sure when manufacturers started stamping the dates on GI magazines. I think the earliest dates on my pre-ban magazines are ##/91, but I have a half dozen or so with no markings at all, except on the baseplate. I can tell they're Okay mags, because the welds match up exactly with my marked Okays. I have two that are still unopened in the original plastic bags, which I remember buying for $20 each right after the ban went into effect.

Posted: 12/24/2016 2:46:36 PM EDT

[#18]

I just bought a couple prebans for my dad in MA. Okay mags internally stamped 88,89 and I think 91

Posted: 12/24/2016 4:13:22 PM EDT

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I'm not sure when manufacturers started stamping the dates on GI magazines. I think the earliest dates on my pre-ban magazines are ##/91, but I have a half dozen or so with no markings at all, except on the baseplate. I can tell they're Okay mags, because the welds match up exactly with my marked Okays. I have two that are still unopened in the original plastic bags, which I remember buying for $20 each right after the ban went into effect.

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I have a few up here that are stamped 88 and 89. I believe they are OKAY, and Colt. I also have a undated OKAY, Its not an exact science i suppose

Posted: 12/24/2016 6:25:55 PM EDT

[#20]

Look for a date code on the Inside of your preban Okay mags.

Posted: 12/26/2016 10:19:49 PM EDT

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Yea, after checking all the OKAYs were dated but a lone cooper wasn't.

Posted: 1/9/2017 7:04:20 PM EDT

[#22]

So, in searching out pre-ban sale info I found this thread. When I was in NY I bought about 29 pre-ban magazines. After I moved I kept them (for visits), but with the passage of the SAFE ACT, these mags were no longer useful to me as pre-ban mags. I would like to get them to people in a state that can use them (MASS?) and I would like to re-coup some of what I put into them. I have 10 1977 Colt Mags (I have pictures somewhere). No date codes, colt floorplates, and, I believe K5 or K7 stamped on the inside. These were sold to me as NIB, but were not wrapped when they arrived. I have not used them. I have 7 Centerline Industries mags, NIW, with a date code of September 1992. I also have 11 Adventureline mags and 1 FN mag. Only identifiable by the floorplate.

Any idea what a fair asking price would be? I have seen a few places selling per-ban mags for ~$40. I know that I paid $25 for the used mags, $30 for the Colts and about $40 for the NIW mags, so I have about $900 wrapped up here.

What is a fair price? I want to get these where they belong, but part of me just

at the idea of taking a $600 bath here. Also, can I just mail them to Mass.? Need to go through a dealer or anything?

**THIS IS NOT A SALE AD.** Just trying to figure out what a fair price would be.

Posted: 1/9/2017 9:57:54 PM EDT

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So, in searching out pre-ban sale info I found this thread. When I was in NY I bought about 29 pre-ban magazines. After I moved I kept them (for visits), but with the passage of the SAFE ACT, these mags were no longer useful to me as pre-ban mags. I would like to get them to people in a state that can use them (MASS?) and I would like to re-coup some of what I put into them. I have 10 1977 Colt Mags (I have pictures somewhere). No date codes, colt floorplates, and, I believe K5 or K7 stamped on the inside. These were sold to me as NIB, but were not wrapped when they arrived. I have not used them. I have 7 Centerline Industries mags, NIW, with a date code of September 1992. I also have 11 Adventureline mags and 1 FN mag. Only identifiable by the floorplate.

Any idea what a fair asking price would be? I have seen a few places selling per-ban mags for ~$40. I know that I paid $25 for the used mags, $30 for the Colts and about $40 for the NIW mags, so I have about $900 wrapped up here.

What is a fair price? I want to get these where they belong, but part of me just

at the idea of taking a $600 bath here. Also, can I just mail them to Mass.? Need to go through a dealer or anything?

**THIS IS NOT A SALE AD.** Just trying to figure out what a fair price would be.

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I've picked up a bunch here lately in the EE for a friend in Massachusetts for $16.50-18.50ea including shipping. I send them straight to him.

Posted: 1/9/2017 11:15:51 PM EDT

[#24]

i have one mag with zero dates or markings on it. i wonder if its considered pre ban?

Posted: 1/14/2017 1:08:56 AM EDT

[#25]

Doesn't Cali still allow magazine parts?

Posted: 1/14/2017 5:38:19 AM EDT

[#26]

Nope, I remember they put an end to that back in 2013. Didn't stop me though

Posted: 1/15/2017 8:54:20 AM EDT

[#27]

I thought most pre-ban mags were not date stamped. I have an old colt 20 rounder that I am pretty sure is pre-ban but there is no date stamp on it. Any way to tell?

Posted: 1/15/2017 1:40:52 PM EDT

[#28]

I'm no expert on this, but I believe the date stamps started in the late '80s and were definitely in full swing by 1990 (four years before the ban). Early on, some were stamped on the inside of the magazine, so that's something to check. However, I'm sure plenty of 20-rounders were made before the date stamping started, so it wouldn't surprise me if your Colt isn't marked.

Posted: 2/8/2017 9:12:07 PM EDT

[#29]

I'm in MA with a LTC-A and always on the hunt for pre-ban 30 rounders at a fair price. Anyone looking to help a brother out, shoot me a pm!

Posted: 2/9/2017 3:41:53 PM EDT

[#30]

I have about a dozen 30 round MINI-14 THERMOLD mags date stamped 89 in NOS condition.

I always wondered what they would be worth in a preban state.

Damn nice mag IF you are locked out from having real Ruger 30s.

Posted: 2/10/2017 10:45:53 PM EDT

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I thought most pre-ban mags were not date stamped. I have an old colt 20 rounder that I am pretty sure is pre-ban but there is no date stamp on it. Any way to tell?

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I have a Colt 20 rounder with alloy follower and no date. It is preban; 20 rounders with alloy followers are generally considered Pre-ban.

Posted: 2/11/2017 2:44:33 AM EDT

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I have a Colt 20 rounder with alloy follower and no date. It is preban; 20 rounders with alloy followers are generally considered Pre-ban.

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If I aint mistaken...yeah, they are old.
I have 2, both with alloy followers.

Posted: 2/23/2017 11:14:32 PM EDT

[#33]

What are 20 rounders going for? Always wanted one.

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