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Posted: 11/24/2015 11:05:17 PM EDT
Dear board,
I found a couple of wrapped M14 mags and wonder if anyone might be able to identify them via the wrappers? I wonder if they are CMI magazines, or, if the 3-62 is a date stamp, if they are something earlier. Edited to add ... or alternatively, some sort of counterfeit? Any assistance would be appreciated! 
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Posted: 11/28/2015 11:19:07 AM EDT
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Looks legitimate to me. The magazines should be marked OM.
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Posted: 11/28/2015 5:17:58 PM EDT
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Anything of value will be counterfeited reproduced. Rolex watches. M14 Magazines.
Both seem to work, though! -- Chuck |
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Posted: 12/1/2015 9:18:45 PM EDT
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Well, curiosity kills cats, and also opens mag wrappers. I opened one up. Nice call, Different. Thanks kindly. They are Olin-Mathieson mags and seem to have fared their last 53 years fairly well. Foil-wrapped inside the outer brown paper wrap. Tiny bit of rust on the bottom corner of the one I opened, covered in white crystalline specks that are presumably rust inhibitor. They have the characteristics of those featured in Emerson's superb guide, OM marked followers too.
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Posted: 12/1/2015 11:33:48 PM EDT
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Good call on opening them. They rust inhibitor stuff only last so long.
Oh and Different is almost as smart as Lee Emerson.  [Diff=L.E.]
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Posted: 12/5/2015 12:33:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
Good call on opening them. They rust inhibitor stuff only last so long. Oh and Different is almost as smart as Lee Emerson. [Diff=L.E.]Not to be confused with Peter Parker.
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Posted: 12/5/2015 4:37:35 PM EDT
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Well, I don't know Peter Parker!
I found some more of these, some variety, so started a new thread here https://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_6/454687_.html&page=1 |
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Posted: 12/6/2015 11:53:27 AM EDT
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Well, I don't know Peter Parker! I found some more of these, some variety, so started a new thread here https://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_6/454687_.html&page=1 My spidey senses says you do if you think about it.
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Posted: 12/6/2015 12:11:17 PM EDT
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Oh yes, the marvel comics character Spider Man was Peter Parker in "real life." Brain fart on my part!
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Posted: 12/6/2015 12:21:26 PM EDT
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At work we used to sometimes jerk around with co workers leaving phone message slips with goofy names.
One of the funniest ones was a guy was left a message to call and ask for Harry Lyons. The phone number was the zoo's. |
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Posted: 12/6/2015 12:31:54 PM EDT
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"A 3-62" is the level of preservation and the pack date.
Level A, per MIL-P-117 is the highest level of pack designed for serious long term protective storage. Packed in March of 1962 (3-62) Assume, but not sure, that "OM" is the manufacturing code for Olin Matheson. |
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Posted: 12/6/2015 3:16:02 PM EDT
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Double Tap
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Posted: 12/6/2015 3:17:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:Assume, but not sure, that "OM" is the manufacturing code for Olin Matheson. Correct |
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