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Posted: 5/22/2006 9:37:05 AM EDT
Alright, I just recieved my USGI 20 rounders in the mail. I love em so far, they feel indestructible and it's black  Stupid question tho, I can only fit 19 rounds in my mags. It's the same with my AR, just wondering if this is also natural? |
| I had exactly the same problem. And the mags were also black. What a coincidence. Anyway what I found out is that the mags were definately USGI but just as definately not new. The fix was the spring. Some Bubba had re-parked a bunch of mags, put new (extra power) springs in them and forged some makeshift USGI wrapper. He was selling them as NOS Winchester mags. I knew it was BS and the mags were not Winchester when the mag body was stamped BRW S-1. Anyway the spring was too long and coil-stacked before the 20th round could be inserted. Changed spring, took it to range and it worked. |
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If it's a real USGI "W" marking it stands for Westinghouse Electric. However, that "W" in the photos looks like the fake "W" marked magazines I have. My fake "W" marked magazines won't hold twenty rounds because the spring is angled off at a diagonal instead of straight down so it binds up and you can't get the twentieth round in. Check the number of spot welds on your follower. Are there two spot welds or three? If there are two, it's a fake "GI" magazine. |
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Hemi-Cuda, you have a fake "GI" magazine. It is not USGI contract made. For the in-depth tutorial on M14 magazine identification, see the free online Pictorial M14 Magazine Identification Guide at www.imageseek.com/m1a |
| The fake "W" magazines I have are not reliable for me. The followers nose dive when in use causing failure to feed in my M1A rifles. This is not with every round but even 1 out of 20 is unacceptable to me. The same rifles have never ever had any problems with Chinese or real deal USGI magazines. |
Yeah, I'm noticing that the front of the guide the nose stays buried. I'm going to chew these fuckers out tomorrow. |
| I just tried the link for the Pictorial M14 Magazine Identification Guide. It's working for me. Try single right click on the link, then Save Target As and select a folder to put in on your C: drive. It's a zip file that should open up. It's got over 200 color close up dirty detail photos of most M14 magazine brands. elvis_is_dead was incredibly knowledgeable and helpful on this project. |
, theres no way I'm downloading that shit.
I don't follow who will not sell to buyers under 21 since I'm over that age by a few years.  www.coledistributing.com for NIW USGI magazines. |
Same here. I bought a few of the mystery "W" mags two years ago from a guy on eBay. I can only get nineteen rounds in no matter how hard I try. |
Dude... All of us get burned once. That's how we learn. Sorry to hear about your mags Let those guys know they are fake. You never know the people you purchsed them from might not even know how to tell the difference. I think you get alot more out of them with a cool head.
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| Cole Dist is great Bought a few from them legit 1950/60 vintage in real wrap right welds and he's been around quite awhile hacko.gif |
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