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Posted: 2/25/2006 1:36:22 PM EDT
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I am new to the site and AR-15s. I just bought a new Bushmaster M4 type carbine, and I am looking for some good quality 30rd magazines. The problem is that I live in Massachusetts...and they limit us to pre-ban ONLY magazines. I bought some at a local gun shop that were pre-ban aftermarket, and they would not always hold the bolt open on the last round. They were black, with black followers. My question is how do I know if a magazine is pre-ban...and more importantly how do the authorities identify it as NOT pre-ban. So...my real question is where do I find good quality, reliable magazines that are pre-ban. All of the good magazines that I have found online do not ship to the people's republic of Massachusetts. Thanks in advance for any/all help. Here is a pic of my new rifle with one of the questionable magazines... http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a338/black-z71/DSCF0322.jpg |
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Simple, go to Ammoman.com and get some of their USGI pre-ban mags in any finish. Add some Magpul followers and you got yourself a great magazine. They ship to MA. I, myself, have 10 of them ( a bit pricey as opposed to the brand new D&H mags that 44mag.com sells) but they fit the bill of what you want: preban and good quality. Most post ban mags have date stamps on the mag itself. |
| Here is a little update...I was just on the AMMOMAN.COM website, and on the bottom of the page it says "sorry we do not ship to Massachusetts". I don't get it ...they are pre-ban. I guess people just don't want to take a chance...I am going to buy some in the EE. Thanks again. |
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Plenty of people selling decent-quality preban 30's here. As a fellow Masshole, I understand your pain - but still have managed to acquire 20 or so 30rd (half of htem Colt) and a dozen 20rd Colt mags with no problem. Sadly, I think I paid the most for the 20's back during the ban. Maybe $25 ea. My latest 30's are $7ea. Try Magman here. I founds some Magpul followers for $5/pack, some USGI springs, and then some teflon bake-on from Brownells. The mags will be NIB-quality and teflon for $12 ea when I'm done. (Well, $11 and change.) |
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I have a trade offer in the magazine section for 4 20's and 4 30's, all pre-ban. There is a tacked thread in one of the EE forums offering such trades for youz Massholes too. Look around a little. ETA: Trade offer EATA: Trade offer thread in EE Generally speaking, post ban mags will have a date of mfg. on them, proving they are made during then ban. Very few mags had date markings on them prior to the ban and are usually considered pre-ban since date of mfg. cannot be easily determined.... |
| So what your saying is all pre ban mags DONT have a date on them? Wow I have about 25-30 that I bought back in the 80's that dont even have green followers in them I went out and picked up new green followers and springs planning on rebuilding them just to have more around. I guess I should think about over hauling and selling them in the EE to help out some of our lee fortunate memebers who loive in worse states than Washington. |
I believe that Creative Products 30-round magazines do not have a date stamp on them, but are not pre-ban. They were made after the ban expired, but are not legal for New Yorkers or others living in states with their own bans. 
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. . . and unless the magazines look substantially different from mags made 12 years ago, NY is gonna have a HARD time proving otherwise. Put a Ranger Plate on the sucker and how does one know it's preban or postban??? No date at all! I think MA and NY have really painted themselves in a corner on this one. It's too hard to detrmine. When teh ATF was your enemy, it was easy to stay "legal." (Esp. with all post-ban mags from 1994-2004 saying "LEO ONLY" on them.) Now that you've got that mish-mash mix, what'll they do? Radio-carbon dating???? It's a do-nothing law that appeases sheeple voters and allows useless representatives to show they are tough on crime while doing no ACTUAL work. |
You don't even have to put Ranger plates on 'em. The floor plates aren't dated. If anyone asks, they are prebans that you re-built with new springs, followers and floor plates. This is all hypothetical, of course. I know you would never break the law like that! 
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Shameless plug: I have 8 preban 30 round USGI mags I'm looking to sell/trade for new current production mags. Email me if interested. They're all clean and in very good to like new condition. I'd take $80 shipped. mccullom (the "at" symbol) epix ("dot") net my ad is listed below: www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=7&f=24&t=328875 |
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