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Posted: 11/17/2008 1:41:28 PM EDT
| Hey I ordered some cooper mags b/c they were dirt cheap (even though Ive heard some bad things about them) but im replacing the springs and followers anyways. Aside from the spring/follower issue, anyone know whats so bad about them? I inspected them and they look as durable as any other ones. I cant even tell them apart from the rest. |
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Some of them only have three or four welds instead of the specified six. These bodies are junk, unsalvageable. Coopers are the only ones I know of that the .mil recalled.
Sanchez gets a bad rap, but if you replace the spring and black follower with a new spring and green GI or magpul follower, they rock. I had a bunch, they worked just fine, eventually I sold them to Ban states and bought new Centers. Avoid Cooper. |
I actualy have 4 Cooper mags that are built correctly. They run perfect and I use to use them as range mags. I've since put them back into the collection. That said I would still avoid Cooper mags all together. My luck in having good Cooper mags is very rare so do not tempt the magazine Gods, OK?
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| Even with 3 or 4 welds, I dont see how just inserting some rounds will manage to actually pull apart the body? You cant even pull a metal door open that has just a few welds on it. I understand 6 is better then 3 or 4 but 10 is better then 6... I cant see it making THAT large of a difference. Are there issues with loading? I guess Ill have to try them out haha. I just find them soo cheap because they have a bad rap..I can imagine why they lost there contract b/c mag companies were a dime a dozen during the war..no reason to accept 4 welds..but am wondering if in a recreational situation they are reliable as the next. |
| OKAY....your right..[>:/] haha they wont chamber a round...I do have the old followers in them still... but, I just bought 16 new usgi's from pre- 1994 with all old springs/followers still in them and they all chamber wonderfully except for the 2 coopers. Guess ill count it as a 18$ loss....hey anyone want 2 pre-ban cooper mags? lol (im just kidding) |
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