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Posted: 10/30/2010 6:07:29 PM EDT
| I was at a gun show in Charlotte, NC last weekend and saw several people selling used 30 round mags for $5.00 each. Like an idiot I didn't buy any because each guy only had a dozen or so and I figured I could find them online and maybe get em a little cheaper if I bought a larger amount. Does anyone know where you can find these mags at other than the gun shows? |
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I saw some at CDNN for $5 but I don't know anything about them.
I would personally just go to AIM and pick up the C-Products ones for $6.95. ($5.95 if you buy 10 or more) 30 round mags are $7 if you buy 10 or more. |
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Quoted: I was at a gun show in Charlotte, NC last weekend and saw several people selling used 30 round mags for $5.00 each. Like an idiot I didn't buy any because each guy only had a dozen or so and I figured I could find them online and maybe get em a little cheaper if I bought a larger amount. Does anyone know where you can find these mags at other than the gun shows? Well, here's my actual advice on this - beause like an idiot (at first) I didn't buy them, thinking they'd be online for less. Then at a 2nd gun show last month, the dealer had 200 used USGI mags for $5 ea, btu would only take cash. And me, like an idiot, used all my cash on the entrance fee and hot dogs for my boys and me. OK... what did I learn? I checked each used mag that I eyed thoroughly. I noticed that they all had a faint "clinking" sound when I squeezed the mag sides. It wasn't the spring twitching in the mag body. It happened on 3 out fo 4 mags I picked up and squeezed. Now, I didn't sit on them or squish down hard. I just used palm and hand pressure and gave it a good squeeze, sometimes a slight twisting effort from the top and bottom ends. 3 out fo 4 mags would yield a faint clink or clack metallic sound. Feedlips were closely checked too, and all looked fine. But I was hesitant to chuck $200 (if I had the cash on hand) on used USGI's without having a better surefire way to check if they were truly GTG. I later learned (from a reputable USGI mag manufacturer on this site) that this may be a telltale sign that the heat treatment wasn't fully done, or done well. The mag bodies should be absolutely stiff, assuming the welds are also done absolutely right and are rock-solid. I thought it could be a bad or poor weld somewhere on the mag body. I'm glad I didn't buy a boatload of used USGI's from the gunshow dealers, for cash. Instead, I got a great buy on new-in-plastic-wrap USGI's for just a little bit more per mag. C-Products for just a bit more, brand new in wrap. If you do buy used USGI's at the gunshows, get the most solid ones, not just the best looking ones... my 2 cts. |
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I was at a gun show in Charlotte, NC last weekend and saw several people selling used 30 round mags for $5.00 each. Like an idiot I didn't buy any because each guy only had a dozen or so and I figured I could find them online and maybe get em a little cheaper if I bought a larger amount. Does anyone know where you can find these mags at other than the gun shows? Well, here's my actual advice on this - beause like an idiot (at first) I didn't buy them, thinking they'd be online for less. Then at a 2nd gun show last month, the dealer had 200 used USGI mags for $5 ea, btu would only take cash. And me, like an idiot, used all my cash on the entrance fee and hot dogs for my boys and me. OK... what did I learn? I checked each used mag that I eyed thoroughly. I noticed that they all had a faint "clinking" sound when I squeezed the mag sides. It wasn't the spring twitching in the mag body. It happened on 3 out fo 4 mags I picked up and squeezed. Now, I didn't sit on them or squish down hard. I just used palm and hand pressure and gave it a good squeeze, sometimes a slight twisting effort from the top and bottom ends. 3 out fo 4 mags would yield a faint clink or clack metallic sound. Feedlips were closely checked too, and all looked fine. But I was hesitant to chuck $200 (if I had the cash on hand) on used USGI's without having a better surefire way to check if they were truly GTG. I later learned (from a reputable USGI mag manufacturer on this site) that this may be a telltale sign that the heat treatment wasn't fully done, or done well. The mag bodies should be absolutely stiff, assuming the welds are also done absolutely right and are rock-solid. I thought it could be a bad or poor weld somewhere on the mag body. I'm glad I didn't buy a boatload of used USGI's from the gunshow dealers, for cash. Instead, I got a great buy on new-in-plastic-wrap USGI's for just a little bit more per mag. C-Products for just a bit more, brand new in wrap. If you do buy used USGI's at the gunshows, get the most solid ones, not just the best looking ones... my 2 cts. just spend a few extra bucks per mag and join the cool kids who are part of the magpul cult , errr ooops I ment family 
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I was at a gun show in Charlotte, NC last weekend and saw several people selling used 30 round mags for $5.00 each. Like an idiot I didn't buy any because each guy only had a dozen or so and I figured I could find them online and maybe get em a little cheaper if I bought a larger amount. Does anyone know where you can find these mags at other than the gun shows? SO you were expecting to buy mags online for less than $5...? |
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Quoted: Quoted: I was at a gun show in Charlotte, NC last weekend and saw several people selling used 30 round mags for $5.00 each. Like an idiot I didn't buy any because each guy only had a dozen or so and I figured I could find them online and maybe get em a little cheaper if I bought a larger amount. Does anyone know where you can find these mags at other than the gun shows? SO you were expecting to buy mags online for less than $5...? And why not? Have you checked what new USGI mag prices are lately? As low as $6 NIW for "older" versions of "brand names" to $6.99 for "recent" production "brand names". And that's the online "advertised" price. Do a [group] buy of 2000 mags direct and see what you get. To me a decent used USGI mag should be selling for $3.50 TOPS! Not that it should be $3.50 tops, but I remember when many dealers, CTD and Brownells included, sold decent used USGI pre-ban's for $24-$28 EACH in the late 90's. Its time for payback IMO. The mag manufacturers are still able to make some profit, although revenues are a lot lower and it is much tougher now. (It isn't fair because raw material prices, energy, and labor costs haven't exactly come down for the OEM's.) But retailers and distributors - they make a "middle-man" cut that sometimes boggles my mind. Anyway, used functional USGI's should be selling for less than $5. If new-in-wrap USGI prices have come down some 25-50% since the pre-Obama period, the used ones must come down even harder. If you do't think so, well, all the power to ya. Greed is good. |
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Here you go, just got this in my email a few days ago.
http://www.copesdistributing.net/product_info.php?products_id=3014&osCsid=74caa02e50cdd90530d53fa1cdd11956 |
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Quoted: Here you go, just got this in my email a few days ago. http://www.copesdistributing.net/product_info.php?products_id=3014&osCsid=74caa02e50cdd90530d53fa1cdd11956 Wow, for the looks of it, I wouldn't even pay $1ea for those! More trouble than its worth. When a brand new follower and spring start to approach the cost of a used mag, its time to buy new mags instead. |
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Here you go, just got this in my email a few days ago. http://www.copesdistributing.net/product_info.php?products_id=3014&osCsid=74caa02e50cdd90530d53fa1cdd11956 Wow, for the looks of it, I wouldn't even pay $1ea for those! More trouble than its worth. When a brand new follower and spring start to approach the cost of a used mag, its time to buy new mags instead. I've got magazines that look like that. I'm not entering them into a beauty contest, they are for the range. You can sometimes find some really good bulk deals on magpul followers on ebay. |
| I was at the Hickory, NC gun show last weekend and the guy was still selling the $5 used mags. I went through all he had and got 3 new mags, 5 like new mags, and 4 in good used condition. The rest he had were very well used and I wouldn't have paid more than $3.00 each for them. |
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