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4/21/2011 6:56:04 PM EDT
So today I was going through some old crap in my dad's shop. I ran across a olive drab belt with a few small pouches on it. In one of the pouches I found a 5 rd Colt AR15 magazine.

I never even knew that they made 5 rd magazines. Any idea where this would have came from?
4/21/2011 7:28:44 PM EDT
[#1]
Don't know where they came from, but I do know that in Oregon, that is the max mag size if you are actually hunting with your AR, or any gun for that matter.
4/22/2011 8:55:14 AM EDT
[#2]
Back in the late 80's I bought a Colt AR-15 and it came with One 5 round Mag and One 20 round mag.
I guess it was to make the rifle compliant with cetain States.
4/22/2011 8:51:59 PM EDT
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Quoted:
Back in the late 80's I bought a Colt AR-15 and it came with One 5 round Mag and One 20 round mag.
I guess it was to make the rifle compliant with cetain States.


This actually started as early as 1964 when SP1s were introduced.  Each came with a 20 and a 5, which was simply a 20 with a block inside shaped like a "U".
4/23/2011 6:05:26 AM EDT
[#4]
Quoted:
So today I was going through some old crap in my dad's shop. I ran across a olive drab belt with a few small pouches on it. In one of the pouches I found a 5 rd Colt AR15 magazine.

I never even knew that they made 5 rd magazines. Any idea where this would have came from?


I believe it had the internal U block so it would be legal for hunting where a 5 round max capacity was required.

4/23/2011 7:23:25 AM EDT
[#5]



Quoted:


So today I was going through some old crap in my dad's shop. I ran across a olive drab belt with a few small pouches on it. In one of the pouches I found a 5 rd Colt AR15 magazine.



I never even knew that they made 5 rd magazines. Any idea where this would have came from?


Is it
a short stumpy little mag with a metal floorplate

 




the above with a large plastic base (shipped with "civilian" rifles during the ban)




or a 20rd mag with an internal adapter?  (shipped with "civilian" rifles BEFORE the ban)
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