Posted: 10/18/2007 6:00:02 PM EDT
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Hello gents, Picked up two brand new Check-Mate brand M-9 mags in a horse-trade. Smooth, dark green parkarized finish. 15 rounders. I've been told that some of these mags are junk and some are pretty good. Is this true ? How can I tell ? ? Are they all junk ? ? The ones I have seem to be of high quality, but what say you ? ? Thanks ! ! |
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Every single Checkmate mag I have used has been 110%. I have used them exclusively for IPSC & have dropped them on the ground, etc. All of the stories you've heard were dealing with the sandy environment of the Middle East, so I wouldn't worry about them. Much like any brand mag, run several boxes thu them before you use them for CCL. My .o2 
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IIRC, the greenish mags are moly coated which was an improvement over the old rough, grey parkerized mags. Moly coated mags came out around late 2004, I believe. My moly mags came with alloy followers and stainless springs. I have both parkerized and moly-coated Check Mates and they all perform flawlessly and they're built pretty well. |
