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Posted: 9/10/2003 2:39:02 PM EDT

I just baught some 20 rnd mags and I would like to know the authenticity of one. It appears to be an early airforce/army mag. It has a silver floorplate. Its marked like the normal colt .223 mags but the markings look a tad bigger. Just wondering about this mag.

Posted: 9/10/2003 2:50:07 PM EDT

[#1]

Very top thread in this forum.

Troy is your man.

[url]http://magfaq.tripod.com/[/url]

Posted: 9/10/2003 3:57:31 PM EDT

[#2]

I am aware of the mag faq and I already checked it. I am just wondering if some mags were created with silver floorplates. I am wondering if someone stripped it?

Posted: 9/10/2003 4:55:25 PM EDT

[#3]

I have had several with the black paint [b]worn[/b] off the bottom.

So is it looking stripped or worn off?

Posted: 9/10/2003 5:33:05 PM EDT

[#4]

Its all completely gone. It looks like it was made that way. It may have been stripped but I was just wondering if anyone made them like this.

Posted: 9/10/2003 8:59:46 PM EDT

[#5]

Quite a few were made like that, I used to own several actually.

I also have a floor plate from a 30 (THIRTY) round magazine that is silver and stamped Colt with Cal. .223 (not 5.56). That you don't see everyday!!!

They were a special run of mags for a certain Colt rifles (I cannot remember which rifles they were made for though).

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