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Posted: 3/29/2006 5:42:47 AM EDT
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I had some of them and used them at the range for years. I had no problems with them.
I haven't seen them around for awhile now. I bought them when USGI mag prices were sky high. |
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Posted: 3/29/2006 6:54:25 AM EDT
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Oh my yes. AWESOME quality. Tough as nails. MUCH stronger than USGI aluminum.
I bought 26 during the ban, & replaced the followers immediately with the orange followers... then I replaced them again with the orange magpul Gen 2 followers. (no real REASON to upgrade again, i just did it cause i wanted to). I have never had any jams, or feeding problems. Each mag weighs 8 ounces, as compared to 4 ounces for a USGI aluminum. NO big deal to me. If you do buy any of them... the FIRST thing I would do is replace the black plastic follower. I had some of the original black plastic followers break during use.  Here is before and after I refinished them... Flat Black Rustoleum.... 
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Posted: 3/29/2006 8:06:25 AM EDT
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I picked up some during the ban years. I have used some of them @ the range only. I replaced some w/ Green USGI followers and left some as is. Inside of mag seemed "gritty" when they arrived and the followers (both types) would not ride smoothly. I used a wooden ruler to stroke the follower up/down 50-100 times ( i can't really remember now), but after awhile the followers ran smoooothly. No jams w/ either original follower or USGI. Good deal @ the time, but w/ new mags ~$10 I would pass; unless your in a state that still only can get "pre-ban" stuff or they were dirt cheap. FB |
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Posted: 3/29/2006 9:45:32 AM EDT
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I like mine so much I had all ten re-parkerized and GunKoted.
 
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Posted: 3/29/2006 12:07:33 PM EDT
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Another vote for AWESOME. Just replace the followers.
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Posted: 3/29/2006 12:39:25 PM EDT
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Yep. After I posted my review, somebody (thanks, again) told me to check the black followers. Sure as shit, they were soft and "bendy". I tried some Gen II MagPul followers, but the re-parkerizing and Gunkote made them a little jittery. I tried spraying a small amount of dry moly lube in there, but 4 of the mags would still stick. So, I went with the green USGI followers and they moved more freely. If I get the time. I'll try to come up with a solution for that. |
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Posted: 3/29/2006 8:57:14 PM EDT
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Have you tried the new, new magpul followers? |
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Posted: 3/30/2006 6:04:56 AM EDT
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Yep. As noted above, they were the newest GenII followers. Are there Gen III followers? 4 of the ten mags had issues, but I think it's because of the additional material added by the reparkerizing and GunKote. The MagPul Gen II (and the original) work great in all my other mags. |
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Posted: 3/30/2006 6:44:36 AM EDT
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I have some. In one of them, the follower occasionally sticks a bit. I am going to put a Magpul follower into that one to see if it helps. The others have all worked fine. I still have two that are unopened. Singapore steel mags seem to be ok too. I have had no problems with them either
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Posted: 3/30/2006 6:54:27 AM EDT
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I have 5. They are ok.
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Posted: 4/3/2006 2:42:21 PM EDT
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i have just bought 10 mags 96.00 dollars. is that a good deal? I also bought 4 canadian thermold mags. I'm getting 6 more. they are a little spendy.
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Posted: 4/7/2006 8:34:56 PM EDT
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Not to me w/ the current prices on mags. If they work 100% who cares really.  FB |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 6:35:33 PM EDT
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double post
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Posted: 4/8/2006 6:36:26 PM EDT
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I did the exact same thing to mine, Flat black rustolueum and gen 2 followers |
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Posted: 4/8/2006 10:47:19 PM EDT
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mine were bought during the ban for $8 a piece so the price was hard to beat.
all mine have the first gen "pink" followers and wolff + springs. but with the prices on new usgi mags nowadays its hard to justify them. |
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Posted: 4/9/2006 4:51:52 AM EDT
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Jus to put this out there but I'm pretty sure that the mags that I have and others here are talking about are not SA80 mags. The mags with the England sticker on the mag body are not SA80 mags to my understanding.
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Posted: 4/9/2006 8:09:16 AM EDT
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First off... sweet... we have the same mags. Secondly... yes, you are right... they are actually SINGAPORE SAR-80 mags. But to make it easy... since they all come with a little sticker that says "England".... we try to not confuse people... and we call them "the english mags" |
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