These 25-cent NIB Swedish Mauser 6.5mm stripper clips work great in the '03 Springfield. You can see them next to 2 $3 original beat-up stripper clips.
Numrich has the US originals for $1.80 each. It takes 20 to load a cartridge belt, and the originals I got were pretty beat up, so I was looking for alternatives. The Swedes don't use the bent brass tab to hold the cartridges in the clip. They have a spring that presses against the base of the cartridges to hold them in place. For folks like us who re-use the clips, the Swedish design seems better. Eventually, that little tab on the US clips will break off.
Numrich has the US originals for $1.80 each. It takes 20 to load a cartridge belt, and the originals I got were pretty beat up, so I was looking for alternatives. The Swedes don't use the bent brass tab to hold the cartridges in the clip. They have a spring that presses against the base of the cartridges to hold them in place. For folks like us who re-use the clips, the Swedish design seems better. Eventually, that little tab on the US clips will break off.
