Are these pre ban?

[Stape]

In one of my favorite shops today and the guy has a locker full of 20rd Colt AR mags, all in good shape but lots of handling wear in that they almost look polished. Says they came from a clean out of an old armory. Along with them are stacks of Vietnam era magazine sleeves, plastic little "save" bags for them with Vietnamese writing and instructions on them. I'll try to upload a pic

 

[milktree]

Sure!

Without a date, it's reasonable to assume a Colt 20 rounder is not provably post ban.

 

[EC1]

the last line on the plastic bag may be the date of manufacture 3-70

 

[IPSC_DRL]

I'd buy them with no F's given.

 

[Stape]

Pre or post ban is of little concern to me. I was more thinking of you guys up there tryna help a fella out. Na meen?

 

[55_grain]

20's with metal alloy followers are good to go.
The acetate ammo bags, while interesting, don't go with the mags and the date isn't relevant to the mags. They were supposed to be used, discarded, and found by NVA and/or VC. Here's what they're supposed to say: "Returning Chieu Hoi [open arms] will help you to again see your parents and family in a peaceful and democratic South Vietnam."

 

[mac1911]

At $10 each there worth helping us out.

 

[mac1911]

Pre or post ban is of little concern to me. I was more thinking of you guys up there tryna help a fella out. Na meen?

This is what we need, folks finding all the hard to find stuff and flooding ma with it.
Now if we could get several hundred folks like you keeping a eye out for pre ban gear and getting it to us prices might not be so bad.

 

[n1oty]

Personally, I always preferred the 20 round mags versus the 30 round mags. That's all we used back in my day. I found that the 20 round mag does not interfere with firing from the prone position, where 30 round mags caused me issues on uneven terrain.

I hope you grabbed a bunch of those. They are easy to rebuild.

 

[LuvDog]

Same here... I actually like the 20 rounders the best.

 

[boilermaker]

I like this shop!!

 

[SKumar]

AR 20 rounders are actually really good since you can load them to capacity and still insert the magazine with the bolt closed. A lot of people have issues loading full 30 rounders since the spring doesn't give enough to allow full magazine insertion with a closed bolt (thus loading 29 rounds instead).

 

[M60]

So where can we buy these beauties.

 

[Stape]

So where can we buy these beauties.

These are spoken for but word is there's a truckload more.

 

[bob6180]

What store??

 

[swatgig]

Although it may be impossible for a prosecutor to prove they are post-ban, the position of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is that if they are seized by the police, they will not be returned until you can prove they are pre-ban.

 

[Stape]

What store??

Here in a shop in Missouri.

 

[W.E.C]

In one of my favorite shops today and the guy has a locker full of 20rd Colt AR mags, all in good shape but lots of handling wear in that they almost look polished. Says they came from a clean out of an old armory. Along with them are stacks of Vietnam era magazine sleeves, plastic little "save" bags for them with Vietnamese writing and instructions on them. I'll try to upload a picView attachment 306081 View attachment 306082

Cool.

 

[bob6180]

Here in a shop in Missouri.

Is that a Town in Western Ma?

 

[M60]

Here in a shop in Missouri.

Where is the shop and what it is the name of the shop. Share this information with the rest of us.