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The T57 magazines have been said to be a good sold magazine by many, was this your experience with using them?T57's are crap. And they're still crap after you put new springs in them. I wouldn't buy them for $10, which is where they were not long ago.
Save yourself some massive hassle and get USGI ones. The market on preban USGI was way down the last time I checked because there are tons of new USGI ones being made for $20ish and prebans are just old mags now instead of being the only thing that worked 100%.
The T57 magazines have been said to be a good sold magazine by many, was this your experience with using them?
Bought one of those 10 packs from Dan's Ammo or Ammoman (I forget which, but those were/are the two big dealers selling them)
First off, they look like hell. Rusty and pitted. Ok no big deal, clean them off with steel wool and mineral spirits and now they look at least like something I'd feel ok putting in a $1300+ rifle after drying them off.
After doing mag tests with all ten, I only found maybe three (and that's generous) that seemed to function properly at the range. The others ranged from occasional FTF to Guaranteed FTF on the 2nd round. Crap. Standard fix was to replace with Wolff +10% springs.
After spending more money and more time installing springs, only 7 of the ten were now reliable. Still crap. Sold them all (with full disclosure) and got some USGIs that I never had to worry about again.
Thanks for the review.Bought one of those 10 packs from Dan's Ammo or Ammoman (I forget which, but those were/are the two big dealers selling them)
First off, they look like hell. Rusty and pitted. Ok no big deal, clean them off with steel wool and mineral spirits and now they look at least like something I'd feel ok putting in a $1300+ rifle after drying them off.
After doing mag tests with all ten, I only found maybe three (and that's generous) that seemed to function properly at the range. The others ranged from occasional FTF to Guaranteed FTF on the 2nd round. Crap. Standard fix was to replace with Wolff +10% springs.
After spending more money and more time installing springs, only 7 of the ten were now reliable. Still crap. Sold them all (with full disclosure) and got some USGIs that I never had to worry about again.
Anyone using M14 USGI Magazines marked W? Thoughts?
Found a few NIW (Dated late 60s/early 70s) preban USGIs a few weeks back for $25 at a store. They can be found, it just takes time.
Thanks for the reply. I am picking up a new M1A SOCOM and need to pick up some magazines. Just trying to figure out what my options are.
When you get your Socom post up some pics here,
http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=42990
America's Armed in Milford has or had some M1A 20 round mags for it. Not sure what kind.