A couple of years ago, I purchased a box of about 25 assorted 1911 magazines from a sporting goods store that was getting out of guns and fishing.
It contained quite an odd lot:
Commercial,
'50s & 60's military contract,
Argentine
WWII contract magazines,
WWI two tone magazines.
I've posted several pics of 3 of the strange ones, and some questions.
1) Did the military ever nickle plate any mags?
The looped and de-looped mags both appear to have an ancient nickle plating.
2) What/who is the make of the de-looped magazine?
3) I've posted a pair of magazines for comparrisson of the lip.
One, an "R" marked. The other, a two-tone with the short lip.
Is the short lip a Remington-UMC magazine?
Thanks for the assistance.
Regards, Ned
It contained quite an odd lot:
Commercial,
'50s & 60's military contract,
Argentine
WWII contract magazines,
WWI two tone magazines.
I've posted several pics of 3 of the strange ones, and some questions.
1) Did the military ever nickle plate any mags?
The looped and de-looped mags both appear to have an ancient nickle plating.
2) What/who is the make of the de-looped magazine?
3) I've posted a pair of magazines for comparrisson of the lip.
One, an "R" marked. The other, a two-tone with the short lip.
Is the short lip a Remington-UMC magazine?
Thanks for the assistance.
Regards, Ned