Magazine seam weld looks crappy ---- need your input

[XD40Colorado]

Is this an issue, or am I overthinking it:

Of the 24 Brownells Mags I ordered, 22 look like this. They all function and shoot fine, but I'm worried about structural integrity. Issue, or not? **click to enlarge photo**

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What do you guys think??

EDIT ---

Just chatted with them, this is what I was told:


Me: "What is happening is the front seam is not lying flat.
At the curved portion of the mag, it doesn't sit flush against the mag body"

Brownell's Rep: "Ok, that is very common right at the bend in the mag body It wont' effect structure at all. What happens is when they're getting plug welded right at that seam, the outer piece of metal shrinks just a hair, and leaves that tiny gap."

That make sense?

[markm]

Some of my Brownells mags have weird stuff like this. But they never fail. If the mag fits in the gun right and runs, forget about it.

[XD40Colorado]

Some of my Brownells mags have weird stuff like this. But they never fail. If the mag fits in the gun right and runs, forget about it.

Roger that.

[Edgethane]

I just checked several of my Brownells "pre-contract" commercial and current .mil issue magazines (no current commercial though).
A few of them have this. If the issue ones with this passed Uncle's inspection criteria, I'd not worry.

[DirectDrive]

If they work, they work.
If you want more.....pay a little more....https://www.44mag.com/product/nhmtg_...follower/nhmtg

[Blak1508]

Yeah I have bought my fair share of Brownells mags and while they will not win a beauty contest, I have yet to experience an issue with them. Just run the crap out of them, if you do enter a beauty contest hexmags or Magpul will fit the bill. I usually order the BCM aluminum mags when they have the 10 pack for sale.

[texasgunhand]

If they work, they work.
If you want more.....pay a little more....https://www.44mag.com/product/nhmtg_...follower/nhmtg

+1 on the nhmtg mags,they always run great and at 11.99 whats not to like? I almost ordered 2 more today but instead ordered a vickers vcas padded sling,i hope their worth it iam tired of carrying my m4 around all the time.

[BufordTJustice]

Some of my Brownells mags have weird stuff like this. But they never fail. If the mag fits in the gun right and runs, forget about it.

I damaged a Brownells magazine during a fight as it was seated in the magwell of my patrol carbine, slung across my chest.

I kneed a suspect, with the magazine between us, so hard that it crushed the magazine and left me two scars on my right thigh that healed up nicely..... Through my uniform pants.

I actually still have the mag and, despite having the walls crushed against the round stack, it still works most of the time for range use.... And I'm confident it would have likely worked then should I have needed it.

I kneed that guy so hard, it would have exploded a polymer mag. That knee stroke put the guy in the hospital.

Brownells mags are good to go. I always get the magpul follower.

[jackblack73]

I damaged a Brownells magazine during a fight as it was seated in the magwell of my patrol carbine, slung across my chest.

I kneed a suspect, with the magazine between us, so hard that it crushed the magazine and left me two scars on my right thigh that healed up nicely..... Through my uniform pants.

I actually still have the mag and, despite having the walls crushed against the round stack, it still works most of the time for range use.... And I'm confident it would have likely worked then should I have needed it.

I kneed that guy so hard, it would have exploded a polymer mag. That knee stroke put the guy in the hospital.

Brownells mags are good to go. I always get the magpul follower.

Wouldn't a quality polymer mag actually do better under those circumstance since it would flex? I doubt a Pmag would explode since they do better than aluminum mags when run over by cars.

[XD40Colorado]

Brownells look fugly, but damn they're tough. Took all 28 last night, loaded with 28 rounds of M193 each, and dropped from 6 feet high, 10 times each. Zero baseplate failures or feed-lip bending.

Then I took 3 random mags and laid them in my driveway. They actually survived being run over 3x, then backed over 3x, then driven over again, stopping with front tire on mag, and turning the wheel several times to grind into pavement. None of them died, all they fit and dropped free after the test.