Move back to GI magazines - a journey

[Heavy Metal]

NHMTG are Colt's contractor. Same mag, different floorplate.

[MistWolf]

Not sure how happy I am with these results. Not sure how long the paint will last nor how legible it is. the first issue probably matters more than the second.

I have yet found any paint that is permanent, however, some are more durable than others.

There is a clear coat that's very tough and durable that we use for protecting markings on certain parts on aircraft. I don't recall what it is or what it's made of as I'm not a painter. However, if you were to use such a clear coat, you could mark your mags where the thickness of the paint wouldn't interfere with being inserted, then seal the markings with the clear coat.

What I can tell you, the green primer we use, which is very tough indeed and fluid resistant (resistant against fuels & oils), is a two part epoxy type paint.

There are also anti-chafe paints that resist being rubbed through. It's used where one part could chafe against another, such as where wing to body fairings mate to the airframe. The down side to this is paints are very expensive

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/cs/primers.html
http://www.pwpaints.com/

[ucrt]

Interesting insights.

Where does one buy new Colt GI mags if you are a civilian--other than a mag here and a mag there for usually two or more times what a PMAG or D&H mag costs?

thanks

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Two months ago, I bought 10 NIW Colt 30-rounders for $100 at a gun show. He had them marked $15 each and he had 10 left. I asked him how much for all of them.

I've seen more than one dealer with them for $15-$20 each.

Never know...

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[Bowser]

44mag has Colt GI's at a whopping $18 each.

[rob_s]

I have yet found any paint that is permanent, however, some are more durable than others.

There is a clear coat that's very tough and durable that we use for protecting markings on certain parts on aircraft. I don't recall what it is or what it's made of as I'm not a painter. However, if you were to use such a clear coat, you could mark your mags where the thickness of the paint wouldn't interfere with being inserted, then seal the markings with the clear coat.

What I can tell you, the green primer we use, which is very tough indeed and fluid resistant (resistant against fuels & oils), is a two part epoxy type paint.

There are also anti-chafe paints that resist being rubbed through. It's used where one part could chafe against another, such as where wing to body fairings mate to the airframe. The down side to this is paints are very expensive

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/menus/cs/primers.html
http://www.pwpaints.com/

In doing some brief poking around, and from what I know of painting buildings (my day job is construction management), oil-based paints vs. acrylics are the way to go, which is why I chose the Sharpie brand. At this point I've started down the path of marking all of them so I'll continue on with the 30 mags I have and then finish up with the 20 more I still need to buy.

[5pins]

Apparently Brownells and Okay have a contract to supply magazines to the military.


https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportun...rint_preview=1

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/lid=1...azine_Contract

[1911-A1]

I got away from aluminum mags because trying to stack a pile of empties sounds like robots having rough sex.

[rob_s]

So the plot thickens.

In digging through some things I stumbled upon a number of floorplates that were equal in count to the shit magazines, and what do you know... (I won't even put my watermark on this crap)



Additionally, I was wrong about my earlier boxes. For the most part what you see in the box with the followers-up in the first post are pre-ban if they are Magpuls or black, D&H/Bravo if they are green (which, it turns out, accounts for my missing Bravos). However, I found several other pre-bans elsewhere, including a few that look like this.


It is so funny. I KNOW that those dates mean nothing on those magazines now but when I look at them I still feel like they're the holy grail of magazines. That's what happens to those of us that got into ARs and the like during the ban.

And finally the full pile of what I believe are all pre-ban. Some of the 20s are perhaps newer but they also don't appear to be dated so...


In that pile are Center, Okay, Sanchez, Lakk (I think) and God knows what else. Back then there were pages of internut arguments about which one was best. wait...

[Heavy Metal]

Apparently Brownells and Okay have a contract to supply magazines to the military.


https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportun...rint_preview=1

http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/lid=1...azine_Contract

NHMTG=Okay=Colt. All made in the same place with a different marked floorplate except I think NHMTG replace the Okay stamp.

[snackgunner]

Every time I "think" that I'm beginning to get a handle on things, a thread like this pops up and muddies the water. Of course, that's not really a complaint since threads like this actually provide more insight into the whys of things and (hopefully) make me a better equipped individual. This site has helped me more than I can express in terms of the hardware I've purchased.

I was preparing to place an order with Bravo Company for some D&H magazines, but it looks like I'll hold off until I better understand what's being written here and can make a more definitive decision.

Thanks, folks...I can't say it enough.

+1

Except a while back I went ahead an ordered a bunch of the DH mags from Bravo Company and thought I had nothing to worry about.

Ill be following this thread.