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.

[HKGuns]

Does it function properly?

[XD40Colorado]

Does it function properly?

Locks into magwell and drops free without issue. All 24 passed my "drop" test evals.

[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.

[CAR]

I learned a long time ago not to select M16 mags by look alone. The one time I selected a magazine out of a batch of them based solely on cosmetics, was the time I got a bad mag. It was a 1980's Cooper Industries 30 rounder, nice welds and a perfect finish, but it would not feed more than 1 or 2 rounds before it would tie up the gun with a double feed. Found out later it was from a lot that the Government had rejected for being out of spec.

[XD40Colorado]

Agree with above. Thanks for the input, guys
Just took all 28 outside, fully loaded with m193, and dropped them each from shoulder height, 10 times each. Zero issues, zero visible damage. They should be good to go.