Originally Posted by
ucrt
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FWIW, For over a year, I've been logging down Cage Codes on any “new” 30-round mag I've come across. I've been able to cross-reference several different vendors to different makers, some of which have been listed in this Thread.
It seems the USGI mags that are generally rated gtg are:
Center
NHMTG
D&H
Brownell
Now, of these 4 makers, it appears that Center & Brownell make only their own mags and don't seem to contract out to anyone else. If they do contract out, I haven't seen them with other names on them.
Recent Brownell mags have the new USGI Tan Followers that seem to be a Magpul knockoff. They seem to function as well as the Magpul’s.
D&H is the most prolific maker. They make mags for DSG, Bravo Company, Tapco, Sabre Defence, and DPMS.
The D&H mags I have seen with these other company's floorplates were all 30-rounders. I'm not insinuating that D&H makes (or has made) every mag for these other companies but I have seen at least one new example of each.
NHMTG makes Colt and Okay. These have all appeared to be recent manufacture.
NHMTG mags are the ones I try to acquire the most...if I can find them cheap enough. Last month, I bought 10 Colt (NHMTG) mags at a gun show for $100, that the best I've seen NHMTG since PSA sale last year for $7 each.
But maybe it's just me...
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