Brownstone322
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So I recently bought a Colt 1911 Classic (O1911C) in .45 Auto, something akin to an old-school M1911A1 with a flat mainspring housing.
If you're familiar with Colt these days, they seem consumed with reducing costs, so they ship their pistols with only one magazine, in this case a seven-round mag sourced from Checkmate (stamped "C"). I needed seven more mags — because eight is my basic stash for single-stack — so I went out Web-shopping, looking for Checkmate or Metalform or Mec-Gar (which are all on my trusted list) whereupon I found a relatively good deal on (of all things) Colt-branded "GI" magazines. And I bought seven.
Then here's my question: What exactly did I buy?
The mags are not identical to my one Checkmate-supplied example (tiny dimensional details both on the body and the follower), and they're not stamped "Colt" or "C" or "M" or anything else. On the baseplate they're marked as so:
19200–
ASSY 5508694
MFR. 30745
And, no, I haven't used them yet, and if they run well I ultimately don't care. But I think it's natural to wonder who makes these things. Is anyone familiar with Colt "GI" mags?
Thanks.
If you're familiar with Colt these days, they seem consumed with reducing costs, so they ship their pistols with only one magazine, in this case a seven-round mag sourced from Checkmate (stamped "C"). I needed seven more mags — because eight is my basic stash for single-stack — so I went out Web-shopping, looking for Checkmate or Metalform or Mec-Gar (which are all on my trusted list) whereupon I found a relatively good deal on (of all things) Colt-branded "GI" magazines. And I bought seven.
Then here's my question: What exactly did I buy?
The mags are not identical to my one Checkmate-supplied example (tiny dimensional details both on the body and the follower), and they're not stamped "Colt" or "C" or "M" or anything else. On the baseplate they're marked as so:
19200–
ASSY 5508694
MFR. 30745
And, no, I haven't used them yet, and if they run well I ultimately don't care. But I think it's natural to wonder who makes these things. Is anyone familiar with Colt "GI" mags?
Thanks.