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Permalink Reply by Phillip P. Foreman on May 10, 2012 at 9:14am

Not sure, my research says the main complaint is that there is a mag claimed to be OE that is 1/100th of an inch too long front to back. That's the problem I'm running into with the blue mags. The site Olive Tree provided has experienced this but accept returns and replace them until they fit. They offer the higher capacity mags as well but who wants to heat up the barrel on an emergency tool? {8<{) Thanks for the input Marine68

Permalink Reply by Olive Tree on May 10, 2012 at 7:44am

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/search/eSearch.aspx?SearchTerms=...

Permalink Reply by Phillip P. Foreman on May 10, 2012 at 9:10am

Wow!! I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT SITE NEVER CAME UP IN MY SEARCHES BUT I SURE AM GLAD YOU LINKED IT TO ME. So now I'm a few dollars poorer and an S4 Repo Depot richer! Thanks a ton!!

Permalink Reply by Phillip P. Foreman on May 17, 2012 at 7:28am

Got my mags and only one of them fit. {8<{( well... maybe {8<{) mixed feelings here. Since only one of them fit I got out the old magnifying glass and studied them all a little closer. What I'm seeing is this Along the inside of the mag there is a reinforcement plate spot welded to the outer casing. Along either side this creates on the mags that do not fit a thin lip. On the mags that fit, there is no lip as both pieces of metal are exactly flush the entire length. I'm thinking now that the mags are not being made in different sizes but are the result of sloppy Quality Control. Anyhow the old bench grinder is coming out and I'll update with the results. {8<{)

Permalink Reply by XD9 on May 17, 2012 at 4:32pm

With aftermarket magazines stick with the ones that have metal feed lips only. It will cost more but it will last longer and work.

Permalink Reply by Phillip P. Foreman on May 18, 2012 at 5:40am

Roger that. I learned that from the best school FUBAR U! Looks like the fix on these is pretty simple. Lips don't need much trimmed off,; just a tad. Not enough to interfere with the tack welds if I don't overheat it on the grinder. I'll put together pics so you folk can get a better idea of what up.

Permalink Reply by Phillip P. Foreman on July 25, 2012 at 8:06am

Well I proscratinated enough and finally took a dremmel tool with a grinding wheel to the mags. At the top of each I found the problem where two sheets of metal are layered and formed into an open triangle to reinforce the thing. I ground those down just the tiniest and in ten minutes all was good and operable. So the source of supply is great even if a tiny adjustment is required. {8<{)