Just a warning....
Recently I saw to my surprise, a new-in-the-factory bag M1A 20-round box mag in a retailer (I'd call him an LGS, but it is 35 miles from home). M1A magazines have been absent from any and all retailers near me for at least 2 years, so I grabbed it and bought it without question. Upon opening, it was 20% covered in cosmoline, or a similar substance, that my Hoppe's bore cleaner had trouble with (It looked like oil through the retail packaging bag). I fired several cycles successfully without issue at the next range visit, however upon a post-use cleaning, I noticed the Springfield Armory "stamp" that is present on all factory mags at the bottom "rear" face of the box, there is no SA logo. The pressed circles on the front face of the box also appear to be slightly "more" pressed than the factory mags I have. Clearly this is an after-market magazine, which is not a big deal, but it was packaged in a SA retail bag and sold at a SA factory retail price, at a factory-authorized LGS.
Yes I maybe got "taken", but its not a big deal over $56....and the magazine works. But it is certainly different than all of the other M1A mags I have...and that damn cosmoline was VERY difficult to remove. Beware.
And what the hell....M1A's are everywhere but finding spare mags is like finding a 4-leaf clover.
Recently I saw to my surprise, a new-in-the-factory bag M1A 20-round box mag in a retailer (I'd call him an LGS, but it is 35 miles from home). M1A magazines have been absent from any and all retailers near me for at least 2 years, so I grabbed it and bought it without question. Upon opening, it was 20% covered in cosmoline, or a similar substance, that my Hoppe's bore cleaner had trouble with (It looked like oil through the retail packaging bag). I fired several cycles successfully without issue at the next range visit, however upon a post-use cleaning, I noticed the Springfield Armory "stamp" that is present on all factory mags at the bottom "rear" face of the box, there is no SA logo. The pressed circles on the front face of the box also appear to be slightly "more" pressed than the factory mags I have. Clearly this is an after-market magazine, which is not a big deal, but it was packaged in a SA retail bag and sold at a SA factory retail price, at a factory-authorized LGS.
Yes I maybe got "taken", but its not a big deal over $56....and the magazine works. But it is certainly different than all of the other M1A mags I have...and that damn cosmoline was VERY difficult to remove. Beware.
And what the hell....M1A's are everywhere but finding spare mags is like finding a 4-leaf clover.
