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Posted: 6/8/2017 10:48:16 AM EDT
| I bought some Colt labeled magazines about 4 years ago that do not have a CAGE Code or manufacture date. They are not the same quality as my older ones made by Okay Industries. Who made them for Colt? |
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Sounds like you might have been scammed.
Before magazine prices crashed it was not uncommon for someone to purchase Colt (or Okay) magazines and install cheap floor plates then install the Colt floor plates on their crap magazines. At one time there was even a flood of counterfeit Colt floor plates being sold. Polished black sounds bogus! |
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I erred by using the term polished. I have some issued mags, tan followers, that were made in 5/11 that have a similar finish on the baseplate. They are not anodized with a flat finish. They were made by Center Industries.
The Colt mags are legit and not knock-offs. They are the same ones that came packaged with 6920's several years ago. My curiosity is piqued because it seems that Colt had an interim period when they went from Okay to another manufacturer. The finish on the mags are excellent with no drips. The only quality deficiency is the welds on the inside curved edge. They are not aligned well and appear similar to a C-Products mag I have. I expect it is not made by C-products since they imprint their CAGE code and date which these do not have. |
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I erred by using the term polished. I have some issued mags, tan followers, that were made in 5/11 that have a similar finish on the baseplate. They are not anodized with a flat finish. They were made by Center Industries. The Colt mags are legit and not knock-offs. They are the same ones that came packaged with 6920's several years ago. My curiosity is piqued because it seems that Colt had an interim period when they went from Okay to another manufacturer. The finish on the mags are excellent with no drips. The only quality deficiency is the welds on the inside curved edge. They are not aligned well and appear similar to a C-Products mag I have. I expect it is not made by C-products since they imprint their CAGE code and date which these do not have. Which is also Okay's Cage Code. |
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NHMTG was a brand owned by Ronan Corporation. They contracted with Okay Industries to produce magazines with their name on the floorplate.
When Okay Industries made the decision to do direct marketing of their magazines under the Okay SureFEED brand they decided to end the manufacture of NHMTG for Ronan. Ronan now sells Okay SureFEED mags. Okay continues to produce magazines for Colt, marked with the 33710 Cage Code. |
| All of your comments are greatly appreciated. I was able to meet with one of the curators at the NRA Museum. He informed me that the magazine is an authentic Colt. Since the time Colt lost its contract to supply magazines to the military (actually mags produced by Okay Ind. as a subcontractor), they had magazines for the commercial business produced by various manufacturers. That is what I have.....mystery solved. |
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