Great Buy!
Reviewer: PipeRain
12/20/2006
I have bought scads of these, at $3 a pop, why not? I have run them in two different Century CETME's with no problems. By and large these are great magazines. I would call them "Good to Very Good" condition. Occaisonally there will be a bit of rust on the floorplate or follower, and have seen one or two with bent or dinged bodies. Heres the trick:
1) Order a metric butt-ton of them. I usually order them by 10's or 20's.
2) When you get them, disassemble them all and inspect. If you find a bum part, set the whole mag aside, and save for spares.
3) When The Wife isn't looking, toss all the parts in the dishwasher and run them with just a dab of dishwashing detergent. Put the followers in the silverware holder, or they'll all wind up in the bottom of the washer. Aske me how I know.
4) Once done, get an old towel and make sure all the parts are completely dry, and re-inspect.
5) Put a dab of boat-axle grease on the spring. Not too much, you don't want to collect a bunch of cooters.
6) Put a dab of Tetra Gun Grease on the follower where it rides on the magazine body. Just a tiny dab.
7) Reassemble
8) Re-paint if necessary or desired.
9) Load 'em all up and go have a good afternoon at the range!
If you run these in a Century CETME, you may need to file either the locking notch or the seating tabs on the side of the body to get them to seat right, but I haven't had to yet, and I've got probably 80 or 100 of them.
All in all they are a steal. Get 'em before either I get them all or they aren't available any more.