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December 5, 2012, 09:50 PM | #1 |
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Help me identify this strange magazine - pistol caliber
I have a long stick handgun caliber magazine, like a 30 round Uzi magazine.
But instead of exactly rectangle, it is more wedgelike, wider in the back. Appears to be .40 caliber. 12" length. What does it go to? |
December 5, 2012, 09:56 PM | #2 |
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December 6, 2012, 08:50 AM | #3 |
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I don't know. But I'll hazard a guess based on your guess.
Wedge-like in a possible 40 caliber? How about a 357 Sig?
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December 6, 2012, 08:25 PM | #4 |
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Double stack, double feed? I'm not aware of any handguns using a mag like that, so a SMG, or a pistol-caliber conversion?
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December 7, 2012, 01:29 AM | #6 |
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It's double stack. Must be for a carbine.
The only release lever notch is in the back, so I'm thinking it must go to something with a rear release similar to an AK47. This is very puzzling! |
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Definitely not m10. Also, macs usually have a stop tab to prevent the mag from being jammed up to far into the action. Not saying it ISN'T m11, but I'd have to see a side-by-side comparison first.
Is it zytel? I suspect a ghetto blaster, like a tec. Possibly m11 380 too. Good luck, very interesting.
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December 8, 2012, 09:35 PM | #9 |
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I think its a tec 9 magazine.
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December 8, 2012, 11:30 PM | #10 |
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Ya, just did a google image search for tec 9 mag. That's it. I can sleep now.
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December 9, 2012, 12:11 AM | #11 |
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It is NOT a Tec 9 mag.
Anyone else? |
December 9, 2012, 01:43 AM | #12 |
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What rounds fit in it properly?
Are you sure its not for a tec 9? The mags have the triangular shape like the tec 9 mag well. At the shop I worked at for a while we had a mag that had the same follower and shape and ended up going to a tec 9. |
December 9, 2012, 02:03 AM | #13 |
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9mm aug magazines are shaped kind of like that too. Where did you find it?
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December 9, 2012, 03:17 AM | #14 |
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I think I got it in a large lot that I purchased, thinking it was an Uzi mag.
I have not put it in a Tec 9, but I have examined it against picturse of a Tec 9 and the fittings do not appear to be the same. |
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How about something in 7.62x25.
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December 18, 2012, 12:34 AM | #18 |
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Someone must know what this magazine goes to!
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It would have to be a double-stack mag for something like a TEC-9 or MAC-11 (9mm or 380), but the only way to know for sure is to actually try it in each of those; this appears to be an aftermarket magazine, so it will look different than the standard mag for those designs.
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magazine
Glock has a 33 round stick mag for the G-18, looks kinda like that
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Since you don't know what it's for, how will you know when you receive a correct answer?
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December 31, 2012, 12:48 PM | #24 |
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I can compare it to online pictures of suggested magazines. So far it has not matched any suggested mags.
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Just had a look at one of my 9mm Uzi mags. Could it possibly be a .41 AE mag for an Uzi?
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