"factory" mags for my HP

VIEJO · March 23, 2001, 03:26 PM

Got my 13 rd. Hi-Power mags from GunParts. HA!!!
They are typical unidentified gun show crap. I e-mailed their customer service trying to establish pedigree on these mutts and was told, and I quote "we don't know who manufactured these magazines". What a crock!
They are going back on Monday.

"Viejo" means OLD, it sure as hell don't mean SMART.

[Edited by VIEJO on 03-24-2001 at 01:35 AM]

Bartholomew Roberts · March 23, 2001, 04:19 PM

Sure they're factory mags - I'm positive they came from a factory somewhere

Thanks for sharing the information with us, Viejo. It may be a pain for you but the rest of us appreciate the warning.

greentimber · March 23, 2001, 09:56 PM

thanks. i almost ordered some

Coronach · March 24, 2001, 12:09 AM

I was about to order some as well. Well...sorry 'bout your luck, Viejo. But thanks for walking point for us.

Mike

amalgam · March 24, 2001, 12:16 AM

BTW, whatever happened to all of the Browning HP
factory mags from recent years? I hardly *ever*
see them advertised for sale. I see mec-gars,
South African, mil surplus, aftermarket, etc for
sale. Where did all of the commercial factory mags
from the 80s and early 90s go?

VIEJO · March 24, 2001, 01:50 AM

I'm not sure where they went but all the thieves are selling junk as MecGars or Brownings. A couple of guys over on the Hi-Power forum got ripped off just like I did. One guy found a website offering "MecGars" for $12.00! Needless to say, he got the same crap I got only I thought that by paying 30 bucks apiece I was getting the real mccoy.
If any of you guys want real MecGar 13s, novaksights.com has quite a few left at 3/$105.00 + S&H.
Good shooting.

Viejo

Backwoods · March 24, 2001, 12:59 PM

Gee whiz guys, check out CDNN for thier HP magazines. I bought 3 South Africa/Argentine 17 rounders from them last month, fit and function is very good(I was a little sceptical about the stamped sheet steel follower but they seem to work, so...) and at 19.99 each I could afford to buy more than one

They also list "factory original" 13 round mags at 39.99 not to mention a host of other items that you may find interesting.

http://cdnninvestments.com/

Don in Ohio

FPrice · March 24, 2001, 01:34 PM

I ordered one of the SA Browning mags and found it to be a piece of junk! Sent it back and got some of the Canadian 13 rounders, the ones with the silver plastic follower. They work and fit great!

Also managed to pick up a Pachmyer silver-colored 13 rounder for $15 from my local store. I will pay almost any reasonable price for more of these, they are even better than the Canadian mags.

Frosty
MOLON LABE

Country Boy · March 28, 2001, 06:59 PM

Thanks for the qualiy update. I almost ordered from GunParts, but I think I'll go with the CDNN 17 rounders.

amalgam · March 29, 2001, 01:07 AM

gunbroker and auctionarms have various hipower mags listed,
including some of the mecgar 20 rd hipower mags.

March 24, 2001, 12:09 AM	#4
Coronach Senior Member Join Date: March 25, 1999 Posts: 3,147	Arg! I was about to order some as well. Well...sorry 'bout your luck, Viejo. But thanks for walking point for us. Mike __________________ The axe bites into the door, ripping a hole in one panel. The maniac puts his face into the hole, cackling gleefully, "Here's Johnny...erk." "And here's Smith and Wesson," murmurs Coronach, Mozambiquing six rounds of .357 into the critter at a range of three feet. -Lawdog "True pacifism is the finest form of manliness. But if a man comes up to you and cuts your hand off, you don't just offer him the other one. Not if you want to go on playing the piano, you don't." -Sam Peckinpah "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert Heinlein

March 24, 2001, 12:16 AM	#5
amalgam Member Join Date: April 3, 1999 Posts: 71	I am so glad I stocked up! :) BTW, whatever happened to all of the Browning HP factory mags from recent years? I hardly ever see them advertised for sale. I see mec-gars, South African, mil surplus, aftermarket, etc for sale. Where did all of the commercial factory mags from the 80s and early 90s go?

March 24, 2001, 01:50 AM	#6
VIEJO Senior Member Join Date: March 10, 2001 Location: MI Posts: 144	mags, cont'd I'm not sure where they went but all the thieves are selling junk as MecGars or Brownings. A couple of guys over on the Hi-Power forum got ripped off just like I did. One guy found a website offering "MecGars" for $12.00! Needless to say, he got the same crap I got only I thought that by paying 30 bucks apiece I was getting the real mccoy. If any of you guys want real MecGar 13s, novaksights.com has quite a few left at 3/$105.00 + S&H. Good shooting. Viejo

March 29, 2001, 01:07 AM	#10
amalgam Member Join Date: April 3, 1999 Posts: 71	auction sites have mags gunbroker and auctionarms have various hipower mags listed, including some of the mecgar 20 rd hipower mags.

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March 23, 2001, 03:26 PM	#1
VIEJO Senior Member Join Date: March 10, 2001 Location: MI Posts: 144	Got my 13 rd. Hi-Power mags from GunParts. HA!!! They are typical unidentified gun show crap. I e-mailed their customer service trying to establish pedigree on these mutts and was told, and I quote "we don't know who manufactured these magazines". What a crock! They are going back on Monday. "Viejo" means OLD, it sure as hell don't mean SMART. [Edited by VIEJO on 03-24-2001 at 01:35 AM]

March 23, 2001, 04:19 PM	#2
Bartholomew Roberts member Join Date: June 12, 2000 Location: Texas and Oklahoma area Posts: 8,462	Sure they're factory mags - I'm positive they came from a factory somewhere Thanks for sharing the information with us, Viejo. It may be a pain for you but the rest of us appreciate the warning.

March 23, 2001, 09:56 PM	#3
greentimber Member Join Date: October 18, 2000 Posts: 26	thanks. i almost ordered some

March 24, 2001, 12:59 PM	#7
Backwoods Senior Member Join Date: March 11, 1999 Location: Ohio Posts: 167	Gee whiz guys, check out CDNN for thier HP magazines. I bought 3 South Africa/Argentine 17 rounders from them last month, fit and function is very good(I was a little sceptical about the stamped sheet steel follower but they seem to work, so...) and at 19.99 each I could afford to buy more than one They also list "factory original" 13 round mags at 39.99 not to mention a host of other items that you may find interesting. http://cdnninvestments.com/ Don in Ohio

March 24, 2001, 01:34 PM	#8
FPrice Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2000 Location: People's Commonwealth of Massachusetts Posts: 1,456	I ordered one of the SA Browning mags and found it to be a piece of junk! Sent it back and got some of the Canadian 13 rounders, the ones with the silver plastic follower. They work and fit great! Also managed to pick up a Pachmyer silver-colored 13 rounder for $15 from my local store. I will pay almost any reasonable price for more of these, they are even better than the Canadian mags. Frosty MOLON LABE

March 28, 2001, 06:59 PM	#9
Country Boy Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2000 Location: Northern Border Posts: 699	Thanks for the qualiy update. I almost ordered from GunParts, but I think I'll go with the CDNN 17 rounders.