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The early nickel coated mags are similar to what we might think of as a chrome plate..bumper chrome so to speak except that nickle is a pleasing soft color with a golden hue because of the metals it is made with. Nickel, copper..brass. It often has a green verdegris in the cracks and crevices..I have seen some stored in a magazine pouch that were completely covered with the stuff..Unfortunately it had eaten off much of the nickel. A good nickel magazine is usually slippery or slick to the touch..

The bare steel magazine bodies are quite evident as well..They are a plain steel body with little in the way of coating. These will have no verdegris associated with them as they have no metals that grow the stuff.