whats wrong with these magazines?

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Originally Posted by lugersrkewl

thank you Ed , this is what new guys like me need ...

+1

Those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it...

Thanks, Ed. I hadn't heard of this outfit/guy before, and appreciate the left-handed caveat!

What I noticed about the mags: Though my experience is limited, it seemed to me that the striations left by the extrusion process are deeper than original WWII versions. Is this, in fact, a clue? Also, the installation of the retaining pin in the bottom of one of them is quite sloppy--a shiny mis-strike with the press/center punch, and a deformed pin head. Would an original, unmessed-with mag look like this? The mag bottoms' texture looks like an uncirculated coin--little marks from bumping into their neighbors in a parts bag or bin, but no actual, honest wear. And both of them are in about the same condition, something I found odd. Aside from the retaining pin screw-up, they look just about identical other than the vastly different serial numbers.

Are any of my observations relevant?

D.P.