Magazine repair or hoax?

Ponyman · 03-14-2005, 06:20 PM

Listed on eBay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...518626799&rd=1

Is this legit???

Heinz · 03-14-2005, 08:56 PM

I notice that there is no claim that this is an original German tool. I would expect an imperial tool to have some markings. Also, I think you would need to remove the follower to do a workmanlike job. I do when I am straigtening mags with the modern tool I have.

GT on this forum, makes a magazine strightening tool set that from the looks would be superior to this one. That is a guess, but I do know GT's tool set works very well. I have a set of pictures I can send to you if you are interested. They are fairly large for posting here.

Ponyman · 03-15-2005, 09:35 AM

Thanks - I'm not currently in need of having anything straightened. Is that a "normal wear and tear" maintenance item? I'm a recent convert from the revolver world - very little experience with magazines. How would a mag get bent - inserting too energeticly?

pipeman45 · 03-15-2005, 05:25 PM

Most of the time you drop one,and then step on it. Don't laugh,It can happen!

03-14-2005, 06:20 PM	#1
Ponyman User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlantic County, NJ, USA Posts: 138 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Magazine repair or hoax? Listed on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...518626799&rd=1 Is this legit??? __________________ "The Constitution is intended for use by a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the governance of any other." ~ John Quincy Adams

03-15-2005, 09:35 AM	#3
Ponyman User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlantic County, NJ, USA Posts: 138 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thanks - I'm not currently in need of having anything straightened. Is that a "normal wear and tear" maintenance item? I'm a recent convert from the revolver world - very little experience with magazines. How would a mag get bent - inserting too energeticly? __________________ "The Constitution is intended for use by a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the governance of any other." ~ John Quincy Adams

03-15-2005, 05:25 PM	#4
pipeman45 User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kentucky Posts: 539 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Most of the time you drop one,and then step on it. Don't laugh,It can happen! __________________ Dave

03-14-2005, 08:56 PM	#2
Heinz User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Greenville SC Posts: 1,004 Thanks: 377 Thanked 410 Times in 180 Posts	I notice that there is no claim that this is an original German tool. I would expect an imperial tool to have some markings. Also, I think you would need to remove the follower to do a workmanlike job. I do when I am straigtening mags with the modern tool I have. GT on this forum, makes a magazine strightening tool set that from the looks would be superior to this one. That is a guess, but I do know GT's tool set works very well. I have a set of pictures I can send to you if you are interested. They are fairly large for posting here.