Brother in Arms
Member
Hey everyone I recently came into a few original 20 round AR-15/M16 magazines and I was wondering if anyone knew anything about them. I have already read Rawles articles on AR-15 magazines but I was wondering if there are any super AR-15 nerds here who can tell me more about these magazines.
CAL 5.56mm
Colt's Firearms Division
Colt Industries
Hartford. Conn.U.S.A
(This mag has the rampant horse logo and a black plastic follower)
COLT AR-15
cal 5.56mm
colt's PT.FA.MFG.CO.INC
Hartford. Conn.U.S.A
( with rampant horse logo and alloy followers)
ADVENTURE LINE MFG.CO.INC
PARSONS,KS.U.S.A
M16/M16A1 CAL 5.56mm
Universal Inds. Div.
Simmonds Prec. Prod. INC.
West Haven. Conn. U.S.A
one more thing of note...4 of the magazines ( marked Simmonds and 2 marked colt) have an unusual marking on the front of the magazine body. That looks like a capital letter I nestled into a capital letter U. I suspect this must stand for Universal Industries as none of the other colt magazines have this mark and the Colt magazine floor plates are probably on Simmonds/universal Made magazine bodies, but I can't substantiate that.
Also I was told that these types of magazines could be desirable to collectors? I was telling my neighbor (an older gentleman) about how I am building an AR-15 and he said "hold on I got something for you then" he went into the hall closet and after a few minutes pulled out a brown paper bag with 9-20 round magazines in it and gave them to me.
Thanks
Brother in Arms
CAL 5.56mm
Colt's Firearms Division
Colt Industries
Hartford. Conn.U.S.A
(This mag has the rampant horse logo and a black plastic follower)
COLT AR-15
cal 5.56mm
colt's PT.FA.MFG.CO.INC
Hartford. Conn.U.S.A
( with rampant horse logo and alloy followers)
ADVENTURE LINE MFG.CO.INC
PARSONS,KS.U.S.A
M16/M16A1 CAL 5.56mm
Universal Inds. Div.
Simmonds Prec. Prod. INC.
West Haven. Conn. U.S.A
one more thing of note...4 of the magazines ( marked Simmonds and 2 marked colt) have an unusual marking on the front of the magazine body. That looks like a capital letter I nestled into a capital letter U. I suspect this must stand for Universal Industries as none of the other colt magazines have this mark and the Colt magazine floor plates are probably on Simmonds/universal Made magazine bodies, but I can't substantiate that.
Also I was told that these types of magazines could be desirable to collectors? I was telling my neighbor (an older gentleman) about how I am building an AR-15 and he said "hold on I got something for you then" he went into the hall closet and after a few minutes pulled out a brown paper bag with 9-20 round magazines in it and gave them to me.
Thanks
Brother in Arms