Wireguided Marine
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After two years I’m still going through stuff and unpacking and reorganizing. I came across some magazines I had picked up while in the Marines and packed away a couple of moves ago. I have one Colt, a few pre-ban Okays, and some banned era ones.
From what I have read, it looks like some of the original follower designs were prone to tilting and jamming. So after checking the feed lips and the mag bodies I replaced all the followers with yellow Magpuls and the springs with new ones. In the one pic you can see the difference between the followers.
I bought a can of molybdenum dry film spray and sprayed the magazine bodies four at a time after thoroughly scrubbing them inside and out. I picked a day in South Florida when it was sunny and the humidity was relatively low.
After letting them dry in the sun for an hour I brought them inside and left them for a couple of days. I then put them in the oven for a half hour at 300 degrees to completely cure the coating.
I think they turned out well. The coating feels like the new Okay E2 mags I bought recently.
From what I have read, it looks like some of the original follower designs were prone to tilting and jamming. So after checking the feed lips and the mag bodies I replaced all the followers with yellow Magpuls and the springs with new ones. In the one pic you can see the difference between the followers.
I bought a can of molybdenum dry film spray and sprayed the magazine bodies four at a time after thoroughly scrubbing them inside and out. I picked a day in South Florida when it was sunny and the humidity was relatively low.
After letting them dry in the sun for an hour I brought them inside and left them for a couple of days. I then put them in the oven for a half hour at 300 degrees to completely cure the coating.
I think they turned out well. The coating feels like the new Okay E2 mags I bought recently.
