After market magazines Colt Hammerless 1903 32

I guess I will have to check mine, I just figured they were all reproductions.

Redcat94 said:

The magazines sold by U.S. Armaments work great.

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Thanks Redcat,

That is good enough for me. I have ordered 2 of them at $36.00 each. Sure beats paying $250.00 or higher for two.



Oh, and to the Forum member who PMed me with the generous offer of an old aftermarket magazine for $50, no thank you sir.

Somebody school me here.
That magazine looks right to me.
All blue, crimped, square top, and correctly marked would be correct in a 1927 model M.
If it isn't OE, then what is it, and how do you make that determination?

My original Colt magazine baseplate measures .0705" and my 2016 US Armaments baseplate is .0545". So there is a difference but not one that has caused problems in my pistol.

centag said:

This thread started out to be about original versus aftermarket magazines.

But when I photographed mine I realized that the mag was indeed not original. It works well but there is no brand name.

Having heard horror stories about how poor some aftermarket magazine perform I am now asking what should I shop for and what to avoid?



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Your magazine is a factory magazine, all blue, square front edge, with crimped construction. According to Brunner, correct for the 1903 M from 1938, sn 535000, forward. The magazine is not correct for your 1926 production pistol, but it is a factory magazine.

73shovel said:

Your magazine is a factory magazine, all blue, square front edge, with crimped construction. According to Brunner, correct for the 1903 M from 1938, sn 535000, forward. The magazine is not correct for your 1926 production pistol, but it is a factory magazine.

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I stand corrected, re-educated and more careful with my research.
No doubt, I referenced the wrong line when incorrectly specifying it was OK for a 1927. In fact the 1927 magazine would have been a two-tone, and not all blue.

I should always consult and confirm with 2 sources before putting up something that is not true. After further review, Brunner and Lisker are, in fact, in agreement.
Sorry.
This is not the first time I have pulled this particular stunt.

We are human we all make mistakes, not a problem oberon !

oberon said:

Somebody school me here.
That magazine looks right to me.
All blue, crimped, square top, and correctly marked would be correct in a 1927 model M.
If it isn't OE, then what is it, and how do you make that determination?

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You are correct. I picked it up this evening and it is an original magazine.