Norinco AR(T97) mag review update pg 3

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This is just more of a heads up/ advice post, Recently just bought a pile of mags from a supporting dealer for a great price. Received them the other day was a little disappointed to find they all require work to operate in my AR. but at the price Iam not too bummed about it. Iam not sure if they actually function good in a T97 or not as I don't have one at my disposal. Here's a few pics showing the issues.

Pros:
Seems like heavy duty steel construction
Followers and springs seems to be good quality
Floor Plates are a nice design and easy to remove
Rugged parkerized finish

Cons:
Double pinned with GIGANTIC rivets
Rivets so large neither of my guns will accept them
Cut outs on the back(don't know proper name) are too small and don't allow the the bolt to cycle passed or be released.

Pic of the mag showing rivets and finish


Pic of mag showing the rivet stopping on the trigger guard not allowing the mag to seat in the gun(180B) Removing the rear rivet might allow it to fit in this rifle



Pic of the mag stopping on trigger guard again(AR15) with the lower mag well on the AR15 and the size of the rivets it wont seat regardless of what pin is in the mag



Pic showing the major problem of the magazines.


And finally my first(rough) attempt of working on the mag, It does work better with the back opened up a little more but I do need to do some more work on it, Just need to find a way to do a nicer job and quicker to get through all the mags, and I plan to re rivet the mags with some lower profile rivets and see how that goes.
 
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I have 6 norinco 5/30 mags. All 6 have a hunk of steel plug welded front and back to "pin it" And 2 have a huge unnessisary slot cut out of the side.
Mine worked for me with no mods. (Though I'm using a norinco AR15)
Got a pic of the base plate?
 
Here's a pic of the base plate
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The best solution to the rivet problem is to remove the rivet (yeah, I know, you're breaking the law for 5 minutes), countersink the rivet hole and re-rivet with countersunk rivets. Available at Crappy Tire for about $6/100. I've done literally dozens of mags this way and never had a problem. They are quick to do and look very neat as well.
 
Deckard said:
Could it be fair to say that these are T97 only mags? If so it might be worth just spray painting a stenciled 'T' on each.
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Could be quite possible, or it could be a poor design, hard to say without having the rifle to try them with, I think they will make nice Ar15 mags after I do the work on them.
 
I hope those are very very cheap to be worth the trouble. E landers are 25$ and pmags are under 20$ for older ones. Either way you buy once and have mags that will likely live longer than you. No problems and no questioning reliability.
 
Thank God they're all gone!
I have actually had the following conversation with the seller of a shoddy product.
"I'd like my money back, as these POS don't work worth a f**k", I intoned.
"But they're really cheap", was his reply.
"Yeah....but they still don't f**king work!", I countered.
"But they're really cheap", was his closing statement.
Maybe I'm missing the point of this, but why....for the love of the Big Guy Upstairs...would you want these things at any price, when stone axe reliable units are now everywhere for less than $20 Per...
Me thinks you have too much time on your hands.
Have you considered volunteering in a seniors' residence...or maybe the Humane Society?
 
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