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What would you expect to pay for used (very good condition) standard size mags for a .45acp Colt MK IV series 80 ?
45 acp 1911 mag value
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Depends whether it is a "generic" GI type magazine or the real deal Colt factory magazine or one of the high quality after market maker mags.
ie. Need more info.....
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Colt, blued
gerardjohnson said:
If they are "real deal" factory Colt, blued, magazines for a Mk IV Series 80 they should look like this on the base(s):
The top one in the pic is used "very good condition", the bottom three are "like new".
Personally, I'd pay $20-$25 each for them, and feel like I did well. I scored all of the above off the EE at one time or another.
None of them are for sale, though....
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The printing is the same but no horse or M.
No rampant colt????...... Its a fake then or war dated
Commercial Colt (pre-1970). Marked "Colt .45 Auto" on the bottom of the floor plate. Beware! Many of the after-market copies carry the same marking. However, the "counter" holes in the side of the magazine body are generally over-sized. The other dead give-away is the typeface ("font") used in the marking. It is not the same style font used by Colt, and the number "45" is usually not preceded by a decimal point.
Commercial Colt (pre-1970). Marked "Colt .45 Auto" on the bottom of the floor plate. Beware! Many of the after-market copies carry the same marking. However, the "counter" holes in the side of the magazine body are generally over-sized. The other dead give-away is the typeface ("font") used in the marking. It is not the same style font used by Colt, and the number "45" is usually not preceded by a decimal point.
Yeah, not likely Series 80 factory Colt mags, then.
Can you post a pic of the mag sides and what's on the floorplate?
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Some more mag base pics for reference:
Here's a couple of WWII era Colt commercial mags:
Here's how the bases are "pinned" into the mag bodies on the above:
Here's the mag that's in my 1968 mfg Colt Government [1911A1]:
Note the script on the mag base is identical in font to the later Colt factory mags that have the rampant pony on the toe:
Gatuitous pic of my 1968 mfg Colt Government .45ACP....
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Here's a couple of WWII era Colt commercial mags:
Here's how the bases are "pinned" into the mag bodies on the above:
Here's the mag that's in my 1968 mfg Colt Government [1911A1]:
Note the script on the mag base is identical in font to the later Colt factory mags that have the rampant pony on the toe:
Gatuitous pic of my 1968 mfg Colt Government .45ACP....
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Eight look like the 1968 one and one has a decimal point before the 45 but the font is the same on all.
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- New Brunswick
I would need to see the round count holes to know if there real for sure
Are you selling them if so contact me first
The count holes are exactly the same as on the stainless one that came with the pistol (that also has the horse, M, & S).
