I just received the 4 black pmags I ordered. They are not butchered like in the OP photo. They look like the photo on questars website, a little rectangle grind, and the discoloration isn't as noticeable. The camera flash grossly exaggerates the grinding mark, it is the same color as the rest of the mag just scuffed up. I am happy with it.
I have to admit I was worried. I ordered the mags and then saw the photo Mark posted on here. I don’t baby my stuff, but to me signs of use are different then signs of abuse.
Anyways, enough about cosmetics, I wanted to ask if anyone else has had problems with inserting the mags with a closed bolt. 3 out of my 4 pmags are pinned ever so slightly too high, the worst one is about a millimetre higher then the good one. This means that it is hard to insert them with a closed bolt; 2 of them take a good whack on the bottom of the mag for it to clip in correctly and one of them I can’t get to reliable clip in.