ProMag magazines for No. 4 Lee Enfield... and good?

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Saw these ProMag Enfield magazines on Cabela's website a while back, and was wondering if anyone here has used them and can say if they're any good. The general consensus seems to be to stay away from ProMag, but I suppose there are exceptions to every rule. I suspect it might be very case by case since I've read No. 4 Lee Enfield mags can take a bit of tuning to feed depending on the rifle.

Thanks!
 
I bought one for my Lee # 4 (Savage) as a back up. Tried it, had nothing but problems and put it away. That was 20 years ago and I haven't touched it since.
 
Stay away from them. Everyone I have spoken to has trouble with them. Two I seen people have jam constantly. Spend your money on an original Lee Enfield mag. Much better quality I tried fixing one Pro Mag for a guy at the club. Still jams about once in 30 shots, better than it was but still garbage.
 
I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything good said about Promag. Surprised they’re still in business with their rep.
 
Never had a good experience with them, I have a Pro Mag for CZ 75 that is so unreliable, I only use to load a round in chamber as a stripper mag, then load a full Mec Gar mag which I know will run.
 
The "Pro Mag" Lee Enfield mags got a bad rap that really isn't deserved.

They based those magazines on the mags from the Indian No2A rifles chambered for 7.62 Nato

I just checked out a Pro Mag, made for the 303 British this morning.

I have a couple of 2A magazines on hand that were offered for sale by Numrich a few years ago.

I compared them side by side and other than the retaining/feed lips they are almost identical.

The noticeable difference is the ''slanted'' bottom of the mag for the 303Brit, to accommodate the rims

The 2A mags will work fine in No4 rifles that have been converted to 7.62 Nato, but the mag well/trigger guard need to be slightly altered to make them fit and feed properly.

It's not a big job, but it's tedious and if you have a collectible rifle, it's not something I would suggest you do.

The Pro Mag units are quite robust and serviceable and if you have a cut down, sporterized rifle, are at all handy with tools, it's pretty easy to fit them to your personal rifle and they are about the same price as surplus magazines.
 
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bearhunter said:
The "Pro Mag" Lee Enfield mags got a bad rap that really isn't deserved.

They based those magazines on the mags from the Indian No2A rifles chambered for 7.62 Nato
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well that is something that I didn't know. I've never had a promag however I do have a DCRA with a regular mag and a 2A with a 7.62 mag, and I'm playing around with a No4 that has been converted to 7.62 that will need a mag.

I may need to check out the promags a little closer
 
woodchopper said:
well that is something that I didn't know. I've never had a promag however I do have a DCRA with a regular mag and a 2A with a 7.62 mag, and I'm playing around with a No4 that has been converted to 7.62 that will need a mag.

I may need to check out the promags a little closer
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Just pick up the surplus 2A mags from Numrich, they have the proper bottom profile for the 7.62x51 cartridge and they're still new in wrap for a better price.
 
I have a couple of the promag mags. I like the spring in the promag magazine, I've been planning to see if it could be fit into a standard Enfield mag to replace a tired spring but haven't gotten around to it.

One of the major problems with the promag is that the latch hook is pressed metal pushed out of the mag body, it's not very precise. I figure if you brazed some correctly shaped flat bar on there then it might fit better, but that's a lot of extra work for a mag that isn't all around all that good.

I figure these mags can be bent into shape to function in a sporterized rifle that's missing a mag, but until the supply of surplus mags completely dries up then I'd stay away.
 
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