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22 gru 2004 · This thread is intended to be an all inclusive list of the various codes and identifying marks used on 1911 magazines. Please feel free to add verified codes that I may have missed and include any images you may have.
3 sie 2022 · These magazines are usually identified by the Colt pony on the baseplate, and a couple of letter codes that indicate the finish and the subcontractor. These are the codes for those magazines: M=Metalform
4 cze 2004 · This thread is intended to be an all inclusive list of the various codes and identifying marks used on 1911 magazines. Please feel free to add verified codes that I may have missed and include any images you may have.
21 maj 2012 · Magazines were made by Colt (unmarked, pinned baseplate), Springfield Armory (baseplate secured by folding the mag sides over it), Risdon ("R" marking on toe), Little ("L" mark on toe), American Pin Company ("A"), and a few others.
12 lut 2021 · General Shaver mags are easily identified by the spot welded seam on the back. I have had many and the G is often lightly rolled. These are pretty desirable and worth quite a bit, depending on condition. The ones with the oval O are pre-series 70 and were made for decades, beginning in the 1920’s.
2 lis 2013 · Mr. Poyer says the Type 3 magazines (two tone w/lanyard loop) were issued from serial #s 42,001 - 125,566, or from circa mid 1913 through 1915. Type 4 magazines followed and were issued from circa 1916 through the transition models to the M1911A1.
In response to repeated requests for clarification on the types and makers of M1911 series magazines during the World Wars and post-War, here is a brief outline: “Two-tone” magazines. These are the type that were made up until just before WWII.
