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A family member has some PMI-Precision Mag Industries- Mini-14 magazines from a rifle the father had for years. They are not stamped on the base plate but everything points to them being PMI made mags- from the location of the witness holes in the sides, quality of the metal, staking marks,formed metal around base plate, etc.. I have found not all PMI mags were stamped on the base plates. I even found a Bingham Ltd. 40 round magazine in the pile,has the waffle stamping near the mag. witness holes--- had to really search to find out who made it and found it by luck. I assume these are pre-ban era mags-maybe? Are these worth shooting and are they reliable? I have found limited info. on these and was wondering if anyone ever ran into these mags and can shed some light on them.
 
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my experience is 20-rd PMI mags are good to go

IIRC - during the ban they were a readily available reliable 'hi capacity' mag when actual Ruger mags became unobtainable

once Ruger resumed mass producing 20 and 30 rd factory mags -- the PMIs lost their place in the market

I'm sure a mag expert will chime in shortly but I have a couple PMIs that are 100%.

these are not to be confused with Pro-Mags of course

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these are not to be confused with Pro-Mags of course

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All true. I have seen PMI mags in the original poly bags that were not stamped on the baseplate.

PMIs were considered a (close) second only to factory. Before Ruger opened standard cap mags to general sale, they commanded a bit of a premium. Maybe they'll still have some collector value going forward.



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All PMI magazines are preban.

PMI went out of business before the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons ban.

From what I have heard, they were very good Mini-14 magazines.

Verifying an out-of-the-bag magazine as PMI is a different story though.
 
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For the record; here are some pics of PMI stainless and blued 30 and 40 round magazines.













I have only seen PMI maker marks on stainless magazine floor plates.


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For the record; here are some pics of PMI stainless and blued 30 and 40 round magazines.

I have only seen PMI maker marks on stainless magazine floor plates.


Those are exactly like the ones I have in blue. Thanks for the replies
 
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I had 7 PMI 20 and 30 round mags for the Mini-14. I bought them new in the 1980s. They were all very reliable.
 
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PMI mags actually had one possible advantage over the factory equivalents. They were shorter than the corresponding Ruger 'zine, due to the fact that the latter used the longer "anti-tilt" followers, necessitating a longer body. Sometimes you even had trouble fitting longer mags inside mag pouches.



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