KCI 30 Rounders

[Pete Davis]

Has anyone here used the KCI Carbine mags? They are advertised as holding the bolt open after the last round and being reliable. I already have two 15-rnd mags given to me by the late lamented Harlan Short. I wonder about the larger cap commercial mags.

PD

[gwp]

One thing about 30 round magazines in a M1 Carbine is to use the M2 magazine release. It was designed with an extra tab to hold the 30 round magazine securely.

http://www.fulton-armory.com/magazinecatchm2.aspx

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[Pete Davis]

Thank you. I wonder if the quality of the KCI mags is up to snuff,.

[free1954]

One thing about 30 round magazines in a M1 Carbine is to use the M2 magazine release. It was designed with an extra tab to hold the 30 round magazine securely.

http://www.fulton-armory.com/magazinecatchm2.aspx

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so is that the reason I could never get a 30 rounder to feed right?

[Sunray]

"...never get a 30 rounder to feed right..." Open the lips a tick using long, fine, needle nosed pliers. Only issue I've ever had with my Plainfield. It's a very tiny tweak that's required too.
Bolt hold open was done via the follower in some 30 round mags, as I recall.
KCI gives a 1 year warrantee on mags purchased from them directly. Where you are matters too. No mention of Carbine mags on their site though.

[Mike]

Hi Pete , I have a bunch of "Made in Korea" magazines and they work great 20 and 30 round sizes. I'm not sure if these are made by KCI as they came in a brown paper bag only marked made in Korea and a upc. and a nsn. number. They are nicely blued and marked "UU" on the spine. I never had a problem but you may want to try a few before you buy a bunch, regards, Mike

[Tuna]

The KCI magazines are very very good. On par with USGI magazines. These work well, while the commercially made do not work well at all.

[GeorgeP]

so is that the reason I could never get a 30 rounder to feed right?

Yes that is at least part of the reason you have feed problems,. It keeps the magazine from moving back and forth too much.
I put those mag catches in all shooter grade carbines.

[free1954]

thanks guys for the advise.

[PeteDavis]

Thanks-a year later!


PD