Are these mags worth anything?

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  • rouchna

    Defund the ATF
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    Nov 25, 2009
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    Virginia
    I've had these in my storage bin for a very long time. One is Colt branded and the others are Okay Ind. I know Okay Industries made mags for Colt back in the day. These are all marked "Export Only". What do I have? Anything worth keeping/selling? Thanks.
     

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    Mightydog

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    Nope, not worth a thing. Having said that I’ll be glad to take that junk off your hands. Where were you when I use to work in leesburg for 20 years? But really, I believe those are worth whatever a user/collector would pay. Nice to have matching “restricted” mags with a “restricted” marked Colt AR.
     

    rouchna

    Defund the ATF
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    Nov 25, 2009
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    Virginia
    Nope, not worth a thing. Having said that I’ll be glad to take that junk off your hands. Where were you when I use to work in leesburg for 20 years? But really, I believe those are worth whatever a user/collector would pay. Nice to have matching “restricted” mags with a “restricted” marked Colt AR.

    Sure, send me your address :lol:

    Thanks. I'm thinking these are from the days of the Clinton ban.
     

    j_h_smith

    Ultimate Member
    Jul 28, 2007
    28,516
    Brand new they are going for around $15 each. How much they are worth in the used condition is up to the buyer. They are only worth what someone will pay ya for them. I'm guess if you want a quick sale, $10 each. If you want to try to get as much as you can, maybe $12-$13 each.

    I've got a bunch of them too. If they were worth a lot, I'd pull them out of storage and sell a few of them.
     

    Jimbob2.0

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    Feb 20, 2008
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    Ive got a bunch varying vintages/condition. Id say $20ish at a gunshow if you highlight the markings. Maybe $15 each quick sale depending on how good the molycoat is.
     

    Biggfoot44

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    Aug 2, 2009
    32,880
    At one level, anything with a Pony will be worth more than not .

    Even if originally mfg for gov't market , 10yrs of production is a buncha magazines, so they won't ever be "rare" in the serious collector context .

    But OTOH , let's make a comparison with Bicentennial Rugers . For close to 20yrs they were just plain 'ol Rugers , but the premium has been drifting upwards.

    Also remember that up through the 1980's S&W Victory Models were worth significantly LESS than commercial M10's .
     

    echo6mike

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    Feb 1, 2013
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    Close to DC
    Well, you're in VA so they're worth whatever used mags are worth in the normal world. If you were across the river here, they'd be priceless. Literally.

    SF
     

    Pinecone

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    Feb 4, 2013
    28,175
    Fleabay, pointing out the historical significance, and you may get a couple of people willing to pay more than they are worth.
     

    j_h_smith

    Ultimate Member
    Jul 28, 2007
    28,516
    I’m going to keep them. I’ll load them up and take them out on my next range trip.

    There was a time that we laughed at those new plastic mags. If it wasn't a USGI metal mag, it was cheap and unreliable.

    My how things have changed.
     

    Jimbob2.0

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    Feb 20, 2008
    16,600
    I’m going to keep them. I’ll load them up and take them out on my next range trip.

    Though they made a gazillion of them I would probably bag them and store them. Don't use oil it takes some of the molycoat off (been there).

    Sure they are not worth anything today but who knows? Plus you have plenty of higher reliability mags available dirt cheap.

    I have one I use on my 7615 and that's about it.
     

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