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Originally posted by bigshoe View PostGood to know. My brother found one in a house he was cleaning out last week just like it, its marked. 223. Which worked in my. 223 AK."When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
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Originally posted by CJ View PostIf that's true, and it's really a .223 magazine (marked on the mag itself, not the floor plate), then it's valuable. Those are chinese/norinco .223 bakelites and very rare. Century however put some new followers in some 74 mags and stamped them .223 on the floor plate, and those jam like a son of a bitch.
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Originally posted by bigshoe View PostThis one is marked on the floor plate. So its junk?
I even searched google and couldn't even find a picture of one of the real Chinese .223 bakelites, they are just that rare. 90% chance that's a .223 Century fakelite mag.Last edited by CJ; 01-25-2013, 03:20 PM."When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
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Bakelite is just a thermosetting plastic, the trade name for phenolic. It's brittle and sub par compared to most modern plastics.
CJ you compare it to fiberglass, are these actually made from material similar to Bakelite sheet that has layers of supportive laminates or fibre fill? I've never touched or sampled a Bakelite mag, and have only seen it used in one modern application.
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Originally posted by Ruffdaddy View PostBakelite is just a thermosetting plastic, the trade name for phenolic. It's brittle and sub par compared to most modern plastics.
CJ you compare it to fiberglass, are these actually made from material similar to Bakelite sheet that has layers of supportive laminates or fibre fill? I've never touched or sampled a Bakelite mag, and have only seen it used in one modern application."When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic." -Benjamin Franklin
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Originally posted by 8mpg View PostThreadjack...
My cousin said they are TULA unissued Bakelite mags... $65."You don't so much drive it, more like poke it with a sharp stick and channel the fury when you piss it off."
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Originally posted by CJ View PostIt's not like your standard bakelite material which cracks like potato chips, it has fibers in it and it's pretty damn resilient, I've banged the shit out of mine, even with hard wear they only show the fibers, I have not seen one crack or break before. It's similar to what HK uses for it's polymer receivers on the UMP and G36.
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Originally posted by CJ View PostI don't have enough experience with them to really say that for sure, I've never even seen one myself. I am aware they exist, and also that Century installed some floorplates on 5.45 mags and called them .223 but they jam if you load them past 10 or so rounds. I presume because of the insufficient conical case compared to the mag contour or possibly the OAL since .223 is longer than 5.45. However I would find ".223" as being very suspicious since any military high capacity magazine would not be .223, it would be marked 5.56mm.
I even searched google and couldn't even find a picture of one of the real Chinese .223 bakelites, they are just that rare. 90% chance that's a .223 Century fakelite mag.
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