After skipping it for a few cycles this year I finally went back to the local “big” gun show. As has been the experience from the last show I attended if I was looking for off the shelf over priced guns, AR Lego accessories, red dots/optics, knives, tactical holsters and slings, overpriced ammo and beef jerky I would have been set. Reloading supplied and tables of, well, junk were few and far between. Of course anyone with primers seemed to believe they were gold plated, titanium boxed with an unobtanium bow by the prices they were asking.
I digress… back to the main point one of my goals was to add to the 5 gal pail of magazines I am apparently supposed to have as a 1911 45acp owner. Being an extremely frugal person of questionable parentage (ie cheap bastard) I walked past the folks with the overpriced EB, CM and other high end magazines. My hunt did lead me to obtaining a new and used 7 round magazine. I went to the inter webs and now know more than I want to about military mag marking but nothing on what I got.
The silver one is simply stamped Colt 45acp on the welded baseplate. The distinctive part is the curved rather than flat follower.
The second has no other markings other than the P in circles on the baseplate, otherwise a standard looking follower with hybrid feed lips. (ID'd By hylander Para-Ordinance)
What did I end up with?