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Further delving into this:

John’s 9mm gun has the only black-follower magazine I’ve ever noticed. 

Can other people here with 9mm guns confirm or deny that all your magazines have black followers?  Perhaps that’s a simple way to distinguish them?

If we come to learn anecdotally that people with 9mm guns have black followers, we can then delve deeper and try to determine what makes their magazines different from the 30 carbine magazines, apart from the follower color….
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I’m not sure, but I think the magazine with the black follower is a International Armament Corp magazine: https://www.brownells.co.uk/AMT-AUTOMAG-III-MAGAZINE-30-CARBINE-8RD-SS-INTERNATIONAL-ARMAMENT-CORP-Silver-8-Round-Stainless-Steel-Auto-Mag-III-100030933

I guess it is the same as the one Interarms has on their website (out of stock, but the picture is still there): https://interarmstx.com/product/amt-automag-iii-magazine-30-carbine-stainless-steel-8rd/
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I have six mags that came with my used 9mm Win Mag gun.  They all have black followers.

Tony


Run it up, until you blow it up, then back it down a bit.
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Ok great, do they also have this shape?


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I just purchased a $200 black follower magazine (purported to be original AMT) with the shorter front to back magazine body dimension on Ebay. All in the name of scientific exploration of course. Maybe it’s one of the no-longer-available $50 aftermarket magazines referenced above, or maybe it’s a factory 9mm magazine, or maybe it’s something else. I will reveal what I learn when I learn it….
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AMT addict Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Aug 2025 at 3:03am
I wonder if some of the differences in the guns and or mags might be tweaks or changes made as time went on with trying to fix problems and inconsistencies that they had. Change an angle a bit or larger ejection port to help with stove pipes or smaller trying to add weight. Also wonder if some of the differences in clearances could have to do with the fact of how many times they moved. You know, loading the machines up and moving them then start cranking out more guns without checking calibration of machines. Just a thought. Then throw in changes that Galena could of made. I have an auto mag 2 by Galena that parts will not interchange. (Which is also a question of mine. Did they not get all the blueprints or was they also trying to improve on problems?) Then to finish it off, as old as they are and limited parts, it is hard to say if some of these mags and guns we have are piece milled together on the street then passed onto the next guy. Just my two cents which now cost eight cents.    
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Pantera Mike Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Aug 2025 at 7:09pm
I just received my black-follower Ebay magazine. Apart from the follower color it is identical to the two magazines that came with my AMT gun:






And that’s all I know. I won’t be able to try it until next week.
 
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