gun show find

[jim young]

just got back from a gun show and found a colt two tone type IV ww1 mag. for 15 bucks, it is in appx 75% blue, what should this go for? I see them all the time for 75 to 100$. I will hope to sell at auction for at least 50$ thanks

[greco]

If you know it's legit, why didn't you buy it then and there..????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[Hawkmoon]

Sounds to me like he did buy it, and wants to turn a quick profit off it.

[jim young]

it is a good mag. I checked it against my 1911 colt mag, it has the pins in the bottom, if I cant sell it I will keep it at 15$,

[Billy Sparks]

Excuse my newbie question but why where some of the WWI mags two tone?

[TriumphGT6]

They were blued and then the top half was dipped into some kind of chemical bath that (a) hardened the feed lips and (b) removed the bluing. This process continued in use until the middle of WW2.