These are polished stainless steel magazines. If you are looking for a standard matte-black look to complement your other magazines these are not what you want to purchase.

These are by far the best magazines for your M1A. I would not trust my life to any other. And 44Mag has the BEST prices and is Top Notch is their service OH! and shipping is Fast.

I wanted to order more parkerized CMI magazines but they were out of stock, so ordered some of these. Maybe it's my imagination but they seem to feed smoother than the parkerized. Smooth inner walls and teflon follower could be why. Only downside is the semi-glossy polish, but I plan on bead blasting the outside which should give a dull gray.