Excellent Products Coming From Magpul - SHOT Show 2009

[ChuckMK23]

Magpul (best AR accessories and magazines on the planet) made some nice product announcements this week - leading off with a new version of the PMAG redesigned to fit in traditional mag pouches and optimized for SCAR and other rifles that use STANAG AR Magazines:

also announced were 7.62MM AR PMAGS (for SR-25 type rifles)


If you aren't familiar with Magpul and you own or use an AR type rifle - now is the time to start acquainting yourself with them

 

[nittany03]

Great. Now if they just took all that factory capacity and turned it to making regular PMAGs, because I bet they've got a year before they get cut off at the knees by the politicians.:icon_tong

Oh, and to every gun owner who already owns more than 10-20 mags and is clobbering Magpul with orders right now, thanks so much. Buddy is half a word.:icon_rage

/Ordered two measly mags in November and won't see them for weeks yet

 

[ChuckMK23]

Oh, and to every gun owner who already owns more than 10-20 mags and is clobbering Magpul with orders right now, thanks so much. Buddy is half a word.:icon_rage

/Ordered two measly mags in November and won't see them for weeks yet

Brother I have the same sentiments exactly - I have 4 PMAGS and wanted to order another 10 if I could. What the f*ck is going on.

 

[Rocketman]

Great. Now if they just took all that factory capacity and turned it to making regular PMAGs, because I bet they've got a year before they get cut off at the knees by the politicians.:icon_tong

Oh, and to every gun owner who already owns more than 10-20 mags and is clobbering Magpul with orders right now, thanks so much. Buddy is half a word.:icon_rage

/Ordered two measly mags in November and won't see them for weeks yet

Me too. My 10 have been on back order for some time now.

Take care of your back orders first Magpul. Hopefully they are doing just that.

 

[VetteMuscle427]

Just wondering... why do you need these mags? Do the mil-spec mags w/ green followers not work? Those are easy enough to come by. I picked up 20 in Virginia on vacation... for half the price of these.

 

[Rocketman]

Just wondering... why do you need these mags? Do the mil-spec mags w/ green followers not work? Those are easy enough to come by. I picked up 20 in Virginia on vacation... for half the price of these.

I don't NEED them. I have plenty of GI mags that have always worked like a champ. I just buy them because I can. I like the choice of color because I can identify what they are loaded with at a glance. (yea I could do that with colored tape just as well) That and I really do think they are a better mouse trap. They are absolutely more rugged than GI mags and they have a cover that helps keep sand, dirt etc out.

My kid used them in Iraq. He kept GI mags in his mag pouches (which helped to help fend off REMF fobbits) and Pmags in his bug out bag because the cover helped keep his ammo clean.

 

[nittany03]

Still waiting to check out the PMAGs as mentioned before, but I was sorely disappointed in the quality of the standard AR mags when I bought mine. Thin sheet metal, pain in the ass to load, and if you flick the side with your finger you can hear it go "twang." Obviously the lowest bidder. Why drop serious coin on an AR and then use crappy mags?

 

[Slammer2]

Still waiting to check out the PMAGs as mentioned before, but I was sorely disappointed in the quality of the standard AR mags when I bought mine. Thin sheet metal, pain in the ass to load, and if you flick the side with your finger you can hear it go "twang." Obviously the lowest bidder. Why drop serious coin on an AR and then use crappy mags?

Do you mean standard mags that you bought from Magpul or something else? I'd be interested in checking a few of these mags out, but it seems like that will take months...

 

[Bevo16]

Here is a stupid question:

What does the "P" in PMAG stand for? Is it just "polymer" or are there some other bells and whistles that make it a "PMAG"?

I bought a few polymer 30 round mags when I got my Rock River last month. The price was right, and they work great. The salesman said that I could end up with feed issues if I put more than 28 rounds in them. I am hard-headed and wanted to see for myself so I put the full 30 round in. Still no problems.

They were sold out of "PMAGS" (meaning the box with "PMAGs" on it was empty), so I have not even seen one. Can someone explain what the hoopla is about and where the extra money goes?

 

[A4sForever]

/Ordered two measly mags in November and won't see them for weeks yet

Wade's Eastside has beaucoup PMAGs in stock ... they might ship.

 

[A4sForever]

Here is a stupid question:

What does the "P" in PMAG stand for? Is it just "polymer" or are there some other bells and whistles ...

Exactly; Polymer MAGazine: 30 round standard PMAG

They are better than earlier variants of plastic (polymer) magazines -- those of many years ago. I suppose you COULD say there are more "whistles & bells" than a standard GI-contract mag ...

 

[Slammer2]

PMAG took a round through it and still worked. Thats not to say that it will always work like that, but a cool story

 

[Rocketman]

Here is a stupid question:

What does the "P" in PMAG stand for? Is it just "polymer" or are there some other bells and whistles that make it a "PMAG"?

I bought a few polymer 30 round mags when I got my Rock River last month. The price was right, and they work great. The salesman said that I could end up with feed issues if I put more than 28 rounds in them. I am hard-headed and wanted to see for myself so I put the full 30 round in. Still no problems.

They were sold out of "PMAGS" (meaning the box with "PMAGs" on it was empty), so I have not even seen one. Can someone explain what the hoopla is about and where the extra money goes?

The follower is a better design than issue GI mags. In fact you could buy the Magpul followers before you could buy the Pmags. Lot's of people upgraded their standard GI mags that way.

You can choose between 2 kinds of springs (stainless and something else) different colors (black, olive, dark earth and tan) standard floor plates or ranger plates and an optional clear window that gives you an idea of round count. The dust covers come standard. The covers also let you keep the mag loaded for long periods of time without "lip creep" which can cause reliability issues with some GI mags.

They come in both 30 rounds and 20 round versions. They are designed to be reliable fully loaded. My 30 rounders will work just fine with 31 rounds loaded.

The biggest thing for me is they are quite obviously much more rugged. GI mags were built to be disposable for the most part. These things are not.

Most of mine are just plane jane in black. I have maybe a thousand rounds thru one of them without a hitch.

I didn't start out this way but I'm to the point now that if I had to choose between a Pmag and a GI mag to bet my life on I would bet on the Pmag.

YMMV

 

[VetteMuscle427]

I'm still not seeing what this mag buys you in the end... I've never had an issue w/ a GI mag w/ green follower. I'd trust my life to it. And I get them so cheap that if need be, I wouldn't ever feel bad about chucking them without hesitation. I guess I will just waste my money in different ways.

 

[Rocketman]

I'm still not seeing what this mag buys you in the end... I've never had an issue w/ a GI mag w/ green follower. I'd trust my life to it. And I get them so cheap that if need be, I wouldn't ever feel bad about chucking them without hesitation. I guess I will just waste my money in different ways.

I've never had an issue with GI mags either except for a couple that were dented in a fall I took. They stopped working. I was training, not in combat and I had spares so no harm no foul.

I buy Pmags for the dust covers. Plus they are reliable with and can be stored loaded with 30 rounds for long periods of time. That's about it. I wish they were the only thing I wasted money on.