MAGPUL GLOCK MAGS!

clandestine said:

I would assume magpul would do thorough testing, but I haven't handled one or fired with one so it would be unprofessional to say they are good, bad or indifferent. I'm very interested in these though because glocks mags have failed on me, especiay at the magazine catch (wear).

All I own for AR's in 5.56 that are not drums or surefire are pmags. I trust them very much. I'll take it further and say that I wouldn't trust an AR as much without the magazine improvements in the past decade the magazine was always the weak point of the AR and mags like the Pmag changed my perception of the finnicky AR magazine. I improve my pmags with cs flat wire springs to make the feed rate more consistent. Magpul doesn't use CS springs for or rosin reasons though. If a CS spring corrode it looses it's surface it degrades rapidly.

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RCH said:

Only eclipsed by the awesomeness of the Glock 19.

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ericoak said:

Thanks for the info Chad! I have mostly Pmags as well, although I do have some aluminum GI mags in case it turns out that polymer does unexpectedly degrade over long life spans. Although the more I think about, my future grandkids should just be able to print more magazines if that does turn out to be the case.

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OrbitalEllipses said:

That'll either be illegal or they'll track who prints what.

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boundlessdyad said:

I will probably stick with factory mags but man no one needs an excuse to buy a Glock 17. Quite possibly the greatest 9 mm handgun ever developed. I am a biased Glock fan though.

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clandestine said:

Yes with cologne sprayed on it

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DC-W said:

They can't be any worse than the KCI mags.

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DC-W said:

They can't be any worse than the KCI mags.

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clandestine said:

I would assume magpul would do thorough testing, but I haven't handled one or fired with one so it would be unprofessional to say they are good, bad or indifferent. I'm very interested in these though because glocks mags have failed on me, especiay at the magazine catch (wear).

All I own for AR's in 5.56 that are not drums or surefire are pmags. I trust them very much. I'll take it further and say that I wouldn't trust an AR as much without the magazine improvements in the past decade the magazine was always the weak point of the AR and mags like the Pmag changed my perception of the finnicky AR magazine. I improve my pmags with cs flat wire springs to make the feed rate more consistent. Magpul doesn't use CS springs for or rosin reasons though. If a CS spring corrode it looses it's surface it degrades rapidly.

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aquaman said:

KCI mags (not Kahn) are great mags for the money, I've never had one fail on me. Sometimes you need to take a new mag apart and cleanup the poly but that's it. Would not trust my life to one but a steel lined glock mag for 7 bucks is a heck of a deal

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vinjet700 said:

So you change the spring in the mag to a flat spring?

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clandestine said:

I only do this with AR mags, but if they made flat springs for blocks I would gibe them a try too. There's a video that David tubb didaboutnthem that peaked my interest and found he was accurate in their application. The down side is you have to keep a good protectant on them or they will rust and fail.

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vinjet700 said:

I just put a flat spring in my SPR, What's a good lube for it?

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clandestine said:

For the Action(Buffer Springs) and Magazine Springs I use Barricade or Eezox. They are superb protectants. Barricade is a better lube though. WD 40 is a great protectant but it can gum up so I would keep it in it of areas where things move.

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