Whats your favorite AR magazine
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RedNeckWino
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I have several makes. Can't say any are the best brand. I like the ones that feed consistently. Absolutely hate the plastic ones. In my rifle they have a hard time feeding in the Northern Michigan winter. The one I have that I consider my best is a 20rnd one from my army days back in '89. Works as good now as it did then. Just missing most of the finish now.
DBLAction454
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Magpul Pmag
Magpul Pmags, hands down. They are the absolute smoothest loading and feeding mags.
I have various milspec aluminum, C-Products stainless steel, PMags. For aluminum I really like the Brownell's with PMag follower. They are consistently top quality and I would choose them second to PMags. I have retrofitted all my D&H and NHMTG aluminum mags with Magpul followers.
I have several 20-rd PMags in different colors I use for loading up different handloads when testing them at the range (black, OD, flat dark earth, foliage green). 20-rd mags are also lower profile for shooting from a bench rest.
For the 30-rd version I like the ones with a round count window. You don't see the rounds themselves until you get over 20 rounds, but a orange mark on the spring shows you the relative compression implying how full the mag is loaded.
If I was starting out I would get at least a couple of the 20-rd PMags, a couple Brownell's, and however many 30-rd PMags.
Lots of places carry these nowadays, but in the dark days of the last shortages www.44mag.com had one of the best inventories and lowest prices for both PMags, milspec aluminum and Magpul followers and springs.
I have various milspec aluminum, C-Products stainless steel, PMags. For aluminum I really like the Brownell's with PMag follower. They are consistently top quality and I would choose them second to PMags. I have retrofitted all my D&H and NHMTG aluminum mags with Magpul followers.
I have several 20-rd PMags in different colors I use for loading up different handloads when testing them at the range (black, OD, flat dark earth, foliage green). 20-rd mags are also lower profile for shooting from a bench rest.
For the 30-rd version I like the ones with a round count window. You don't see the rounds themselves until you get over 20 rounds, but a orange mark on the spring shows you the relative compression implying how full the mag is loaded.
If I was starting out I would get at least a couple of the 20-rd PMags, a couple Brownell's, and however many 30-rd PMags.
Lots of places carry these nowadays, but in the dark days of the last shortages www.44mag.com had one of the best inventories and lowest prices for both PMags, milspec aluminum and Magpul followers and springs.
Magpul PMag series, countdown format...
I do not own or shoot any M4/AR type rifles at this time but I've seen a lot of good reviews/remarks about the Magpul P Mags & the company.
I'd also say the HK 416 magazines have a lot to offer but they are difficult to buy in the USA & cost a lot.
I saw a cool tactical AR rifle mag here; www.UScav.com . They sell a magazine that counts down the remaining rounds & has a red/green/yellow color chart so you can tell at a quick glance if you are going low.
As for colors, I'd use the OD green or the "flat Earth" type colors. They would seem to hold up better in places like the US southeast or in SW Asia.
It's rare to see solid or flat black on any PSC or military small arms today.
Many US SWAT & LE teams use the digital camo or multi-cam uniforms too.
ClydeFrog
I do not own or shoot any M4/AR type rifles at this time but I've seen a lot of good reviews/remarks about the Magpul P Mags & the company.
I'd also say the HK 416 magazines have a lot to offer but they are difficult to buy in the USA & cost a lot.
I saw a cool tactical AR rifle mag here; www.UScav.com . They sell a magazine that counts down the remaining rounds & has a red/green/yellow color chart so you can tell at a quick glance if you are going low.
As for colors, I'd use the OD green or the "flat Earth" type colors. They would seem to hold up better in places like the US southeast or in SW Asia.
It's rare to see solid or flat black on any PSC or military small arms today.
Many US SWAT & LE teams use the digital camo or multi-cam uniforms too.
ClydeFrog
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I've shot both aluminum and steel magazines. I've also used the gun manufacturer mags and $7 cheapo mags. At this point I have had no issues with any of them. Granted I have only put about 500 rounds through each so I don't know about life.
I would consider what position you are going to shoot from and what your rest is when picking quantity of rounds per mag. If you are going to shoot from a bench with a low rest then you are not going to want anymore than a 20 round mag because it will stick out the bottom further than your gun and won't give you a good resting point. Nor do you want your gun resting on the mag.
I would consider what position you are going to shoot from and what your rest is when picking quantity of rounds per mag. If you are going to shoot from a bench with a low rest then you are not going to want anymore than a 20 round mag because it will stick out the bottom further than your gun and won't give you a good resting point. Nor do you want your gun resting on the mag.
bassfishindoc
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I own two aluminum 30 round mags by NHMTG, Hartford, CT that came with my AR. Other than that all I use are PMAGs in OD and Foliage green.
SauerJackson
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I've used, and liked, all the steelys n aluminum mags. Have a few smoke Lancers I really like. But I had heard all these good things about Tapco mags, and the two plastic 30rounders I picked up were just pure crap! They don't even fit in the mag wells of 3 different ARs without an unreasonable amount of force-like the kind of force you would use to upper cut someone into next week! Then naturally, they don't feed reliably after squeezing in there either....
yournodaisy
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HK steel mags with cromed followers. Expensive but what is your life worth?
Pinky Carruthers
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Most of mine are old GI aluminum mags with the black and green followers, no problems so far. I also have a couple Lancers and one Pmag that work great also.