I am finally taking the AR-15 plunge and need to get some mags. As always, I am looking for the cheapest mags that work well. Any suggestions as to brands and/or dealers?
You should look for the best functioning mags, regardless of price, even if it means you buy fewer. I believe that the AR 15 mags manufactured by Brownell's have a good reputation.
Seems that until recently, the Brownell's mags came from C-Products. They apparently have parted ways if this thread from AR15.com is at all credible. Interesting...
Josh
1. Cproducts stainless mags with magpul follower
(the marlube is optional, but gives the mags a wicked black look to em )
2. Cproducts aluminum mags with magpul follower
3. D&H mags
4. DSG mags
other mags that i havent tried but have heard good stuff about are H&K mags (hugely overpriced though), okay industries mags, Center Industries mags. Dont bother getting manufacter branded mags, these are just rebrands of the above listed mags.
Whatever mags you get, get them teflon coated or marlube coated. The dry film coating sucks IMHO.
For other opinion on mags, check out this posting.
Don't Tread on Me, does D&H make mags for the military? I see a lot of people who say to buy "USGI" mags, but I have seen a lot of cheap, crappy mags advertised as "USGI". More so with other rifles than AR's, but with AR's also.
Has anyone had good luck with the Hartford mags? I have one. I had to file the tips of the feed lips just a little as they were too sharp were making it difficult for my Armalite to strip off rounds. It works fine now though. The reason I ask is that it looks very well made and put together.
I'll have to get a few of the Cproducts mags to try them. I'll get an SU-16 sooner or later so I can use that excuse to buy more mags.
The C Products site lists mags with stainless springs but doesn't state what metal is used in the mag bodies. Am I missing something? Are people confusing stainless springs with stainless mags?
The site is kind of messy but look through all the pages of mags. They sell both types of spring in all their mags. The Au bodied mags are the first part of the list, the stainless mags start up about three pages into the mag list.
Bon apetite
Josh
Not to me, they aren't. But then, I'm not too hard on equipment. The stainless are said to be more "droppable", and of course more corrosion resistant. A bit heavier, but many do like them. Try one and see, I guess.
Sorry, MechAg94....My heart was in the right place....
Josh
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