Magpul Quad-Stack AR Magazine

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As a kid I used to build rifles out of kennex pieces and I always tried to think of how that gun would work in real life. A magazine such as this was one of those thoughts. Never could figure it out, but then again I was 12.

Darn you magpul for beating me to it!

Very cool.
 
This made me wonder why we don't have more innovative magazines that function with current rifle configs.
 
Wasn't there an Italian subgun that had a quad stacked 50 round mag, I belive it was call the Specter?
 
Yes. Suomi SMGs also had 50-round quad stack mags made for them.
 
The only thing they left out is when they're going to sell the design to Bushmaster, let them jack up the price to $55 a mag, have it delayed two more year, and be released as a 30rd double stack.

Sorry, but I had to say that.

Anyways, it's a really cool idea, I hope they can change it over to other platforms (such as, say, the FAL).
 
The only thing they left out is when they're going to sell the design to Bushmaster, let them jack up the price to $55 a mag, have it delayed two more year, and be released as a 30rd double stack.
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Way to make me spit water out of my nose. :)
 
Looks like somebody's going to finally have to pick up an AR mag adapter for his Saiga .223...
 
Has already been tried with the AKM, same 60rd capacity. It never really caught on
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It was for the AK-74 5.45mm rifles and variants, not the AKM and 7.62x39mm.

Also, there's no garauntee that "it never caught on". The Russians always seem to have some budget issues to deal with. As far as I know, the quad mag was an alternative to the drum for use in the RPK-74 which in a box type magazine design would have better reliability and possibly no rattle.

Such designs and concepts always made sense to the Russians, as they have a full auto doctrine for the rifleman as opposed to primarily the squads auto-rifleman/machine gunner, as seen in the west.

But the question here is, who will magpul initially advertise their quad mag to, the civilian sector or the military?
 
But the question here is, who will magpul initially advertise their quad mag to, the civilian sector or the military?
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It would seem like a good idea to let the civilians test it out first to work out any possible bugs. After all, just look at the number of people on this forum alone that have a wide variety of AR rifle brands and builds. Seems like we'd provide a better testing platform than the military, at least in terms of functionality (military will probably be a better test of overall durability).

Then again, maybe I just want to see it first ;)


What I'm really looking forward to is the famous truck torture test on this mag :p :eek:
 
I'd suspect beefing up of your magazine catch spring might be in order if you used these regularly? Neat idea though.
 
I observed something through; for the AR-15 the quad-stack is rather less practical than the AK-74, and that's mainly because the AK mag is quad-stack for much more of it's length than the one Magpul's making. The Magpul design, you only actually have quad-stack for the bottom half, and even then one must account for the magazine spring and follower. If the AK mag is sixty rounds, then I'd guess that the Magpul would be, at best, 50 rounds. But that is still half of a C-Mag, and two quad-stacks has to less bulky/heavy than the double-snail, and more reliable. And no-way two quad-stacks will cost as much as even a Korean C-Mag.

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Um, franconialocal, the link I posted in my OP has the pictures, plus a full-copy of the patent filing with detailed design drawings.
 
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It was for the AK-74 5.45mm rifles and variants, not the AKM and 7.62x39mm.

Also, there's no garauntee that "it never caught on". The Russians always seem to have some budget issues to deal with. As far as I know, the quad mag was an alternative to the drum for use in the RPK-74 which in a box type magazine design would have better reliability and possibly no rattle.

Such designs and concepts always made sense to the Russians, as they have a full auto doctrine for the rifleman as opposed to primarily the squads auto-rifleman/machine gunner, as seen in the west.

But the question here is, who will magpul initially advertise their quad mag to, the civilian sector or the military?
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My bad. That is 5.45x39.
 
Those are not really for M4 use however. Yes they will work but the real purpose is for LMGs that can also take STANAG mags. Once you add one of these to an M4 you lose the biggest advantage of the gun.
 
This made me wonder why we don't have more innovative magazines that function with current rifle configs
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Given my real world experience that since most auto loading gun problems are really magazine problems, configs more complicated that what is being used now are unlikely to be a net benefit.

The AK already has 75-100 round drums. The .223 Galil has 50 round double column mags available. Various attempts at drums for the AR have been marketed. Belt fed is the proven solution if you need more rounds than normal mags can hold.

Put me in the believe it when I see it category.
 
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