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If you mean for the AR, then yes, they are the best. I'd actually go ahead and say the best by far. For an AK, the stainless mags and the bulgarian waffle are pretty fantastic too.

For what gun are you referencing?
 
AR, actually M4. I will be sending these to the sandbox. He (my son) said they were better than the issue Mags he has. I have many GI and Brownells of my own that have worked well for me but the stakes are a little higher for him.
What is the standard cost per mag and do you have a good source?
I see they have added a new color follower to the GI mags that is the latest improvement.
 
For any AR platform definitely go with the Pmag. I get mine from aimsurplus.com. The regular ones are $14.20 and the ones with the window to see the rounds is about $17.

Thank you to your son for his service.
 
You can catch them on sale just about all the time too. Check Gunbroker if you are buying a few. They usually have good pricing on 10 packs on there.
 
LOVE the Pmags. They're more durable than USGI mags. The only complaint I've heard about them is using them in very low temps can cause a crack to form along the seam at the top rear of the mag. Unless we're faced with a "Day After Tomorrow" situation I think I'll be OK.

I haven't had any jams with USGI mags, but I have seen plenty of dented ones that I wouldn't want to test.
 
After I watched their torture test on You Tube, (ran them over with a truck) I gave them a try. Yes, they are the best.
Even better was when they sold 10 for $95 including shipping. More than I need, but.........
 
They are excellent quality magazines. Very affordable, too, I've seen them as low as $10 a mag, but they usually run $13-17 depending on which features you want.
 
i am currently in the sandbox, and i have and use them, i wish they had been around the other times i had been deployed. i have used them in the 6+ months of train up prior to deployment, my own training at the range, CQM, AdvCQM and the SDM course, as well they are in my vest ready to rock right now if need be. All in all i have been using them for about a year, and in my opinion they are worth the money and the best that is why i have them.
 
Are the pmags being issued to soldiers? I thought they could be purchased with discretionary funds, but were issued standard USGI mags.
 
Mention to the company you're sending them overseas and you might catch a price break. I've seen Magpul donate boxes of Pmags to soldiers a few times already.
 
the pmags work, plain and simple... some will say that if dropped on the feed lips, they can crack off the feed lips. yup there is that chance, but drop a USGI mag on the feed lips and it wil definately dent, and then its even more useless then the PMAG with a cracked feedlip. I watched a PMAG at the range get loaded and fired 5 times with 3/4 of one of the feed lips completely gone and it fed and fired every time, 150 rounds with not a single jamb. On the other side, Ihave had USGI mags that looked perfectly fine, but would jamb everyother round, so thats why i sold off all my 30 round aluminum mags and bought a stack of PMAGs.

your son will thank you for them, and thenk him from me for putting his ass on the line.
 
I'm sending 10 over, how important is the window? Can it be damaged easier than the rest if the mag (is it a weak link?)
I hope he can get most of the stuff we send him back. I'm pretty sure he can ship it back to FT. Drum in their Conex but then getting stuff like Hi Caps out of NY is a whole different story. He will be moving to FT. Carson when he comes home, can that stuff be sent from Post to Post without consideration of state laws?
 
I just dont get it. Whats wrong with the GIs? I've never had an issue, but I guess if it isnt the latest and gereatest of hi-tech gadgetry, then it doesnt belong on an AR.
 
I just dont get it. Whats wrong with the GIs? I've never had an issue, but I guess if it isnt the latest and gereatest of hi-tech gadgetry, then it doesnt belong on an AR.
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For me here at home I am very comfortable with my GI contract or Brownells mags and even have some that are very worn and dented that work fine. Over there for what amounts to the same cost as I would pay for surplus mags I can put the best in his hands.
For the price of a couple steak dinners not a big deal and a bonus if he can bring them home when its over and I'll gladly trade him then for new ones for his next deployment.
 
I wouldn't call a PMag High Tech gadgetry, just a better quality magazine. For a couple extra bucks when your hind end is on the line, why not. I don't think you will find to many folks saying the GI mag is better than the PMag.
I have heard a number of folks say "If it was good enough for my daddy" well thats a poor excuse for not adopting better technology.
 
i think the GI mags (with magpul followers) are fine. nothing wrong with them.

latest rev of pmags may be more durable than aluminum GI mags. time will tell

pmags are a little more grippy for me, so that's a plus, but grip tape on gi mag solves that
pmags are a little less likely to drop free, a minus
the lid and lip gauge is nice to have for keeping mags stored long term
the base plates are easier to remove for cleaning (not that i ever clean them)
 
They're less susceptible to misfeed-causing warps/dents from being beaten around than metal 5.56 magazines. If there's one constant among military equipment, it's that it gets beat up - alot. PMags might be overkill for the man who carries mags to the range in a padded case, and lays each one carefully on the bench when it's empty. For rougher use, they're a definite improvement over easily dented aluminum mags. Even the adored HK steel mags can be dented or have feed lips warped by a sharp enough blow - PMags can't, and it takes a LOT of force to break them. A physical blow hard enough to damage the PMags in your LBE would probably kill you; if you happen to fall and land on aluminum mags at the wrong angle, the feed lips can warp, mag bodies can dent, and I've seen one instance of the spot welds along the spine breaking loose, although that may have just been a manufacturing defect in that particular magazine - a USGI Okay.
 
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