Lancer L5 AWM Advanced Warfighter Magazine initial review

[brianc3]

Tried mine out for the first time today. Same issue as everyone else, hell of a time inserting on a closed bolt (even downloaded to 28). No other issues to speak of.

[kwelz]

One thing I just found out.
You can NOT dye these like you can PMags. They don't even get darker.

[Dave_M]

Tried mine out for the first time today. Same issue as everyone else, hell of a time inserting on a closed bolt (even downloaded to 28). No other issues to speak of.

Huh. I must be the outlier on that one.

I mean, I've been hitting the gym...

[dan1775]

Me too - I can't seat a fully-charged magazine on a closed bolt. That said, if I can't solve one of my incipient middle-aged civilian problems with 28 rounds of 5.56, I can't solve it with 30 either.

[dan1775]

Huh. I must be the outlier on that one.

I mean, I've been hitting the gym...

Hey Dave, nice to see you're over here too. I always enjoy your posts at ZS - wish your training school was a bit closer.

[DeathMetal]

I'm looking forward to getting the AWM mags. Lancer's have always been my favorite. I kinda liked the rubber floor plate on the old model but I realized some people experienced problems with the rubber plates.

[kaltesherz]

I guess I should've updated this sooner as I now have put a bit of rounds through them. So far they've been 100% reliable but still have issues with loading a full mag with the bolt forward. While it can be done, it's far easier to load a Pmag or a downloaded USGI mag. I'm assuming this is due to the Military requirements that it cannot be accidentally loaded to 31 rounds, which can be done on a Pmag.

Another issue I noticed is that when I'm doing emergency reloads off my Redi-Mod, when I quickly insert the fresh mag I overinsert it and the bolt will not go forward and I have "rip" out the mag to clear it. I don't know if this is due to my lower being slightly out of spec (LMT) but I don't have this issue with Pmags or USGI mags. When doing a normal, slow paced reload this isn't a problem, but a quick reload off the Redi-Mod this happened every time. No bueno. I'll be giving my mags to a friend to use on our next shoot and see how he likes them.

[Cecil Burch]

I have been running 2 20 rd and 2 30 rd AWM with no issues. I can load them easily into my Daniel Defense AR with the bolt closed. And I haven't had any problems with emergency reloads from my Redi-Mag.

One caveat - I have probably only 500 rounds through them, so it might be too early to state too much with certainty. I plan on shooting another 500 or so before moving them into "fighting" rotation.

[kmc0929]

So why has Magpul not released a translucent Pmag yet?

[kaltesherz]

So why has Magpul not released a translucent Pmag yet?

They were going to release a clear Pmag when they first came out but they found that it was too fragile. A handful were given out for advanced evaluations but they're uber rare.