Poor Man's Magpul Magazine Enhancement for AR magazines
The purpose of this thread is to show people with standard aluminum AR mags how to create a "Magpul" without spending $8 a piece for them. I was shown this by my team leader on day 1 when I got to my company in the Airborne Infantry and all members of our platoon were required to do this to their magazines. Besides creating an effective magpul it also creates a convenient way to store the magazine after you have emptied it, which is to simply clip it onto a carabiner.
All of the magazines that I carried for 4 years had this mod done to them. I never once had a problem with them snagging on something or creating any kind of malfunctions within the magazine itself.
All that is needed for this is some 550 paracord ($10 for 100 feet), screwdriver, scissors, and a lighter.
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1) Cut a length of paracord roughly 8"-10" long, then you pull the guts out of the paracord leaving just the outer cord.
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2) Tie the paracord into a loop with a square knot.
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3) Trim the extra length outside of the knot and melt the ends with a lighter, this prevents the ends from ever fraying.
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4) Take the screw driver and pry open the floor plate half way. Place the knot of the paracord loop in the middle of the spring.
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5) Slide the floor plate forward over the top of the cord. I find it easiest to work it over one side at a time.
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6) Finish sliding the floor plate all the way forward and you are done!
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Here is what the mags look like in a rack system.
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