I am also wondering why anyone would rest a mag on a barrel.
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Because if some knucklehead could do it...
Someone will.
I do for two reasons:
1. Threads and phone calls like this.
2. Stupid military requirements. "Magazine must be able to withstand 602.3 inch drop while inserted in weapon while on fire in a -60 degree (F) chamber onto exposed concrete covered in Vaseline-mayonnaise mixture (40%/60% respectively)." Milspecs are stupid. You can offer a product that performs twice as well in 99.999% of all circumstances, cost half as much, but if it fails the flaming Vaseline sandwich drop test, they'll probably shit can it. That's why we need to know the limitations of the product, no matter how silly they are.
Next time I'm at the ranch in Wyoming, I'd like to swing by and see the flaming Vaseline sandwich drop :D
...and will there be a youtube video of that one too???
~D
In our initial testing of the PMAG at the joint readiness training center in Fort Polk, LA we fired about 300 rds in 6 to 9 rd bursts through an M249 SAW with the gunner changing out barrels after 210rds. The gunner was dumping the empty mags to his front and when he switched barrels he put the spare on top of a PMAG. Barrel was in contact with the mag for about a minute and it melted into the mag just barely. Bottom line, the mag remained functional and only had minor cosmetic damage. It is still in service today.