I never heard it before. What was the problem?
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In -40 below weather the feed lips cracked rendering the mags useless. The mags were cold soaked for an hour prior to be inserted in the gun. Feed lips cracked upon insertion into the weapon. I was not there for the test but I did see the mags and the person who showed them to me is credible. Again this is not going to be a problem for those of you sane enough not to live in a area where it gets -40.
Pat
Thanks, just wondering. You won't find my ass in that weather so I guess I don't have to worry about that type of failure.:D
We have used the HK mags; they can work well for the first 1000 rounds or so, sometimes longer.
They can disintegrate when dropped on hard surfaces--use Magpuls on the bottom.
The feed lips can bend when they are dropped.
They can rust.
They are heavy.
They are expensive.
Replacement parts are not readily available from HK.
We switched to PMAGS and have not looked back...
I would happily take more HK mags if someone was handing them out- I have done it before.
On my own $$ I would rather upgrade good aluminum GI mags with new springs, followers, and floor plates than throw down on HK mags. While I agree that the HK mags are better than old black-follower GI mags, I have not found them to out-perform upgraded standard mags.
For new magazines I buy PMags and Lancer. PMags because they are just plain tough. Lancer because I am compelled to try them out and I my current sample of 2 is just too small to give them a fair shake.
Alaskapopo- have you tried the Lancers in ridiculous cold yet?
I own a metric buttload of PMAGs (over 80), I own 16 Lancers. Neither PMAGs nor Lancers have given me troubles. I've owned 10 HK mags and had problems with them in fast cycling guns (my 3gun rifle and 10" supressed LMT)......in slower running guns the HK mags worked fine.