I've been using Lancer mags for practice anad training and have yet to encounter a magazine-related issue with them. FWIW.
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I've been using Lancer mags for practice anad training and have yet to encounter a magazine-related issue with them. FWIW.
I initially bought one to try out and since have bought several more in both 20's and 30's. They work just fine and I like the looks and especially the rubber bumper bottom.
I think if you read previous Lancer threads, you will see lots of people running them without issue etc in trainings. While most of my mags are PMAGs, my Lancers are in my GTG go-to pile as well. I have not tried a 20 but I recently ordered a single 20R one to try out.
The reason they "feel" flimsy is that they are made of a different sort of polymer than standard polymer type mags (PMAG and ARC). I am not a plastics person but they seem to be made of a polycarbonate plastic which is why they are strong yet light and see-through.
I have 4 that I've ran through a couple of classes. I have had a couple of malfunctions that were so weird that I wasn't even sure how that was possible and decided it was my error somehow. Then I read about same issue on another forum; so far that is the only report (besides mine). The malfunction was FTS - failure to strip (and chamber) round from the mag. I am still not sure how that was possible, however, I'll probably won't get any more Lancers. Also, they don't work well with SCAR - for those who own one it might be important.
I've got 4 of them, but I prefer the windowed Pmags.
We've been T&Eing them at one of our training facilities. We give 3 of the Lancers to each student, with an average class of 15 students. Terrain is primarily gravel, with grass making up the longer shooting positions, but that's usually from prone. Kneeling and standing shooting positions are on the gravel and the mags have impacted the ground from those two positions multiple times over the course of a week for the last 3 months or so. They are holding up well.
No problems with them whatsoever. I actually prefer Lancer L5's to Pmags (heresy, I know)