Poor Man's Magpul Magazine Enhancement for AR magazines

**KyAKGuy** · 04-12-12, 14:04

Originally Posted by GI_Jared
"...a "Magpul" without spending $8 a piece for them."

Originally Posted by johnpuga1982

Where are you getting P-mags for "$8 a piece?"

He didn't say anything about getting P-Mags for $8 a piece.
I hope you aren't paying $8 a piece for these.

Package of 3 is usually $6-7.
This is a Magpul...

KyAKGuy

**ra2bach** · 04-12-12, 14:38

Originally Posted by Eric

Everything that's old, is new again. It's a retro thing.

only to people who aren't old...

**Alex F** · 04-12-12, 14:44

Originally Posted by Surf

As mentioned it is funny how we were doing this a couple decades ago and now it resurfaces here and there are those who have never heard or seen it before. Thanks for making me feel old.

Agreed!

This, along with fastex buckles on old TA-50 gear (sewn at the shoe repair shop) was high speed low drag back in the day

**ZoneOne** · 04-13-12, 10:09

Originally Posted by Iraqgunz

This is old news. We were doing this about 20 years ago. I have also seen numerous floorplates get messed up from them being yanked on.

I personally prefered the other method which was making a 550 loop and using green 100 MPH tape.

I agree. I've seen the floor plate come right off with the 550 under it.

Use 100mph tape around the bottom portion. I've even used 100mph tape about 3/4" thick to stiffen the 550cord around the base of the magazine so that it stays erect, allowing for a more uniform "magpul"

**JSantoro** · 04-13-12, 10:54

Heh, somewhere in my collection, I've got a picture of me sitting atop an LAV-25 turret at CAX in 1998, ginning up the green-tape-and-550-cord pulls.

Can also be done with tape, alone. Take a piece of Gorilla tape, or similar, long enough to make a pull, fold it in half lengthwise (adhesive sides inboard and contacting each other). Leaves the outer part of the tape on the inner and outer sides of what ends up being your pull loop.

Word to the wise, if you don't give yourself enough cord or tape for the pull in that configuration, you make mag disassembly (cleaning, follower swap, whatever) a royal PITA, if not impossible.

Also, cord provides little to no padding if you're dropping mags on hard surfaces. If that's a concern, using tape for the pull or as a wrap for cord pulls provides some semblance of rigidity, and therefore some padding.