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    Thermold Magazines

    Hey Everyone,

    I did a search and a lot of what came up was really old data.

    I recently came across Thermold 10 Round magazines as a possible solution to the magazine ban in my state. But I can't really find any mention of them as being worthwhile and the website doesn't really show much.

    Are these things any good at all?

    While I keep my fingers crossed that Cuomo's ban will be shot down, I would like to be able to shoot my AR again without the fear of felony charges.

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    They're probably the last mag I'd want to grap out of the bag. I'm sure it'll feed your AR at the range but that's all they should be used for.

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    I have a couple of Thermold 30s for my ARs. I haven't used them much but they work fine thus far. I can tell you that when you disassemble them you need to be careful reinstalling the baseplate. It's a shitty design, it has this long flimsy plastic tab that can (will) be very easily flexed back and forth while you try to put your cleaned mag back together. It bends enough of course to snap off thus rendering the magazine completely useless until you get the replacement part.

    Ask me how I know all this. On second thought I'm sure anyone who read this far realizes I broke one of my mags cleaning the damn thing. Which didn't need to be cleaned anyway, I was just curious how to get the thing apart and back together again.

    A bit of good news is that customer service dropped a new baseplate in the mail to me immediately after I told them what happened. So there's that.

    I won't ever again disassemble either of the two Thermolds I own. It's almost impossible to get them back together in one piece. They're just going to have to live life dirty.

    I don't know if their ten round mags are designed the same way but I would pass on them if they are.
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    I had a 30 rounder, first use, bottom of the mag popped off, emptying the entire contents on to the ground. Went straight to the trash. I also have a 20 rounder which I have used and seems ok. I don't trust it though, especially with what happened to the 30 rounder.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AR Newby AZ View Post
    They're probably the last mag I'd want to grap out of the bag. I'm sure it'll feed your AR at the range but that's all they should be used for.
    You'd take a Promag ahead of a Thermold?

    I have a couple for my SCAR 17, with the intent to block them to 5 rounds for hunting if I ever need that. But in general I'd avoid them.

    I think C-products has metal 10 rd mags. Magazine, not my first choose of magazine, but I've had good luck with them before, YMMV,

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    If they were $10 I would buy a couple just for sh!ts and giggles, but other than that I would not trust them.

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    I have got some that are a least 10 years old and still use them all the time.

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    I found a Thermold 30 round magazine some years ago. If I loaded it with more than 25 rounds it would not feed.

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    I got 7 of the Canadian Army issues ones, for awhile I used them alot never had a jam but when the mags were loaded full up rounds would pop out while they were in pouches on my kit and I did alot of running around so a 30 round mag would end up be a 27-28 rd mag.

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    I got a few of these as part of a trade for work I did for a friend. In the bag there were 2- 30's ans 2- 20's. Sportsman's was selling them for something like $3 at one point. I've used them at the range quite a bit and here's my findings...

    -They dont really fit in ANY pouch.
    -The feed lips are soft and flex too much, so that a hard blow will result in several rounds poping out.
    -The floor plates are BARELY hanging on. Dropping these on the ground isn't the best idea.
    -Last round lock-back was about about 30%
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