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    Question

    Is there a thread that tells a man what mags are worthy of his dollar?

    This is what yaw have learned me (durring the "current climate ")
    GTG ..

    anything "USGI" dh/colt/ect.
    Pmag
    lancer
    Emag

    Not worthy

    Tapco (called "Crapco" when I asked about them)
    Thermold

    I would love to know what to never buy. Thread?

    Thankyou
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    Quote Originally Posted by Turk182 View Post
    Is there a thread that tells a man what mags are worthy of his dollar?
    Orange search button will turn up more threads on mags than a show dog could jump over.

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    I may have been lucky, but I have about 8 of the thermold a and so far have had no issues with them. I have only shot about 200 rounds through them and have never ran or shook them up. All of my AR shooting is just garden variety standing, sitting, prone, etc in my backyard range. I just shoot my AR for fun cheap plinking.

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    Bought 5 with my AR, threw them all away when I got my 5 PMAGs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dontblink View Post
    Bought 5 with my AR, threw them all away when I got my 5 PMAGs.
    Shit, I would've offered them to the folks on the board. Give them to them if they covered shipping, something like that.

    They haven't been bad for me, and they have a lifetime warranty which usually means they'll ship you a new whatever replacement part whenever something breaks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by duece71 View Post
    I had a 30 rounder, first use, bottom of the mag popped off, emptying the entire contents on to the ground.
    This made me chuckle aloud like a 12 year old fat kid.

    It would have been funnier had your pants fallen down around your ankles at the same time. Which I hear is caused by using Thermolds.
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    I hear Thermolds will give you the clap.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cowtown556 View Post
    I have got some that are a least 10 years old and still use them all the time.
    Then they were made by the original company (unless they're the ones produced in Canada).

    The original Thermolds were good magazines.

    The ones produced in Canada were made using molds produced by Thermold, but used a different polymer. The polymer used in the Canadian Thermolds did not hold up well to heat. They are often derisively called, "Thermelts."

    The company that currently produces Themolds bought the name and molds from the owners of the original company (which had been out of business for years).

    The current company appears to use a polymer that differs from the original. At least the ones I've tried - mostly 20 round AR-15 magazines - had feed lips so pliable that many would fail to hold rounds in the magazines.

    OTOH their AK magazines seem to be O.K., probably because the feed lips are so much thicker.

    The original Thermold Mini-14 magazines were arguably the best of the aftermarket Mini-14 magazines. I don't know about the current production, but my experience with the current AR-15 magazines doesn't inspire confidence.

    Bottom line, I didn't think the new AR-15 Thermolds were worth the price when CDNN was was selling them for $3.99. I definitely don't think they're worth the current prices. YMMV.

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    Guys you forget he is fighting the 10 rnd compliance issue. Any 10 round mag is f***ing hard to get now. Since the NY ban passed I have yet to be able to source any mags.

    Ordered 5 Lancers which showed as in stock, followed up with a back order notice.
    Gouged on 2 Lancers on GB, waiting on them to come in.
    Just got two ARC's from Midway, waiting on Them to come in. Sold out in less than 10 minutes with a limit of two per customer. They came in once before, but I wasn't fast enough to get any.
    Ordered 5 Troy Battlemags last night from Troy. They are out of stock now, but waiting to see what ships.
    And waiting on two FN2000 mags from Brownells.

    Now if I could have 30 round mags I could get something basicly everyday of the week in comparison.

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    I would take any mag you can get your hands on right now.
    In the past 32 years of personal and 28 years of work use of AR based weapons, mags like Thermold and Orlite are what made me scoff and blow off Pmags and Lancers for about 5 years before willing to try them.

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