Why won't Magpul make different colored Pmags?

[Uni-Vibe]

Seems like they used to make more colors. There was an orange one, and I think there was an Olive Drab one as well. I have one colored Pmag; I think they called it Foliage Green. think all you can get now is black and desert flat dark earth.

Magpul could make the things in any color: Orange, Purple, you name it.

In addition to being "cool," it would serve a purpose. You could load different loads into different colors.

Why not? Anybody know?

[RHINOWSO]

Why won't Magpul make different colored Pmags?

They are in the business of making money, thats why.

If you need different colors, buy some Krylon or Aervoe spray paint

[NWPilgrim]

I wish all firearms and tactical stuff was available in at least FDE and olive drab. Throw in desert tan and urban gray and you cover practically all environments with just four colors. Not sure why black ever became the tactical default since it is not very good for most environments. A dark grey would be more universal. Almost like 70 yr old Parkerizing...

[Renegade04]

Most likely, they cut down on their color options due to more black and FDE PMAGs being used more than any other color. They used to offer OD Green, Foliage, and even UDE (Urban Dark Earth) for LaRue Tactical. At one time, they even offered Sand that could be dyed. The MAGPUL Ranger Plates are offered in a few different colors. You could use these to designate magazines with different ammo and/or different loads.

[TexHill]

https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread...-plastic-items

[Reptilia]

This is probably the most common question Magpul receives. The simple answer is that adding colorant to plastics can weaken the material properties. In a part such as the MIAD Grip, or the CTR Stock where the part is already over-engineered and 2-10x stronger than it needs to be, that's not a problem - make whatever color you want. In a PMAG, however, where the strength properties of the polymer are more sensitive, adding colorant can be problematic. It's not quite that simple, as each individual color and % of colorant behaves differently than the next, as does each generation/iteration of polymer that Magpul develops, but you get the idea. This is literally at the molecular level of the polymer/colorant compound, certainly well above my level of understanding, but I can tell you for certain that Magpul is not simply ignoring the market when you ask for colors - there is a reason.

[Uni-Vibe]

Interesting. Conor affects strength or longevity.

[Buncheong]

I’ve bought some Coyote Brown Gen 3 Magpuls from my LGS. They’re nice!

[dperdue]

I once worked in a plastic factory that made the plastics used in multiple industries for vacuum forming products. We charged considerably higher prices for certain colors just due to the fact that they had a higher scrap rate when the material was coming off the extruder. Something about the color added to the material, caused it to be less forgiving to minor changes in zone heat and such stuff. I don’t know the actual mechanics behind it, but I do know that certain colors were more difficult to produce the material to spec and the flaws weren’t always easily detected in the unformed raw product.

[Bluto]

Ever buy PVC fencing? Brown costs twice as much as white or almond for exactly the reasons dperdue mentioned.