Originally Posted by
tim808
Anyone using the newest gen of elander mags?
How are they doing for you?
I’m thinking of getting some. I’m also looking at okay mags. But since I started with Ak’s, I’m scarred to being partial to steel mags
Currently have about 70-80 pmags (mostly gen 2) and about 20+ of the older elanders. No issues so far with the elanders.
Because of stuff I read of cracked pmags....some just stored and empty, nearly all of my pmags are stored empty. The steel mags are stored with 28 rounds.
I like pmags. But it would be sad to open my mag bandolier when the shtf and to see a few cracked mags in there
I’m not worried about a steel mag not working if I fall with my ar. I’m old and I fell because I just died of a heart attack
Which leads to passing on my mags (and bcms) to my kids. I’m thinking the steel will handle aging better than polymer
Where are you reading about PMAG's cracking, posts from 2005? Kind of funny when you consider that the Gen 3 MCB PMAG is the only magazine approved for combat use by the USMC. Steel mags can be hit or miss also, look up the HK Maritime history, the Elanders might be good to go but I would go with USGI aluminum if I wanted to get away from polymer.
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