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    FWIW - http://www.airsoftoutletnw.com/index...AGPUL-USA.html

    "All MAGPUL USA products are made with DuPont polymer and are close to indestructible. With MAGPUL PTS products, they are made with the same quality and almost all the same materials as original MAGPUL USA parts."

    "MAGPUL parts and accessories from both divisions are made with nearly indestructible DuPont polymers and are crafted to the same exacting standards."

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    Its funny, no one will come out and say what the difference really is. Just "all plastics are not the same" WTF does that mean? I would guess they use thinnier cheaper plastic? Or is it 50% sub standard plastic and 50% not wanting "toy" parts on a real gun? I dont see a need for th PTS stuff anyway. Mall ninja type will spend the money on the real magpul stuff and its not like $20.00 for a MOE hand gurad is going to kill an airsofters budget.... As I see it its only purpose in life is to make magpul more money. Thats it.....
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    isn't any corporation's purpose to make more money?

    im sure they're just cashing in on a market that's already producing knock-off chicom shit. if people are gonna buy products modeled after mapgpul's innovation, why shouldn't magpul try to get in on that? and i'm sure they make a "better" airsoft product than those who infringe in their patents and trademarks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bkb0000 View Post
    isn't any corporation's purpose to make more money?

    im sure they're just cashing in on a market that's already producing knock-off chicom shit. if people are gonna buy products modeled after mapgpul's innovation, why shouldn't magpul try to get in on that? and i'm sure they make a "better" airsoft product than those who infringe in their patents and trademarks.
    I think you're getting closer to the truth. The hard fact is that some chinese company is going to make this stuff anyway. Magpul can either sell their licensing and make some money off of it, or just sit idly and watch it happen.
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    Quote Originally Posted by bkb0000 View Post
    isn't any corporation's purpose to make more money?

    im sure they're just cashing in on a market that's already producing knock-off chicom shit. if people are gonna buy products modeled after mapgpul's innovation, why shouldn't magpul try to get in on that? and i'm sure they make a "better" airsoft product than those who infringe in their patents and trademarks.
    DINGDINGDING!!! If people are going to knock off their stuff, they might as well get a cut for letting them use their name. Magpul gets some coin, the foreign stuff gets name recognition.

    almost all the same materials as original MAGPUL USA parts
    You might notice a difference if your PTS MOE handguard melts from being used on a real barrel. It might be the same stuff, but at the cost, I'm not willing to risk it.
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    Christ...

    Ok, lets clear a few things up here.

    The difference in plastics doesnt matter between the real articles and the PTS stuff unless you're kicking in doors and busting faces over seas or even domestically in an LE role.

    For 99% of the shooting community the PTS stuff at least when it comes to MOE and CTR stocks would work just fine.

    Having said that, the PTS stuff should NEVER be purchased by someone using a firearm simply because there is NO reason to do so. The commercial and Milspec stocks are made to exacting dimensions to fit their respective receiver extensions. Why would you buy something not intended to be used on a real firearm at least dimensionally when you can buy a purpose built product? That is the real issue here, not the construction of said articles. I will also say that the detente mechanism on the PTS stocks is suspect and i would not feel comfortable mortaring these stocks if i had to.

    The UBR stocks are self explanatory, they are made to work on electric guns, not real guns and there IS a difference in the construction of these pieces. The metals used on the majority of the stock are soft zinc alloys that will not hold up to use, let alone abuse.

    The PTS stuff was created for the over seas markets that cannot get ITAR restricted items. There is a very large Airsoft market in asia and other parts of Europe. I would much rather see Magpul receiving kickbacks for these items than have non licensed products floating around everywhere with absolutely NO control over how they are produced.

    Magpuls wholehearted embrace of the Airsoft community is a good thing, not a bad thing.

    Last but not least, i will reiterate that for 99% of the mall ninja force 6 warriors out there, myself included, a PTS stock would hold up just fine for our uses. I do not use one simply because there is no reason to.
    Last edited by Magsz; 04-17-10 at 20:03.

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    yea that clears things up, good for magpul to license it instead of combatting fakes. Sorta like the drug war lol
    Last edited by ForTehNguyen; 04-17-10 at 21:17.

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    I actually do own a full magpul PTS airsoft AR-15 for live fire practice.

    They're pretty worth the money.
    Last edited by Magic_Salad0892; 04-17-10 at 21:33.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Magic_Salad0892 View Post
    I actually do own a full magpul PTS airsoft AR-15 for live fire practice.

    They're pretty worth the money.
    How well are they made to other airsoft on the market? What was the cost? Where did you get it? And where the hell are your high res pics....

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    Quote Originally Posted by nolacopusmc View Post
    How well are they made to other airsoft on the market? What was the cost? Where did you get it? And where the hell are your high res pics....
    The Magpul branded PTS guns are considered a "high grade" airsoft gun. Comparatively speaking they're as good or better than most other high grade guns on the market.


    They're 100% metal where they need to be metal to replicate the real thing.

    The polymer components are as nice as they get when it comes to airsoft polymers since they're Magpul PTS branded items.

    Airsoft build quality is "good enough" and what i mean by that is that they will hold up to whatever you're going to throw at them but they will never be as robust as the real articles simply because they dont need to be.

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