mag pul or C mag stainless????

[Ping]

Love my DPMS mags and they have performed without a single flaw. Just like my AR.

[Texas_Bryan]

Cproducts are cheap as Hell and high quality.  The only thing I've heard bad about Pmags, are that they sometimes crack after a couple thousand rounds.

[True_Texan]

Cproducts are cheap as Hell and high quality.  The only thing I've heard bad about Pmags, are that they sometimes crack after a couple thousand rounds.

Never heard that before Bryan, EVER! Not for the Magpul made Pmags. I love the Pmags. Other imitators make a similar named mag but I don't know anything about them. Maybe what you are hearing bad things about.

In reality, with all the different mags I have for the AR, I have never had any one of them actually fail in any manner. In fact I have never had my AR fail at any point, no matter what mags or ammo was being run through it. It's been said that most new production aluminum frame mags that have the new follower as just as good as the Magpul Pmag. Brownells is one of the manufactures that is producing a top quality 'metal' mag and has a very VERY large contract with the military for their product. You just can't squash one and expect it to work.

[Texas_Bryan]

I've only heard about the cracking from a couple folks, who's names escape me, that ran them in instructional training.  After several THOUSAND rounds some had cracked at the top of the mag.  Most folks probably aren't going to put 5k through a single mag, so I'd still go for the Pmags if the price sold it to me.  Buy a couple of each and figure out what you take to.

[True_Texan]

That's definitely good to know.

Do you remember if it was a case of constant use in the course of a day, or more of an over its lifetime use issue?

[Sponsor]

[Texas_Bryan]

That's definitely good to know.

Do you remember if it was a case of constant use in the course of a day, or more of an over its lifetime use issue?

This fellow had some fail because of 'manufacture defect' right away.  Then after replacement, the new ones started failing after a couple months.  The first batch is understandable, but the second is a little worrying if they were the only mags I had for extended use.  This was at least over a year ago, perhaps the new ones don't have the same problem, but the other cases I've heard don't inspire a ton of confidence.  The other cases I've heard of, the damage was similar to this fellows.

http://m4carbine.net/showthread.php?t=25395

[True_Texan]

That is an interesting thread. I have used mine often in times past and they stay loaded for long periods of time, I don't shot .223 as often as I would like anymore because I hate to see ammo disappear at this point in time. I haven't had any issues with mine yet and now you have me worried that I might. Going to have to keep an eye on them. Guess it was a good accident that I have many different types of AR mags. Even though I don't keep others loaded, a very large portion of my .223 ammo is on stripper clips ready to rock in case of a zombie attack.

[billt]

The Mag-Pul P Mags are down to around $14.00 each. At that price they are worth it. Post election saw them as high as $26.00 each. No AR-15 magazine is worth that, including H&K. The P-Mags are nice, and seem to hold up well. I have plenty of AR-15 magazines, but with that said if I need more I'll go with P-Mags now that the price is realistic.  Bill T.

[Hazcat]

You probably know a lot more about this than I do Bill but I have 6 C-mags that run fine.

[billt]

Are you speaking of C-Products Magazines, or Beta-C Mags?  Bill T.