tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post540110168671290768..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: I am become Death, the Destroyer of Gear.Tamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80360636952025692702009-11-22T03:33:57.250-05:002009-11-22T03:33:57.250-05:00Hehe... I've done the same thing with an exten...Hehe... I've done the same thing with an extended 1911 mag. Popped the little stop doodad right off. The mag continued up into the action, jamming everything up significantly.<br /><br />Let us know what Magpul says. I think they like it when things break as it gives them a rare chance to improve things.LycanthropeCheesemannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-58031886245676045962009-11-12T21:20:13.736-05:002009-11-12T21:20:13.736-05:00In John's cornfused cranium, silly. :)In John's cornfused cranium, silly. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89416212117946769302009-11-12T11:21:16.397-05:002009-11-12T11:21:16.397-05:00I'm confused. Where was I "bitchin" ...I'm confused. Where was I "bitchin" about P-Mags?Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34272637775709670092009-11-12T10:55:10.244-05:002009-11-12T10:55:10.244-05:00If it was operator error, why are you bitchin abou...If it was operator error, why are you bitchin about PMAGs? Sound like you need to keep your finger off the mag release.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05559218155318912326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-73446617819096018052009-11-12T10:38:48.205-05:002009-11-12T10:38:48.205-05:00Says a poster at ARFcom, who is afraid I may have ...Says a poster at ARFcom, who is afraid I may have slandered his Very Favorite Magazine:<br /><br />"<i>I want to know if the gun was a franken build and how much the mag release was threaded into the mag release button. I bet tightening it a few turns for proper engagement depth....</i>"<br /><br />Yes, it is a FrankenGun: MGI QCB upper, RRA lower, DPMS LRPK. Best I can tell, the mag catch is in spec and the malf can be attributed entirely to operator error. I promise I still like your favorite mags.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-41614340262611266682009-11-11T21:46:34.564-05:002009-11-11T21:46:34.564-05:00Ah - got it. :) You need to quit doing those kett...Ah - got it. :) You need to quit doing those kettlebell drills or you'll be bending S&W cylinder cranes. :D<br /><br />Al T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-32339976543781512862009-11-11T18:39:51.652-05:002009-11-11T18:39:51.652-05:00Edited To Add:
For the above reason (Failure Type...Edited To Add:<br /><br />For the above reason (Failure Type No.1), I'm a lot more comfortable keeping a P-Mag loaded for long periods of time than a GI unit.<br /><br />"<i>I'm still unclear on what part of the mag failed.</i>"<br /><br />In the upper (blurry) photo, you can kinda see where the locking tab has had a bevel sheared off the shoulder.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-82351312030756586142009-11-11T18:36:33.693-05:002009-11-11T18:36:33.693-05:00I'd say 90% of my failures with GI mags have b...I'd say 90% of my failures with GI mags have been related to the feed lips, where either a stress crack or just age-related stress and wear lead to the dreaded "volcano". Most of the rest have been from dropping a partially loaded magazine that proceeded to do a Saturn V impersonation, rising to the heavens on a glittering column of brass and suddenly-freed mag spring.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49640313925986998282009-11-11T18:11:52.641-05:002009-11-11T18:11:52.641-05:00I'm still unclear on what part of the mag fail...I'm still unclear on what part of the mag failed. Agree that sending it to Magpul would be your best bet.<br /><br />"I've never had one fail - yet". There, fixed it for you. :) Usually the metal mags fail in small ways - the occasional double feed. That's why we track malfs and (at least for me) when a magazine has malf #2, it's toast. <br /><br />Al T.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-88384242170839493022009-11-11T15:56:51.352-05:002009-11-11T15:56:51.352-05:00Destroying bad P-mags on-scene? No need for a hamm...Destroying bad P-mags on-scene? No need for a hammer/chisel/gas tools.<br /><br />Take your cigarette lighter out and heat one of the feed lips until it droops enough to keep it out of a magwell. If you're lucky it catches fire and you can let 'er sizzle for a bit and deform some more before tossing :)<br /><br />Conversely, have you measured the width of the magwell in this particular carbine versus others?Dr. StrangeGunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03349076338197668654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-78722806786899953612009-11-11T14:53:02.094-05:002009-11-11T14:53:02.094-05:00"Perhaps this says something about non-metal ..."<i>Perhaps this says something about non-metal mags.</i>"<br /><br />It took me a long time to come 'round to trusting P-Mags. Finally, between Pat Rogers praising them and Magpul's own corporate rep for not making junk, I took the plunge.<br /><br />I have been using and abusing P-Mags for coming up on five years now and this is the first one I've had fail to perform satisfactorily in any fashion.<br /><br />You could cast a Chevy Cosworth Vega engine block out of the GI-contract STANAG mags I've destroyed over the years, and they're the only other kind of mags I'll use.<br /><br />Other plastic mags are, in my opinion and experience, utter crap, with the possible exception of the new Tango Down units; I have not personally used the latter, but again, they are spoken highly of by people who have put them through the wringer and who I know aren't just internet blowhards.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79345250288976964322009-11-11T13:56:59.221-05:002009-11-11T13:56:59.221-05:00Perhaps this says something about non-metal mags. ...Perhaps this says something about non-metal mags. I've bought all mine used at gun shows by GI suppliers. While I may not shoot as much as some, I've never had one fail. They may be worn and scruffy lookin' but they seat and feed just fine.Crucishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15441911110953212619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-83211188647353108772009-11-11T12:37:11.431-05:002009-11-11T12:37:11.431-05:00I've always thought that the 30 round mags wer...I've always thought that the 30 round mags were designed to facilitate "spray and pray". Which leads to Bad Results.<br /><br /><br /><br />wv= reali... ty. Yep, sure is.<br /><br />2nd wv= invis... able. Not prone <br /><br />with a 30, you're not.Willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49497376547327476042009-11-11T08:13:10.534-05:002009-11-11T08:13:10.534-05:00It's also good for those days when you're ...It's also good for those days when you're going to spend about a third of your waking hours in the prone position.Tamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-42812415711993974632009-11-11T08:07:54.907-05:002009-11-11T08:07:54.907-05:00I'd like to applaud your choice of the magpul ...I'd like to applaud your choice of the magpul 20 round mag. It is retro cool and approved by the Ghost of John Wayne.Calebhttp://gunnuts.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-25538291870515679512009-11-11T07:47:17.759-05:002009-11-11T07:47:17.759-05:00+3 to send it to Magpul, not only to get some sati...+3 to send it to Magpul, not only to get some satisfaction from their customer service, but so they can learn from their mistakes.<br /><br />IIRC, there was an early batch of Pmags where the plastic formulation was off and they were cracking feedlips.pdbhttp://www.papadeltabravo.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-4865665956775837462009-11-10T23:17:48.346-05:002009-11-10T23:17:48.346-05:00No, you don't remove the spring and follower f...No, you don't remove the spring and follower for spares. If you have a problem, you don't want to move the problem to another mag. The Air Force during WWII borrowed some parts from a crashed aircraft, and every aircraft that the parts went into crashed, including an aircraft that got a wooden arm rest (back before ejection seats). After that, NEVER would the crashed parts be used on a flying aircraft. Ok for labwork, or stinger birds in front of the post office.Don Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057058763094040058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62632816221568212862009-11-10T22:21:27.823-05:002009-11-10T22:21:27.823-05:00Ed, make that a Malamute(?) or wolf mix. Those dog...Ed, make that a Malamute(?) or wolf mix. Those dogs kill grass and damage concrete with their urine. Aluminium, also. Don't pen them within range of a heat pump/AC cooler. Gets expensive!Willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67037695377473585482009-11-10T22:03:44.130-05:002009-11-10T22:03:44.130-05:00I am so damned jealous! I ran PMags through 6,000 ...I am so damned jealous! I ran PMags through 6,000 round torture tests up at Smith & Wesson and never had that happen.<br /><br /> Why didn't I have it happen? Because I didn't think about it. I missed it. My nice G.I. familiarity had me doing it Same-O Same-O. Dang. <br /><br /> I owe you one. Next time I'll do better. I wonder if I hit it with a hammer after a St. Bernard whizzes on it....Ed Fosternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-67901180119002119412009-11-10T21:44:39.735-05:002009-11-10T21:44:39.735-05:00I assume that before you flatten a defective mag, ...I assume that before you flatten a defective mag, that you remove the spring & follower for spares?ChrisTheEngineernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21200189732758952212009-11-10T20:30:00.332-05:002009-11-10T20:30:00.332-05:00Anon: CETME magazines work fine in CETMEs.
When y...Anon: CETME magazines work fine in CETMEs.<br /><br />When you try to use unaltered H und K mags in a CETME, you start having issues.Kristophrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08370888276707569365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-21493128251939985282009-11-10T18:37:26.762-05:002009-11-10T18:37:26.762-05:00Zombie snack!Zombie snack!Tritonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03240191423428926463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-33104710116333324322009-11-10T17:23:10.548-05:002009-11-10T17:23:10.548-05:00Wow. Did you actually break the PMAG? The picture...Wow. Did you actually break the PMAG? The pictures don't show the damage all that well.<br /><br />I don't see how this can be considered a fault with the PMAG at all. Any straight-walled mag would do the same thing.<br /><br />Simple fix: <b>Don't push the button when you're feeding the magwell</b> :^)<br /><br />Love it or hate it, the AR is a simple to execute design with a reasonably simple indexed slot and an easily replaceable catch.<br /><br />A shoulder on a magazine is a fickle thing to index on a magwell that protrudes into harm's way.<br />That geometry can change quickly, leaving us with a CETME-like personal relationship between magazines that fit <b>right</b>, and magazines that don't work at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-79074767440347701462009-11-10T16:48:09.448-05:002009-11-10T16:48:09.448-05:00Send it to Magpul.Send it to Magpul.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-22831127469586389762009-11-10T16:42:54.794-05:002009-11-10T16:42:54.794-05:00Bah, some destroyer you are. Maybe if you work on...Bah, some destroyer you are. Maybe if you work on it.<br /><br />Talk to me when you break a gun in half.<br /><br />Shootin' BuddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com