1. You can't compare these to 10 round pistol magazines. Apples to oranges.
2. You can't compare these to pinned full capacity magazines. Again, apples to oranges.
On the surface these are completely legitimate 5 round magazines, as, there is no need for pinning as they're designed to hold exactly 5 rounds of ".50 caliber" ammo.
The problem is this: the manufacturer née to be able to prove beyond a doubt that the magazines were designed 100% from the ground up to accommodate a new calibre so that they can be considered a new product designed to meet a need. If they compromise that design in any way by using components for a different calibre, the case can clearly be made that these magazines were simply made to work around the current magazine laws which state that magazines capable of holding more than 5 rounds be pinned.
What I just simply can't get my head around is why the very first review of this product was done with a 5.56/.223 rifle. The manufacturer obviously owns a .50 Beowulf or .458 SOCOM, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to thoroughly test/prove the design. Why wasn't this upper provided to Trevor for his review, along with bonus footage demonstrating how they also can hold/feed other caliber's?
It's simple really. While the manufacturer claims these magazines are designed for .50 calibre, they've failed to actually demonstrate it. While I'm thrilled to see someone put up the cash to provide us with an alternative, I'm deeply concerned that they've gone ahead and shot themselves in the foot so to speak by not controlling the initial marketing properly.
One things for sure. One of the owners of this company had better damn well actually own a .50 or .458 upper and be able to prove that it was instrumental in the design of the magazines. I fear that if that isn't the case, and the only documentation for verifying the design revolves around 5.56/.223 cartridges, then we're gonna have a whole bunch of people facing jail time....
2. You can't compare these to pinned full capacity magazines. Again, apples to oranges.
On the surface these are completely legitimate 5 round magazines, as, there is no need for pinning as they're designed to hold exactly 5 rounds of ".50 caliber" ammo.
The problem is this: the manufacturer née to be able to prove beyond a doubt that the magazines were designed 100% from the ground up to accommodate a new calibre so that they can be considered a new product designed to meet a need. If they compromise that design in any way by using components for a different calibre, the case can clearly be made that these magazines were simply made to work around the current magazine laws which state that magazines capable of holding more than 5 rounds be pinned.
What I just simply can't get my head around is why the very first review of this product was done with a 5.56/.223 rifle. The manufacturer obviously owns a .50 Beowulf or .458 SOCOM, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to thoroughly test/prove the design. Why wasn't this upper provided to Trevor for his review, along with bonus footage demonstrating how they also can hold/feed other caliber's?
It's simple really. While the manufacturer claims these magazines are designed for .50 calibre, they've failed to actually demonstrate it. While I'm thrilled to see someone put up the cash to provide us with an alternative, I'm deeply concerned that they've gone ahead and shot themselves in the foot so to speak by not controlling the initial marketing properly.
One things for sure. One of the owners of this company had better damn well actually own a .50 or .458 upper and be able to prove that it was instrumental in the design of the magazines. I fear that if that isn't the case, and the only documentation for verifying the design revolves around 5.56/.223 cartridges, then we're gonna have a whole bunch of people facing jail time....
