Found some black gold today!
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I just purchased 10 for $210 (if those are Gen3's) - I compared them to my Gen 2's and they are different at the feed section and the main body (even the bottom won't take Gen 2 ranger plates). Hope you enjoy!!
I paid way more but I wasn't buying in bulk. It was a 'holy #### - there they are' moment so I grabbed those three. I am not sure how to tell the difference between Gen2 and Gen3 - these are my first PMAGS
I busted my PMAG cherry today.Are you perhaps referring to 223 mags instead of 308? I have never seen 308 Pmags in Canada for even close to the pricing you are giving.
But if it IS .308 Pmags, I sure wouldn't mind knowing from where these are from so that I can pick up 10 myself.
Precisely why I'd be buying them @ .223 pricing.
I have to admit I've managed to hold off getting Pmags. At first I waited for the price on the 223 ones to be reasonable. Then they were. Then there were reports of issues with non regular AR rifles. Tavor, FN, etc. So it was heard a gen3 mag would be introduced to address the non AR use of these mags. Then the great Pmag drought as panic buying set in and prices skyrocketed. I bought D&H mags just before that at $16 a mag for my 223/5.56 rifles. No regrets. Now the prices are coming down with the Pmags. Might have to get some.
Now we get to the 308 Pmag. My first AR rifle was a DPMS LR308 (which I still have). It came with two metal mags. The previous polymer ones that DPMS originally used were garbage and plagued them for years after changing to metal mags. So far they work. No reliability issues. Not military grade but so far so good. The mag landscape has changed in the last few years as the original AR10 style used by DPMS, KAC and a few others has won out. The XCR-M also uses this system. So the AR10 mags based off the M14 that Armalite/Noveske used have become Beta max vs VHS or High Def vs Blue Ray. Even Armalite is starting to offer rifles with the original AR10 system.
I posted the above for a reason. There have been issues with Pmag and non standard AR rifles using them. With the 308AR rifles there is even less interchangeability and no real "milspec" standard. Now add in other rifles like the XCR-M using these mags. I've heard of a few issues by some users with Pmags and their 308AR rifles. Are we looking at Pmag getting caught up and needing a Gen3 version of the 308 mags or are they good to go now?
Any thoughts/experience by people who use these mags?
Now we get to the 308 Pmag. My first AR rifle was a DPMS LR308 (which I still have). It came with two metal mags. The previous polymer ones that DPMS originally used were garbage and plagued them for years after changing to metal mags. So far they work. No reliability issues. Not military grade but so far so good. The mag landscape has changed in the last few years as the original AR10 style used by DPMS, KAC and a few others has won out. The XCR-M also uses this system. So the AR10 mags based off the M14 that Armalite/Noveske used have become Beta max vs VHS or High Def vs Blue Ray. Even Armalite is starting to offer rifles with the original AR10 system.
I posted the above for a reason. There have been issues with Pmag and non standard AR rifles using them. With the 308AR rifles there is even less interchangeability and no real "milspec" standard. Now add in other rifles like the XCR-M using these mags. I've heard of a few issues by some users with Pmags and their 308AR rifles. Are we looking at Pmag getting caught up and needing a Gen3 version of the 308 mags or are they good to go now?
Any thoughts/experience by people who use these mags?
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Yeah - I realize that. But after being offered countless used PMAGS from the EE for well over the retail price, it is nice to finally see some make it to Canada.
