Got my Beowulf polymer magazine in today....Very excited.
First of all, incase you didnt know, these are made by CAA for Alexander Arms.
- The polymer they use, appears to me, to be identical to that used by magpul. Could there be a slight chemical difference? Sure. Does it matter? Probably not.
- CAA just got a contract to supply the IDF (Israel Defence Force) with all new polymer mags replacing their metal mags. Israel's military is no joke. If they are willing to depend their lives on the company and its polymer....its certainly good enough for me. (Please feel free to correct me, as I may be wrong, but as far as I know, Magpul has had a very difficult time with "official" adoption by the US Army. I dont know of any military organization that officially adopted pmags. Dont get me wrong, I LOVE my pmags, just using these points as comparison for the CAA mags.
- Cosmetically, the mags are VERY similar. You can tell CAA was "inspired" by the Pmags.
- Magpul textures all their flat surfaces. CAA does not. This tends to give the illusion in your hand they are tougher.
- Legally, the Beowulf mags hold somewhere between 15 and 17 rounds of .223. Although the mags are nearly identical, until magpul starts stamping some mags with ".50 Beowulf" or ".458 Socom", the CAA/Beowulf mags will have the advantage.
So I compared the two and took some pictures. The followers are similiar, but the Pmag follower has some extra notches at the front that would prevent them from fitting in the Beowulf magazine without some modification. Then I got to thinking how great it would be if CAA made a ranger plate like Magpul's. Well, looking at the bottom, I thought there might be a chance I could swap them. Turns out the bottom retainer outer shape is nearly identical. So if you swap the bottom plate (the green part) from a Pmag into the Bewoulf mag you can use a ranger plate WITHOUT A HITCH!!!
Ladies and Gentleman....I think we have *almost* the perfect AR15 magazine.....until we can legally unpin our PMAG beauties.
First of all, incase you didnt know, these are made by CAA for Alexander Arms.
- The polymer they use, appears to me, to be identical to that used by magpul. Could there be a slight chemical difference? Sure. Does it matter? Probably not.
- CAA just got a contract to supply the IDF (Israel Defence Force) with all new polymer mags replacing their metal mags. Israel's military is no joke. If they are willing to depend their lives on the company and its polymer....its certainly good enough for me. (Please feel free to correct me, as I may be wrong, but as far as I know, Magpul has had a very difficult time with "official" adoption by the US Army. I dont know of any military organization that officially adopted pmags. Dont get me wrong, I LOVE my pmags, just using these points as comparison for the CAA mags.
- Cosmetically, the mags are VERY similar. You can tell CAA was "inspired" by the Pmags.
- Magpul textures all their flat surfaces. CAA does not. This tends to give the illusion in your hand they are tougher.
- Legally, the Beowulf mags hold somewhere between 15 and 17 rounds of .223. Although the mags are nearly identical, until magpul starts stamping some mags with ".50 Beowulf" or ".458 Socom", the CAA/Beowulf mags will have the advantage.
So I compared the two and took some pictures. The followers are similiar, but the Pmag follower has some extra notches at the front that would prevent them from fitting in the Beowulf magazine without some modification. Then I got to thinking how great it would be if CAA made a ranger plate like Magpul's. Well, looking at the bottom, I thought there might be a chance I could swap them. Turns out the bottom retainer outer shape is nearly identical. So if you swap the bottom plate (the green part) from a Pmag into the Bewoulf mag you can use a ranger plate WITHOUT A HITCH!!!
Ladies and Gentleman....I think we have *almost* the perfect AR15 magazine.....until we can legally unpin our PMAG beauties.
