LAR 15 Magazines

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what are the pros and cons of Metal vs Polymer LAR 15 pistol magazines?

Currently there's stock of both at vendors but I'm not sure which way to go...
 
I think Gmoney has covered the pro's for the polymer mags. The metal ones tend to be more durable. When I had a T97, I used to squeeze the spine of the metal mags in a bench vise to get them to fit.

Jim
 
ASC 10/30 round LAR-15 mags with Magpul USGI Ranger Plates. Way easier to grab out of a mag pouch in a hurry during a match than the 10 round bodied mags.

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I find polymer easier to load. Never had operational issues with either. I do find MFT polymer mags have more flexible mag lips. Is that more prone to fail? Not sure.
 
RangerPark said:
My favourite combo for LAR15 mags is metal ones with Magpul Ranger plates. Short, compact and still easy to grab out of pouches with the ranger plates.
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Hi, I also have those but I find them hard to make them fit to the mags. There’s a small opening almost every where, I don’t want sand in my mags, what can I do, if so what part I have to work on? I ended up wasting one in fde colour, damn me for this, I sand the top of the rubber like too much.
 
Sinasta said:
My new ASC are really 9 round mags since they don't work on a closed bolt. Probably gonna sell them.
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With Ranger Plates, you have to remove approximately .100" from the legs on the follower. Maybe a bit more or less. This way you'll have room for 10.5 rounds and the full mags will close on a closed bolt.

The problem when you do that is if you put the original plates back on you risk having an 11 round mag. So it's pretty much a one way conversion as you'll want to get rid of the original metal bottom plates.
 
Mr.Subzero said:
Hi, I also have those but I find them hard to make them fit to the mags. There’s a small opening almost every where, I don’t want sand in my mags, what can I do, if so what part I have to work on? I ended up wasting one in fde colour, damn me for this, I sand the top of the rubber like too much.
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I'm afraid I'm no help on this. I bought a bunch of CPD LAR mags and they were all a perfect fit.
 
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RangerPark said:
With Ranger Plates, you have to remove approximately .100" from the legs on the follower. Maybe a bit more or less. This way you'll have room for 10.5 rounds and the full mags will close on a closed bolt.

The problem when you do that is if you put the original plates back on you risk having an 11 round mag. So it's pretty much a one way conversion as you'll want to get rid of the original metal bottom plates.
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hi, from the legs on the follower, you mean the plastic? Or you mean the magazine?
 
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For me, the only pro's to the MFT poly 10/10 LAR mags is that my ***** **** **** likes them..
Otherwise it's all CPD 10/10 LAR's for my ****** **** ******* ****** *****

C71 eat my @ssH0le ....
 
Mr.Subzero said:
Hi, I also have those but I find them hard to make them fit to the mags. There’s a small opening almost every where, I don’t want sand in my mags, what can I do, if so what part I have to work on? I ended up wasting one in fde colour, damn me for this, I sand the top of the rubber like too much.
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Always best to go to a match with more mags than the minimum you need for a long stage, in case one gets stomped on or lost or simply so full of crud you don't want to have to take it apart for cleaning right away.
 
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