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Posted: 1/26/2015 10:37:02 PM EDT
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you cant return to where you bought them from, let them deal with it
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Posted: 1/26/2015 10:42:20 PM EDT
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What is it with ProMag? Is it part of their company charter to make sure their mags suck? People can make reliable $7 magazines, and then there is ProMag.
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Posted: 1/26/2015 10:48:20 PM EDT
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I have 4 for my g17. No issues so far (> 300 rounds.)
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Posted: 1/26/2015 11:06:50 PM EDT
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Thank you for posting this. I was planning to buy a bunch of those tonight but will hang on to my $ after watching your vid.
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Posted: 1/26/2015 11:07:36 PM EDT
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ProMag might not be the worst magazine manufacturer out there, but they are definitely in the bottom 3.
They have the distinction of not being able to produce working mags for damn near every platform they build for. Their mags for FN PS90's are total CRAP! |
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Posted: 1/27/2015 12:04:49 AM EDT
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ProMag might not be the worst magazine manufacturer out there, but they are definitely in the bottom 3. They have the distinction of not being able to produce working mags for damn near every platform they build for. Their mags for FN PS90's are total CRAP! I would say National is the WORST! Another bad one is Eagle. Now I loved Eagle 10/22 mags, but I bought some of the $6 Beretta 92fs mags. TRASH. I actually had good luck with the old USAs. I have a couple ProMag AK mags that seem to work. Just bought a polymer SKS mag to test out. |
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Posted: 1/27/2015 1:12:03 AM EDT
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I bought 2 of their 1911 mags yeas ago. Neither worked reliably, and after one split down the
Back I threw both of them in the trash. I haven't bought a pro mag product since, but supposedly Their hk93 mags are great. |
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Posted: 1/28/2015 11:53:58 PM EDT
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Everything I have ever bought that was a promag product was junk.
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Posted: 1/29/2015 1:38:18 AM EDT
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I would say National is the WORST! Another bad one is Eagle. Now I loved Eagle 10/22 mags, but I bought some of the $6 Beretta 92fs mags. TRASH. I actually had good luck with the old USAs. I have a couple ProMag AK mags that seem to work. Just bought a polymer SKS mag to test out. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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ProMag might not be the worst magazine manufacturer out there, but they are definitely in the bottom 3... I would say National is the WORST! Another bad one is Eagle. Now I loved Eagle 10/22 mags, but I bought some of the $6 Beretta 92fs mags. TRASH. I actually had good luck with the old USAs. I have a couple ProMag AK mags that seem to work. Just bought a polymer SKS mag to test out. Same here; very good luck with old USA brand pistol mags. I've heard repeatedly that 'National' is the new iteration of USA magazines? Anyone know if that's true? Frankly, some old USA's from 1992 or so are in my top-tier of favorites for 1911 magazines, but I've never heard anything but negatives about the National's. |
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Posted: 1/29/2015 12:16:09 PM EDT
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you cant return to where you bought them from, let them deal with it CDNN doesn't do returns? I think I've heard of them replacing someone's magazines that didn't work with another trusted brand. |
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Posted: 1/30/2015 5:15:24 PM EDT
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I only own one promag magazine. Its a 6 round ruger lcp one, and its been flawless, so far. ( knock on wood) ive only got maybe 50-100 rounds through that mag though.
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Posted: 1/31/2015 9:18:05 AM EDT
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PROMAG= Please Remember Our Mags Are Garbage
That being said, my 20 round AR15 mags have been flawless so far and they were only $3 each.... |
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Posted: 2/21/2015 9:12:06 PM EDT
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Thanks for the comments everyone, it sounds like first hand information, which is good (second-hand, not so much)
CDNN probably would have taken them back (and then they would have sold them to someone else. Maybe you). I tried to return them to ProMag, they didn't respond. Instead of throwing them away, I made a slight modification. I put a thin bead of epoxy down the top third of the magazine, on the opposite side of the mag catch well. I then sanded it down until it would slide into my magwell. That seems to work. Now it is the same thickness as all of my other AR mags... Shouldn't have to do that if it is made properly. |
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Posted: 2/22/2015 12:32:35 PM EDT
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I feel like most of us knew this already.
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Posted: 2/24/2015 4:25:18 PM EDT
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I am wondering if you turn your magazine catch level one more turn tighter, would that help?
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Posted: 2/25/2015 2:52:29 AM EDT
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What is it with ProMag? Is it part of their company charter to make sure their mags suck? People can make reliable $7 magazines, and then there is ProMag. This sounds cynical, but malfunction clearing drills are a very valid reason to own a few ProMags. I own six (of the metal variety) for just that purpose. Back in the old days I'd place a dummy round or snap cap into a magazine randomly to practice malfunction clearing, but that only allows you to practice that one type of malfunction. Opting to use a ProMag instead is vastly superior - because you never know what type of malfunction you're going to get ... or when 
One thing is certain however - you will have a malfunction 
As a training tool they are second to none, and everyone should own a couple of them. |
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Posted: 2/25/2015 2:55:45 AM EDT
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agreed, pieces of shit
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Posted: 2/25/2015 12:02:20 PM EDT
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Supposedly the Saiga 12 magazines work well. The rest are really bad.
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Posted: 2/26/2015 5:40:53 PM EDT
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Wise man say " Never buy Pro Mag " !
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Posted: 2/26/2015 6:09:37 PM EDT
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The HK93 mags work fine for me, but I would never buy their AR mags
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Posted: 2/26/2015 6:27:05 PM EDT
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I have a couple AK Promags, All have been flawless. Even one loaded in my go bag I trust it so much.
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Posted: 2/27/2015 12:29:04 AM EDT
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I have a couple AK Promags, All have been flawless. Even one loaded in my go bag I trust it so much. Isn't it funny how that works? While I have no firsthand experience with their AK mags, I do know a couple of guys whose experience exactly mirrors yours. It makes me wonder how they can be so good at one and not the other. Is the AR more susceptible to problems because of tolerance stacking ... or is it something else? I'd love to know that answer
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Posted: 2/27/2015 12:35:23 AM EDT
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Isn't it funny how that works? While I have no firsthand experience with their AK mags, I do know a couple of guys whose experience exactly mirrors yours. It makes me wonder how they can be so good at one and not the other. Is the AR more susceptible to problems because of tolerance stacking ... or is it something else? I'd love to know that answer
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I have a couple AK Promags, All have been flawless. Even one loaded in my go bag I trust it so much. Isn't it funny how that works? While I have no firsthand experience with their AK mags, I do know a couple of guys whose experience exactly mirrors yours. It makes me wonder how they can be so good at one and not the other. Is the AR more susceptible to problems because of tolerance stacking ... or is it something else? I'd love to know that answer
While I certainly can not speak specifically to the question about Promags, I can tell you that the AR magazine is indeed a very tricky beast. The gun was originally designed for metal mags, making the wall thickness very difficult to get to work with plastic. Also, there are approx 300 different companies making ARs right now. We have seen enough variation between these makers to make your head spin, and that's not even talking about home built ARs. Bottom line, it is very difficult to make a good AR magazine in plastic that is durable enough and will run in all/most ARs. Like the old saying goes, if it were easy, everyone would do it. 
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Posted: 2/27/2015 12:41:28 AM EDT
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Never pro mag
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Posted: 2/27/2015 12:45:21 AM EDT
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Isn't it funny how that works? While I have no firsthand experience with their AK mags, I do know a couple of guys whose experience exactly mirrors yours. It makes me wonder how they can be so good at one and not the other. Is the AR more susceptible to problems because of tolerance stacking ... or is it something else? I'd love to know that answer
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I have a couple AK Promags, All have been flawless. Even one loaded in my go bag I trust it so much. Isn't it funny how that works? While I have no firsthand experience with their AK mags, I do know a couple of guys whose experience exactly mirrors yours. It makes me wonder how they can be so good at one and not the other. Is the AR more susceptible to problems because of tolerance stacking ... or is it something else? I'd love to know that answer
I suspect some of their mags are supplied by different contractors and not made in house. |
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