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I Purchased 10 of the ETS 31 round Glock mags from PSA on a Black Friday deal. I have been running one on a weekly basis as my range mag. A few observations;
Theses mags are easy to load. Not too easy but the spring seems to have just the right amount of tension from the 1st to the last round.
In six range trips and ~800 rounds, I have not experienced a single malfunction using this magazine. Not a torture test by any means but encouraging as my experience with bad mags is that they tend to out themselves early on.
I run and handle this mag the same as any factory Glock mag. It seats fully loaded on a closed side, drops free loaded or unloaded and activates the slide lock without fail.
I have one loaded to capacity sitting in the back of my car. I am going to wait until July 4th to see how well it handles being kept loaded for an extended period as well as how it handles the temperature extremes (hot & cold) while residing in my car.
You could say I am prejudiced against plastic mags without metal feed lips. My experience with the old Cobrey M11/9 mags as well as other aftermarket unlined Glock mags has left me wary. However, PMAG has proved it can be done. I am hoping the ETS offering will hold up as well.
So far, so good but I can't help worrying about the longevity of the plastic feedlips
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OK, as promised I let my ETS 31 mag ride around in my car since January. It has been in temps ranging from 7f to 120f. It has remained fully loaded and bounced around with me everywhere I went. So, yesterday, I was at the range with my G17 and decided to empty the mag. Not quite July 4th but close enough.
1) The mag remained fully loaded. I marked the round on top so I would know if it popped a round while being bumped around. It didn't.
2) The mag seated fully and easily on a closed slide.
3) The mag fed each round from beginning to end without failure.
4) the mag dropped free after the last round with an open slide, bounced on the concrete range floor and then was loaded and fired again without problem.
Not exactly a "torture test" but probably more of a realistic test relative to my likely needs. I will load the mag again. Throw it in the trunk and test it again around X-mas.