Quoted: Wow, I've had the same Thermold mags for 10 years, and none of them have had split, swelled, or cracked feed lips. The springs haven't worn out. And the followers don't bind under dirty conditions either; I guess 'cause they have that dust seal around the magwell and self-lubricate. I guess I am lucky.
I have had a few of my noisy USGI mags get bent feedlips and dented bodies though.
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No man. You're not lucky. You're smart.
There are scads of us out there who have been using the North Carolina Thermolds for years, without a single problem. Go thru this thread, and see how many guys have written in on how to repair, refurbish or "rewhatever", Thermolds. Then take a look at all the the info on repairing, refinishing, respringing, rebuilding those paper thin Gi troublemakers. Something like zero on the first and 100 on the second.
Based on the number of pics I've seen on this site, including some by advertisers of products and services, showing the favorite AR sporting a Thermold, I'd strongly suspect that there are a lot more of us Thermold guys out there than are willing to publicly come out an say so.
So let the plebes out there keep on buying those GI jobs, that were originally designed to be discarded after three uses. That'll keep the pressure off us who keep an eye out for Thermolds any time we go to the gunshow.