Posted: 1/15/2016 12:14:12 AM EDT
| Any new ETA on the AUG pMags? |
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Quoted: We're working through military validation testing with the primary customer right now, and they will likely soak up a good bit of early production. We are planning on late spring for US commercial availability. Are there certain issues with the OEM AUG mags that these are looking to correct? The only thing I can think of is that sometimes the top round might top out when the mag is slammed in too hard on an open bolt... |
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Are there certain issues with the OEM AUG mags that these are looking to correct? The only thing I can think of is that sometimes the top round might top out when the mag is slammed in too hard on an open bolt... Quoted:
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We're working through military validation testing with the primary customer right now, and they will likely soak up a good bit of early production. We are planning on late spring for US commercial availability. Are there certain issues with the OEM AUG mags that these are looking to correct? The only thing I can think of is that sometimes the top round might top out when the mag is slammed in too hard on an open bolt... As someone who recently experienced just that, it can be kind of a big deal. In my case, I was readying for a 3-gun stage, inserted a full 42 rounder, and what the... a live round comes flying out the open ejection port upon insertion! WTF? I didn't even slam it that hard - the clock hadn't started yet. I can only imagine when things are hot, people are going to be slamming mags home pretty vigourously, and that's the worst time imaginable to have a round jump up. I bet half the time it doesn't jump out of the gun like mine did, but instead causes a jam on the reload, at the worst of times. So yea, I consider that alone to be a notable enough feature to justify the project. After experiencing that, I will be getting at least a few PMag AUG mags, since they mentioned correcting that was one of the design criteria. Don't get me wrong, I like my waffle mags. I'll probably continue to use them as my primary, since I like translucent mags and they're 100% once in the gun. But I'm going to be more thoughtful now on mags I expect to be used for stress reloads. |
