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Posted: 5/7/2004 8:38:45 AM EDT
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Has anyone used these? Are they reliable and sturdy? They seem to be a pretty good price and I have to figure if the IDF uses them they can't be all bad. Any info or opinions would be appreciated. Karl |
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I have found them to be very reliable. In my experience, they were less likely to drop-free than USGI mags. Sometimes when I put them in the rifle very srongly, they would dump a few rounds in the receiver. Some of them did not fit properly in Bushmaster receivers, and had to be modified slightly. |
If you're going to buy them make sure they fit your rifle first. I bought a few a while back that would not fit my Bushmaster. In my experience I like the Thermolds better than the Orlites. I have six of them strictly for range work and they have been 100% reliable to this very day. I save my preban USGI mags for a rainy day. |
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AR15 Mag FAQ [3-2-1] Orlite ------- Orlite magazines were developed for the Israeli Armed Forces. The bodies are made from high-melt-temp black nylon with a steel reinforement mesh imbedded in the top 1.5 inches to strengthen the feed lips. New Orlites come with a rubber cap to help keep sand out of the mag. Orlites have a rib around the middle of the mag which helps to seal the bottom of the mag well and also prevents the magazine from being over-inserted and the feed lips damaged. The location of the rib was based on the deep mag well beveling on Colt M16s, and in ARs that aren't beveled as deeply, early Orlites won't seat completely. This is easily correctable by trimming a bit of material from the top surface of the over-insertion rib; just enough to allow the mag to seat. This problem only occurs with early Orlites with mold numbers from 0/1 to 0/19. Starting with batch 0/20, the rib was moved about 1/32" further down the mag body, and these later mags work in all ARs with no modification. Used Orlites are often found at gun shows with their over-insertion ribs completely ground off. Avoid these mags, as it's too easy for these mags to be over-inserted, banging the feedlips against the bolt or getting stuck. Orlites are okay, and were general issue in the Israeli Army through the 80s, but it was found that they don't hold up to hard combat use as well as USGI mags, which Israel switched to in the 90s. -Troy |
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