Thanks for posting the feedback!

I think some people associate heavier weight or the more rigid feel of steel to being better quality or more durable. I promise you this, there is nothing cheap or low quality about our mags. That's why we offer a lifetime warranty and a 100% satisfaction guarantee.

I am confident that over time you will love our mags. We appreciate your business!

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I will post some off the cuff stuff since I am not in the office. The first test is of reliability. We wanted to make sure we offered the same reliability you guys have come to expect from OEM mags. We tested with thousands of rounds in all gen and models of glocks. Based on the 10s of thousands of rounds we tested with we could not tell any measurable difference in the reliability of our mags and OEM mags.

Then came durability testing. We wanted to see how a single mag would hold up over time so we used a G17 mag and started with 6000 rounds through that single mag. Other than being dirty and some light surface scratches it was unchanged. That mag now has over 10k rounds thought and still going strong. We were particularly interested in how our non metal feedlips help up to the wear. The feedlips are still new looking and no measurable amount of material has worn off.

Next was impact testing. We dropped hundreds of mags thousands of times. Loaded, unloaded. Hot, Cold, to -60. We never broke a single mag. Our drop tests consisted of 6ft drops on concrete. Fully loaded most of the time. We have a few 31 rounders that were dropped over 60 times each fully loaded and they still run just fine.

We ran over a G17 mag with an 8000lb diesel and it survived 6 times being run over. We left them in 180 degrees for a week straight, only taking it out occasionally to drop test and fire it. The mags were not affected by the heat. We put them in the thermatron and left them at -60 for 48 hours and performed the drop testing and they didn't break or crack. We ran them and they functioned as they should.

We know from previous testing that our material is extremely chemical resistant. That testing was extensive on our AR mags. We left them in all of the transportatonal fluids and many acids and solvents for a week straight. Also, our material is not affected by DEET. In all of these chemical tests our mags retained over 99% of their mechanical properties.

Finally is creep testing. This one is hard because it just takes a long long time to conduct. We have some of our glock mags that have been left fully loaded since last May and there is not measurable creep. So no need to worry about the feedlips spreading from storing them loaded.

If there is something I forgot to cover feel free to ask. There is a reason we can confidently offer a lifetime warranty on our mags...

There is something wrong with your mags. We run steel ammo in them testing them all of the time. Please contact customer service so we can get you taken care of.

 
I ordered one 22 to test. I have a 19. When I get home I'll get a picture. I'm not certain, but it looks to be the same length as a standard magazine with a factory +2 on it.

Here is my Gen 3 Model 19. It has Trijicon HD sights, a Surefire X300 light, the Vickers extended magazine release, and a Talon Grip. This magazine I bought for testing with issued pistols. It is slightly longer than a Glock 17 magazine with a +2. This is the third magazine I have bought from ETS and they all have one thing in common. They are all reliable. But they don't drop free.  Fortunately the 22 round magazine sticks out far enough on a 17 that you can rip it out by hand. It will not drop out, it will not shake out, it is stuck there for all eternity until you rip it out. Its my only complaint. This is true regardless of which Glock I put it in. And I have tried it in almost all of the 40 issued Glocks I take care of.

As a point of comparison, here is my Gen 4 Model 17. This is the ETS 22 round magazine.



 

Nominal is 1.190" They should all be there +- .002"