Magpul Pmags [Archive] - Colorado AR-15 Shooters Club Discussion Forums

aloharover

11-12-2008, 13:27

All of the big wholesalers are out, as are midway, brownells, and all the other normal online places.

I keep telling folks I have no idea when I will get some, but they keep ordering them any way. I ahve over 600 sold now :(

Hasher

12-05-2008, 23:29

MAchiune Gun Tours just got in over 600 of them and will have them at the show this weekend.

copfish

12-07-2008, 13:40

Anyone have any experience with the 20 round PMAGs? Good, bad or indifferent? I have a stash of GI 20 rounders and would like to get a few 20s while I can.

Hasher

12-07-2008, 13:48

They run very well. I now run nothing but Pmags for personal use.

StagLefty

12-07-2008, 14:45

They run very well. I now run nothing but Pmags for personal use.
+1

copfish

12-07-2008, 17:50

Thanks guys! I'll order a half dozen or so to get me started.

sniper7

12-07-2008, 23:28

Thanks guys! I'll order a half dozen or so to get me started.

Enjoy the waiting list! They are ridiculous right now!

Hasher

12-08-2008, 08:08

Order? Good luck on that. Most places ore back ordered indefinatly.

Magpul simply can not keep upw ith even 10% of demand.

Come to the Springs show next weekend Machine Gun Tours will probably have some.

copfish

12-08-2008, 08:21

I'll plan to head to the show next weekend. I had placed an order about a month ago with Brownells for a buddy and will take some of his when (if) they arrive.

currahee

12-08-2008, 09:07

They are around- you just have to hunt for them. Been getting 2 here-3 there-5 at another place and so on- all have shipped within a couple days and while I haave had to pay up to $16 a pmag at times- my pile a mags is about where it needs to be at 1/3 the cost of what some morons want for their crap.

Elhuero

12-09-2008, 11:03

I've got an order in with del-ton. just waiting now....

ldmaster

12-31-2008, 00:59

I just got a dozen of the FDE 30 rd with windows from them, got here today. They don't have any other colors, but they still had some yesterday.

Hoser

12-31-2008, 09:26

Botach actually shipped something? They have the worst rep in the world. I know I will never give them one red cent ever again.

Elhuero

02-11-2009, 08:21

sniper7

02-11-2009, 13:54

so where is a good place to get pmags?

when I placed the order the del-ton site said 8-10 weeks for delivery. then it went to 10-12. now it says 12-16.

sick of waiting and want to buy local if I can.

I hope obama stubs his toe really hard on something.

at the gun shows some guys have them.

brownells has 30 rd. OD green in stock last I checked.

Del-ton is a very long wait...although they did just get some in.

Hasher

02-12-2009, 08:28

Come see Machine Gun tours at teh local shows. We usually have some. However they run out FAST FAST FAST.

Basicly if you are nto there in the first 30 minutes on Sat you are probably hosed.

SA Friday

02-12-2009, 11:01

Just FYI, some military units are going to PMags exclusively, mine being one of them. They just flat out run and take a lot more punishment than the regular mags. So, military units ordering these things by the 10s of thousands is probably impacting the amount out there for commercial sales too.

Hell, I just got back from Iraq and was issued 7 PMags and took another 8 of my own.

BadShot

02-12-2009, 17:10

LaRue has them for the actual retail price, not this inflated because we can crap pricing we see EVERYWHERE!

Bailey Guns

02-19-2009, 12:13

I just ordered a 20-pack of FDE 30-rounders w/window from GunBroker seller checkpointcharlie. Works out to $18.55 per mag shipped. I ordered them Sat and they shipped Mon. He seems to have lots of them at regular prices...not inflated prices.

Chief_of_Scouts

02-19-2009, 16:22

Warning!

A friend in Texas just received a batch of Pmags and 7 of the 10 were apparently knock offs. They looked different and he said they fit the mag well poorly and do not drop when released.

He provided side-by-side photos of a actual Pmag and you can see the difference. I will try to post in a new thread as soon as I get more information. He has sent the photos and description of this "other" Pmag to Magpul.

Again, I will make a new thread as soon as I have more information but thought this needed to be addressed here as soon as possible.

Buyer beware!

westy1970

02-19-2009, 16:47

They were most likely the Israeli plastic mags. They pop up from time to time. What is the latest word on pricing? I had a deal going for 3 new ones that I had, but I backed out of it for 2 reasons. I wasn't sure I could replace them and the "buyer" was in California and I can't afford to get busted for something dumb. Last price I got was $25 each on regular mags.

StagLefty

02-19-2009, 16:53

Mike at Bower's Tactical sells them for about $14 non-window when he has them.Unfortunately he's been backordered like most dealers.

AUSyTyIN

02-19-2009, 18:12

Mike at Bower's Tactical sells them for about $14 non-window when he has them.Unfortunately he's been backordered like most dealers.

I never realized that Bower's was local. Any clue if they ever have them in store?

westy1970

02-19-2009, 18:29

That's just it. No one has any in stock. That is why they are going for $25 on GB. It's not the dealers gouging, it is bidders bidding. Crazy times. Every time I think of selling my AK's I go online and decide to keep them.

sniper7

02-19-2009, 21:11

Just so you know the magpuls have changed now. there is the "M" version. I got some of them. The old ones had black followers, new ones are grey. bottom of the new ones have a grey insert in the middle of the floorplate.

Indention on the non window pmags is gone and now looks smooth. The raised ribs aren't as "raised"

So make sure they aren't the new and old ones mixed as I am sure there will be a little bit of that. the old ones had problem dropping free from some lowers that were said to not be mil-spec more realisitically I think it would due to the small amount of flexing in the pmag design and the news ones have fixed this.

I love the look of the pmags and the 100% function when they are new but time will tell. they are still indeed plastic, still require a dust cover so they don't crack over time and it is shown that the metal mags are tried tested and true. that is why you still see mags around with alloy followers from the 70's and some from before...and they still work in your brand new ARs. Updating the follower and maybe the springs is the best thing you can do but in the end, the metal ones work and they work great.

Chief_of_Scouts

02-19-2009, 22:03

Here is the side-by-side photos of the questionable Pmag. If you are correct sniper, and this isn't a knock off but a new magazine from Magpul, they have taken a step backward. My buddy said none of these drop free from the well, yet all his previous Pmags do. He is using a Milspec LWRC M6A2 (the same rifle I have).

New/Questionable Pmag on left.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v421/mr242/pmag.jpg

Dr_Fwd

02-20-2009, 09:27

that's a "new" Pmag it's not knock off!

sniper7

02-20-2009, 12:40

yeah those are the new ones. They are the M version. not a knockoff.

Not sure why they wouldn't drop free. Mine are all good to go.

Chief_of_Scouts

02-20-2009, 12:55

Thanks for the responses. Since I don't have any of these new Pmags, I am unable to personally confirm the issue with them dropping free of the mag well. I am concerned about it since I own an LWRC M6A2 and just convinced two friends to buy M6A2s as well. The Pmags I own have no problem dropping free of my M6A2, so hopefully this is an isolated issue with his rifle and magazines.

I apologize for the alarm, I was unaware that Magpul made manufacturing changes.

Fal Grunt

03-10-2009, 21:46

I went through 100 PMAGS in about 4 days...

I have another 100 on order...

They do have a drop free issue. They will NOT drop free new out of the package. This was on a new RRA lower. However, after loading and releasing a number of times (sit while watching a movie and load, drop, load, drop) they will drop free.

I have a friend who tried a couple in his AR (also a RRA) and they dropped free with no issue. His AR has about 4 years of wear and tear on it.

-myers

Irish

03-10-2009, 22:52

Does anybody local have em' in stock?
I posted a request in the wanted to buy section as well.
(I hope that's okay)

Fal Grunt

03-11-2009, 16:53

I have another 100 on order. The last order took about 3 months to get, my supplier said they are catching up quick with orders...

If you don't find any by then, i'll be posting them for sale here.

Depending on what they cost me this time they will be $15-$16. (last batch were $15)

-myers

Irish

03-11-2009, 22:33

I got some for my buddy. But now I want some for me.
If they are the ones with the windows & if you're going to sell them at the regular price (what you listed) put me down for 10.
At that price, I can wait.

ChunkyMonkey

03-15-2009, 09:48

I picked up 19 green pmags from Mike at Bowers Tactical on Friday. Around $17/ea and worth it! Check with him.[Coffee]

StagLefty

03-15-2009, 13:37

I was at Bower's when they came in on Thursday-that was all he had at that time.

AUSyTyIN

03-30-2009, 17:11

Anyone have them in stock now?

ntgtyper

04-02-2009, 18:29

i know a guy that has them in stock but he is not in colorado so u have to order them i ordered 10 of them for 200 shipped pm me for his info if u want some they are the windowed ones too

Hasher

04-11-2009, 11:08

Machine gun tours has 500 FDE windowed in stock. $17.95 each.
Alan is local in the Idaho Springs area or he will ship.

WWW.machineguntours.com

mtechgunman

04-13-2009, 08:37

Rocky mountain guns and ammo has them in stock and will likely stay that way at 39.99 for non window p mags.

they will feed you a line to get you to buy them too.

King

04-13-2009, 09:09

I bought a couple last week from here:dynamicarmament.com
They say they are still in stock and run 18 bucks for a 30 rnd. window mag. This is the only place I have found them to be in stock. good luck

Hasher

04-13-2009, 17:40

www.machineguntours.com has 30 round windowed FDE in stock right now.

$17.95 each. Last night there were about 400 left.

MadRabbit

04-24-2009, 13:43

Right now, brownells is showing they have 20 rd black no window, and 30 rd black and FDE with windows. FWIW

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/ns/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=24192&title=AR-15/M16%20PMAG%20POLYMER%20MAGAZINE (http://www.brownells.com/aspx/ns/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=24192&title=AR-15/M16%20PMAG%20POLYMER%20MAGAZINE)

Fal Grunt

04-24-2009, 14:25

Brownells has quite a few magazines in stock. I was there last weekend and they have a very large box, 4x4x4 probably, full of PMAG 30 rounders.

Thought about picking up some of those while I am waiting on my order.

-myers

CO-FreeShooter

04-24-2009, 19:08

If you can get the PMAGS for less than $25 and you are in the market, do it. Because when there was a shortage, and the first company I visited had them in stock for 28 non window, and 35 windowed. They are fantastic mags, especially for recreational shooters. People talk that they have problems with cracking and shattering at very low temp., and that is dropping a full mag 4+ ft directly onto the feed lip onto concrete. I have never once had a bad feed with any of them.

Hasher

04-24-2009, 22:13

Machine Gun TOurs had 700 Wondowed pmmagsin stock $20 each including TAX.

Coem see tommorow at teh Tanner show in Denver.

Fal Grunt

04-25-2009, 00:09

Hasher

04-25-2009, 06:48

I forgot to mention that $20 plusw tax is MSRP plus tax.

Some local shops are trying to gouge you for 435 for a windowed Mag.

Great-Kazoo

04-25-2009, 17:45

Guys, PMAGS are great, but don't pay over $20 for them. Your getting hosed if you pay over that. Check around, there are places that have small quantities in stock. Brownells has just about all of them in stock, and for what $12-$15?

-myers

you forgot to include s&h in that price.

your price is for non-windowed. windowed run $19.99 AND most of them are.................Out of Stock.
MGT has them in stock

http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=24192&title=AR-15/M16%20PMAG%20POLYMER%20MAGAZINE