thermold questions

[ben4372]

I heard good things early on. I bought a few to try but gave them to my buddy that just got into shooting. He said they make his gun jamb. He actually blamed a broken trigger pivot pin on it. I've never heard of a round failing to chamber breaking a pin. Actually haven't heard of many pins breaking at all. Back to original point. I have like of ten of these should I trade them away while they are new. I have no other polymer mags except the Lancer L5, all the rest are GI type. Are the feed lips reinforced? should I cut one open to see whats inside? Anyone use them.

[ray1970]

I picked some up cheap many years ago. Some worked great, some didn't feed at all. I would say get rid of them and stick to GI mags or the Magpul P-mags. I was a big fan of the Lancer mags until I read the warning on the package to keep them away from DEET. Decided I didn't want magazines that might be ruined by bug spray.

[Beer]

[jerrymrc]

I have some of the 20rd ones from CDNN and they have all worked just fine. Do not know how long they may last but @ $2.99 I threw a few into an order.

[Fentonite]

I have some of the 20rd ones from CDNN and they have all worked just fine. Do not know how long they may last but @ $2.99 I threw a few into an order.

Me too. Haven't used any yet, but they all lock the bolt back and drop free.

[mahabali]

I had lots back in the ban days. All preban, but they worked great for me. I ditched them all though after the ban sunset.

[dorsum]

I have about ten of the 30 rounders, have never had any problems with them in multiple rifles.

[Tim K]

Lots of problems for me. I won't own them.

[MarkCO]

Thermolds are sub-par at best. Why bother with the risk when you can get GI or PMags for $8-$15.

Lancers are decent mags that, unlike the P-Mags, can be left loaded for long periods of time with no issues. DEET will degrade P-Mags faster than the Lancers BTW. Any petroleum based pesticides or solvents will degrade most polymers.

[splogan]

the on,y issue I had thus far with somewhat limited use on my thermold mags was it had a hard time with the bolt catch. When I am back in the states I will run them hard and see how they do. That assuming we can still own AR's then.