The Best AR-15 Mag for the Money
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- If you're shooting an AR-15 and experiencing several malfunctions, it might not be your AR that's causing the trouble. You might just be in need of a new magazine! Which mag would work best for your AR-15? With so many options, it becomes tough to narrow it down to just one brand. Jarod is here to give you some advice on which mag would be most ideal for your next purchase.
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If u want a 40 round just buy the pmags in 40 rounders
Steel pmags for ak?
@@Kasper_77xI’ve used duramag after the spring breaks in its perfect
I like steel mags :)
i hate them dropped some of the box style ones and the feed lips just ruined
… and I cannot lie
Dont drop them duh@@lebthot5787
Agreed, hooah
Aluminum GI mags are ok, but personally I really don't like.the stainless steel HK mags I have. They're just not good. Do they feed? Yes. Are they way heavier than they need to be? Yes.
Say a prayer for those of us poor souls stuck in california.
My prayers are for my state not to become California.😂😂😂😂😂
Pro tip, lancer 10/30 mags come with a full size spring because the spacer is the middle of the spring and that base plate slides right off with a heat gun. Save money by not having to purchase a full size spring.
@@whatsmolly5741 we are Praying right now do you mind?
@@whatsmolly5741oooh, nice. Thanks for that. I've got a bunch of 30s from before the Sandy Hook AWB(I live in CT), and Lancers have become my favorite.
Don't worry my son your time will come
I’m a metal mag guy, I have plenty of p-mags but they don’t give me the fizz. Also if you wait until they go on sale can usually be found under 10 bucks.
Dude I can't find metal magazines near me for the life of me, I found ONE and it was a 20rd for .350 legend.
I still bought it
Side note, it works flawlessly cause I guess .350 legend has the same rim size
Why buy something that's going to increase wear 20x on your lower?
Yeah 8 to 9 bucks for the gen 2
@@lorencioalcaraz2623 cause it looks cool
@lorencioalcaraz2623 lol. A pmag is extremely abrasive on aluminum. Just as, or more, abrasive than a steel mag. They're even more abrasive than aluminum mags. That nylon is PACKED full of glass fibers that are EXTREMELY abrasive. Either way, wear on the lower is MINUSCULE. It is a negligible amount of wear and it is a non-issue, especially in a civilian gun. You're not walking through the desert with a mag in the gun moving around 365 days a year. And if it does wear or because you use it as a rental at a range, you just buy a new $80 lower. The only time you might need to be concerned is with a transferable machine gun or a historic piece. Even then, it's a non issue.
And places like PSA usually have a deal for a couple hundred rounds of ammo and 10 gen2 pmags.
I ordered 3 p-mags for my G26 and G19 for the range and had feed issues with all of them. Never again for pistol mags. I hear the AR mags are excellent so I’m going to give them a try.
Same, nothing is as reliable as factory Glock mags. Compared to other factory mags Glock mags are cheap
I mainly use M2 pmags. I have a few other mags that are different brands, but I mainly pick pmags when I go to the range
What a flawless never ending video to drill the fact that gen2 magpuls are always the way to go
I 100% agree about getting quality magazines, cheap ones like to double feed. It's also the reason I carried my own Magpul mags when I was in the army, the cheap army issue ones suck ass. I saw a meme the other day that said civilians vs veterans when they hear military grade one was excited the other was cringing in terror, it definitely applies to magazines.
Steel and Pmag Gen 2s. Mostly always running steel/GI mags. Either be AR15, or SR25 pattern. Just looks right to me.
I started with Lancer when I got into shooting. When I got even more into it, I got PMAGs to replace my stock and thought it was the cool thing. Tabs and all. Ended up back with Lancer because it just works better imo. Sourcing them for $11 a mag helps if you know where to go. Truth be told, the smoke color is great. Like Jarod said, it has bad habits but it definitely helps if you need it. Also, metal feed lips are a lot better for long term storage in my opinion.
The standard windowless Pmags are the best most reliable mags you’ll find
I absolutely love my Lancer L5awm mags for 556/300blk and 308 i just wish the 308 lancer mags weren't almost 50 bucks each
Smoke color 300 blk L5AWM’s were $14.75 each when I bought some a few months ago. Very happy with em
@scrungus483 Nice! Sometimes you can even find em for like $11.95 on places like midway that's when I always try and grab a few even if my wife thinks I have enough already.
good to know. Thank you!
Mini-14 mags are $54.95.
I use Lancers exclusively for my .300 aac. I don’t have to guess … I just never use a lancer on a 5.56
Nice loop
DuraMag metal mags all day
Yeah can’t go wrong with the ol gi duramags..
Facts !
I have 2 20 rounders and they're trash. You want good metal mags, issue mags, get the ones from Okay Industries. Colt mags are a solid choice also, but generally twice the price when you find them. As far as plastic mags, most are trash. You'd have to give me the $12 for a promag to take it, then I'd pawn it off on someone else and keep the $12. You can find gen 2 mags for that price, and they're good. Never an issue. The gen 3 are a little nicer, but not strictly necessary over the gen 2, but can be got on sale for roughly the same price about anywhere. A lot of people swear by Lancer, I have no experience, but they look cheap af so I pass. There's my 2 cents and a nickel more.
@wm.riley3 u must have got the only 2 lemons on the market by DuraMag. The DuraMags are twice as thick sheet metal than the Okay industries. I've used hundreds of different DuraMag and haven't had a single stoppage or malfunction. Idk man.... I do use the 30 round not 20 round so maybe that's the issue ur having. I'm not a fan of any plastic mags, the Lancer mags are plastic with metal feel lips but imo thar causes a possible failure point.... the need to b either all metal or all plastic. The only good thing about MagPul is the plastic isn't as hard on ur gear and kit, metal can cut and cause wear points on Cordura and estac inserts
@@wm.riley3Okay Industries stopped making magazines.
I bought some 30 round tapco mags for my mini 14 and they work flawlessly, better than the stock ruger 10 round mags. I had bought a few 20 round mags from academy and they had flimsy feed lips that would literally let rounds pop out of the mag in my range bag and they would double feed in the rifle. I took them both back and got my money. I’ve left those tapco mags loaded for years and I truly trust them with my life.
Really? I've heard nothing but bad reviews for tapco mini mags. If you say they're good, I might try one. My mini is kinda finicky, but I've never had a failure with oem mags, just aftermarket. I got 2 promags from a friend, they suck.
@@Ogrematictapco closed up shop a few years back. Unfortunately.
@@aaronrichards19886 That's too bad. I like their grips, too.
I've had several more feed issues with P-Mags than I have standard issue USGI metal M16/M4 magazines. Including some variants that had upwards of 10 light infantry deployments and still fed seamlessly. Both decent options, but I stick by what's never let me down. As opposed to upgrading a function that needs no upgrade.
Lancer and m3 pmags are the go too. I’ve seen MOE and m2 feed lips fail. Hypothetically I’ve seen an m3 go through severe military service and be requisitioned for civilian use and never fail. Including lots of suppressor use. Hypothetically.
I like plan old aluminum mags
Pmags hands down. I love my lancer mags, and my epm mags but best mags for the money are pmags.
32 round Daniel defense all day!
Or pmags.. but DD for sure.. the lancers aren’t bad either. I like being able to see my rounds in the mag.. but j don’t run then that much. I by far have more DD mags than anything
I second the DD mags. I don't even have a Daniel rifle but I do love those mags and not even for the extra 2 rounds necessarily.
Okay industries is my go to, have plenty of Pmags too.
I just had a few malfunctions with the MFT mags with my Modern Materiel Patrol. It comes with an MFT mag and I bought a few to go with it but it was failing to feed after every round I fired and crimping the round. It ran with the Pmags with no problem for a few mags so I brought all the mfts back to my gun store and they were nice enough to switch them out for me.
Lancer mags are amazing
Windowed PMAGs are undefeated
Lancer was th the metal feed lips for the win. I have plenty of Magpul mags, but i really love my lancer mags, they look better too.
I’ve owned a few different types of mags and for polymer mags it’s gen2 or 3 pmags ALL DAY all the other ones felt really crappy except for that MFT mag he showed those feel comparable in quality to pmags. Besides that I had a bunch of Okay industries GI pattern mags and old military surplus ones that I swapped the followers on that worked awesome however one of my ARs didn’t really like those so I swapped to pmags.
I love my Lancers
Drooling over this vid here from Illinois
Move.
The perfect loop doesn't exis-
DuraMag and Okay Industries all day baby!
Surefeed mags for me.
Magpul 40 round 💪🏽
Lancer and duramag ftw
Lancer L5 ftw
Pmag and Duramag ftw
I've been using ProMag for years, and I've never had any issues what so ever .
Take a class with them
Hexmag I’ve grown to like
I've always had feed issues with ProMag, and that's even across platforms. I can't even get a round to feed with the ProMag on my 10/22 backpack rifle !
Promags are great... for malfunction drills.
C defense mags are awesome. The only down side is denting the feed lips.
I'm 50/50 half Magpul PMAGS half aluminum/steel STANAG. PMAGS can shatter during winter months especially when it's below 0
I like good ol metal mags
Yup.
Not overwhelming if you simply choose Lancer
I bought 3 amend2 mags with a bandolier for $30 on sale at my local army surplus store, i figured 3 for $30 why not and if they didn't work great it would be good for malfunction drills however they work beautifully and i couldn't be happier with them.
I have a crush on Lancer mags.
I like amend 2
I've been running the amend 2 mags and pmags for the ar
Lancer masterrace
Aluminum GI mags
I love PMAGs on a mag coupler
M2 Pmags do not skip outta my rifle when I’m reloading, I have to grab the mag and pull it out before reloading
P. Mags(magpul) all day
Interesting. My shop sells magpul magazines for like $20 that’s why I buy the half price amend mags, haven’t had any issues with them
I love the Lancers, especially the .308 ones. The perfect balance between weight, strength, feed lip durability, etc. The only problem is that they cost more than Pmags and GI MAGS.
But honestly? There are so many good options out there nowadays, whether it's a GI make like the OKAY Surefeeds, various types of Pmags, or the ridiculously expensive mags from European gun manufacturers like FN, HK, etc., where a regular old black FN GI mag could cost $50, or even worse, the SCAR and particularly the HK416/417 mags, which cost(I think?) $60 for 5.56 mags, and $70 for 7.62 mags.
What comes to the AR I just keep it very simple just go for a plain steel magazine for me using plastic or Palmetto magazine my luck is never that great so they usually start cracking or breaking and I hate to say that's why I stay away from plastic magazines
Gen 2 windowless magpul or bust. Besides steel mags, i think you could argue no other mag has as much time down range.
HK magazine for the win
I like Hex mags but I have Hexmmag, pmag, and som e aluminum an d steel mags.
Had the most fun with good old $2 surplus bin metal STANAGs from the Army/Navy store. Are they reliable? No probably not. Are they cheap and abundant? You bet they are. In all seriousness, I run PMAGs in the stuff I rely on. PSA normally sells them by the boatload in ammo bundles as well. And no, I’m not a boomer. I just lived near a few military bases, so surplus was really cheap.
Gen 2 pmags are trash. I had 1 20-round mag i picked up at Academy to try out and left it loaded. After about 2 months i went to load it in the gun and it would not fit. The lip had spread so wide the top cartridge was about to pop out. Steel or aluminum mags only for me. Also it was a 30 round mag with a spacer so it wasnt even under full spring tension.
Metal feed lips on the Lancer mags or metal mags are the only ones I will use. I use to be all for Magpul, then I had several split down the side when stored loaded. Not cool.
Did you reach out to magpul? They probably would replace them.
I use lancer L5's
Lancer mags are 🔥🔥🔥
I’ve had several M2’s over insert which causes damage to the over insertion tab
I now only run m3’s or lancers or usgi
Magpul surefire
Chinese suzuki mags
Idk pmags work but they always have the issue when you slam the magazine into a closed bolt or push it in a certain way the bullets pop up not letting the mag seat
Note that some MFT mags have baseplates that are glued on.
Lancers work until you get below 30 degrees, then they become useless. My department threw away 30 of them during our rifle course. They suck.
Only downside to Lancer is that they don't work well in cold temperatures. Thats interesting, never heard that before up till now. I know Lancer makes great mags but didn't know they had that one that very one major flaw. I do hope that Lancer will make improvements overtime. The military and LEO agencies are using pmags and Lancer. Lancer mags are more so with the special operations community than a basic grunt, standard or regular military guys are using Gen 3 pmags
Dang you said negative 30. I will stick to my 115⁰. But always good to know. It does get close to 0⁰ up in north az but not -30 that's cold
@@azdesertrat7414 Not “30 below”. But rather below 30 degrees, as in just below freezing. 30 Fahrenheit. Our temps were in the 20’s when we experienced all the malfunctions.
Hmm I have had Zero issues in northeastern Pennsylvania.
You just threw away 30 mags?? Shoulda called me I would have taken em off ur hands to dispose of properly
I’m a mag pull guy I prefer gen 3s but have a a couple gen 2s and I don’t really like them a whole lot my 3s lock in perfect with 30 rounds my 2s don’t and need some extra umph to get them to lock in
D&H metal mags or pmag is the only way. Chad points for 20 rounders.
I use amend2
It’s not overwhelming at all
Pmags or bust
Either plastic PMAG or steel VIET mag
Never had an issue with Magpul, MFT, Lancer, or even Duramag. Will never buy another Hexmag or Pro Mag.
Find some wholesale ammo bundled with pmags thrown in at a discount.
Not gonna drop names, but I got a box of 500 Winchester M855, and 10 gen3 pmags for under $350.
If there used a lot, metal ones don’t ware out on the mag catch notch.
Metal mags are the best! Military issued metal mags!
PMags are great, but steel mags are still the best.
Steel dura mags all the way
It’s not overwhelming. Pmag
I have half pmags half hex mags not one issue with hexmag
I use amend2 mags because they are made in my city of Idaho falls
Daniel defense makes a good ar mag.
Although I can’t find any for my AR-10 I prefer metal mags for my 15.
Hexmags work great
I liked aluminum mags until I bent their feed lips. So I liked windowed pmags until I weighed them and saw they weigh almost as much as steel, cost more than steel, but wont last the long run like steel. So I liked stainless steel duramags until I found out about lancer mags.
Steel feed lips, polymer body, weight as much as aluminum, and fully transparent. Lancer is what Pmag should have been.
I don't get why people spend $20 on windowed pmags anymore, they just aren't worth that for a heavier option thats ultimately designed to be disposable.
Bought a lancer and it’s junk. Fails to cycle next round after shooting. But people seems to say they are great. Wondering if I got a bad one
Metal HK mags. Yes they are 60.00. But can you put a price on the most important piece of equipment?
Super weird non firearm related question, but what are the levels set to for transmitter gain, receiver gain, and camera audio for that DJI?
If you bang on the bottom of mft mags three rounds usually fly out
My gun came with a pmag but its reliably double feeding once a mag lol, prolly just that mag since everyone else has good luck but got some steel mags and they work great
I used to love my life and then Washington State turned blue and YELLOW
Magpul Pmag 10/30 (compliance) M3 is about 56$ here. Damn.
Surefire 60
GI steel mags with enhanced followers FTW!
What about for the .458 SOCOM caliber?
And don't say lancer mags because they break and split open.
I use D&H tactical mags
I've ran mft 30 round mags for the last 5-6 years with 0 issues
I am a full constitutionalist and 2A supporter, but am just curious on isn’t your guys shop in Washington or something? How do you guys have and or sell some of the guns and mags you
Do? I know you guys prob have a ffl, class 3 or 7, but the normal citizen buying anything wouldn’t have?