I have used MFT mags and put 2-3k rounds with absolutely no issues. I love the quality and reliability and will continue to use and recommend this magazine. I LOVE IT!!!
I bought several of those mags from Academy and after several months of being fully loaded they warped and shot cartridges everywhere. I informed MFT and they sent me replacement mags and they were the extreme duty model.
The first of the MFTs I bought were horrible durability I called them and was told there was a bad batch of plastic that was used for there mags that they were trying to recall. They sent me new mags free of charge plus an extra and return label for the old ones. Haven’t had a problem since.
Spoke with MFT via email, and they admitted to a manufacturing run out of spec. I bought one and have it loaded with 30 rounds. I will monitor it over the next while, as I rarely get the opportunity to actually go shoot. I am giving them the benefit of the doubt - and wit a lifetime warranty, I have nothing to lose. I am pulling for them. Mags over $10 seem to be too expensive- even though I own 3 Pmags. The rest of mine are aluminum mags from different manufacturers.
I picked up a couple last week. Took them to the range today along with my normal pmags. Chambered fine, fire, failure to feed. Clear. Chamber. Failure to feed. Happened with both mags. Pmags ran flawless as usual. Only thing I could think is the temp. 22° with 15 mile an hour winds. I will try them again and see if it continues.
@@josh1158 Well, maybe it has something to do with your luck. Or the ammo that you use. These MFT mags are now officially my mags of choice. I've been using them for three years now -- not a single mag-related jam, perfect feeding, no spitting at all. Besides 5.56x45, they work perfectly well with .300 Blackout and .458 SOCOM ammo.
@@Semyon_Semyonych Yes its possible I bought a bad batch. My pmags perform perfectly with the same ammo but I'm not willing to buy anymore honestly. One bad experience was enough for me 🥴 I wish you continued good luck!! 😊
I still religiously use OKAY Surefeed mags on the ready for defensive purposes…I have a few P-Mags for the range and for back ups…I searched these because I purchased their REACT foregrip and I saw these on their website and was curious to see a review. I like their window mags, look really cool to take pictures with, hopefully they turn out to be reliable to actually use
The reason they hold 31 is because if you load 30 like normal you can insert into your platform on a closed bolt very easily. Not recommended to load 31. They call it a 30rnd mag for a reason with the added feature to change magazines on a closed bolt
In 2022, MFT mags have a spacer that limits them to 20 rd. Look for '20/30' on the wrapper. While it's a pain to get the baseplate off, the spacer can be easily cut off the spring guide, for the full 30 rd capacity.
You need to check out the MTF Extreme Duty Poly Magazines which typically cost $2 - $3 more than these MFT Standard Duty Poly Magazines. They are AWESOME...!
I have 2 of the Colorado 15rnd mags never an issue with except one time with a target 77grain HPBT match grade .223 only one did not load, something I did loading the mag no doubt. I like their mags good as PMags in my mind.
Call me old school, but for reliability in a life and death situation I will stick with my NHMTG aluminum magazines. Bought a few of them a few years ago. As far as I know, you can no longer get the NHMTG magazines. These polymer mags would be alright for the range or for plinking, but I’m not sure if I would trust them with my life. I might trust my life with Pmags, but not these.
They were never meant to be better than pmags... Just another option to serve a market that is constantly looking for mags. They have extra room so you can seat the magazine efficiently when it is fully loaded, NOT meant to hold 31 rounds.
Interestingly, on the floor plate of one of mine there is a CAGE code. It looks like they are hoping to sell some to the government/Department of Defense.
31 .223 rounds despite being listed as a 30 rnd mag... interesting. I wonder if that's cause theyre are also 300 Blackout rated? if thats the case then maybe 31, .223 capacity makes room for the larger, 30 rounds of 300 BO? I don't know and haven't tested it but I'll take that as a good sign that the marketing lanuage on the plastic bag that it comes in isn't just gibberish. Maybe this IS one of those contemporary mags that was truly designed to properly feed multi calibers into a milspec AR, including 300 BO. I hope so. that's why I bought this mag from my beloved Rural King as a trial. I just got my first 300BO gun not too long ago and need all around solid components to make it go bang every time. I got on UA-cam tonight to learn more and I think your discovery of the odd capacity answers ny questions about wether or not MFT is the truth.
I got one at Rural King for like 11 bucks... Hate them they don't drop out from the lower like a good magazine does. From the top spreading apart. Also when I have a magazine in my carry bag bullets fall out of it for some reason. That doesn't happen with my Lancer or Magpul magazines. If they work for some cool. But for basically the same price or a dollar or 2 more I'll get Magpul all day everyday. I'm probably going to throw mine away. I don't even want it as a spare honestly.
I have both the MFT mag and Pmags. I much prefer Pmags because the polymer material is much less slippery feeling. The stippling on the MFT just kinda sucks
Agree. Just 10-15 years ago, most of the plastic mags were crap. But now, there's a number of plastic mags of a very high quality on the market. Very often, their quality is superior to the steel mags...
have any of you noticed some pretty sever mag wobble with these mags? I picket two up the other day on a whim they seemed alright and loaded up pretty easy, but once in my S&W sport2 it wobbled all over the place, like alot. pmags seem to fit nice and snug perfectly. I also noticed rounds dont seem to strip from the mag as easily or smoothly from the MFT.
I don't own any MFT, but ETS mags needed a nice solid smack in my PSA and Anderson lowers. They function as good as anything after I started doing that. Maybe give it a try.
+amberTrichome I just got one for testing, but I'll leave it fully loaded and see how she holds up over extended periods of time. It honestly feels the same quality as a regular old PMAG so I don't see it acting any differently. Freezing it or leaving it out in the sun would be a good test environment that I might try. Thanks
These mags suck in my experience. Both mags that came with my rifle broke within the first 60 rounds. Unless they were fake, I won’t use them ever again
I don't know if I'd choose them over a p-mag gen 3 because they are so new to the market, but I will say initial impressions seem to be that they are on par with Magpul quality!
@@420sthedaytopray In this particular case, low price doesn't mean low quality. They started a couple of years ago with literally dumping prices -- abt.$7.50 apiece, but now, as people are getting familiar with the product and its rather good quality, the prices have gone up: I don't think you can find one now for less than $15.
picked up two of these mags a few weeks ago and had four failure to feed issues with them. Switched to my four p-mags and had zero feed issues. I would never buy MFT mags ever again.
I got an MFT mag and put 30 rounds in it. I put it in a drawer in my room, opened the drawer a few days later, and there were 28 rounds sitting in a pile with 2 rounds in the mag. At first I thought someone played a joke on me so I reloaded the mag with about 26 rounds so 28 total, I pushed down on the round about half an inch and let go and about 16 rounds came flying out of the magazine. Idk if the feed lips are out of spec or what but I've never had that problem with a PMAG. Just not a cool first experience.
Streaydog 01 Good luck with those. Maybe they've corrected the problem since then. Have you tried to tap a fully loaded mag on your leg or drop it on the ground to see if any rounds fly out?
These mags are good to start but over time tend to become less reliable. The polymer starts to give and ammo falls out. In my opinion they are only good for the range. Would not recommend for law enforcement or military.
MFT MAGS DO NOT COMPARE TO MAGPULS WHAT SO EVER. Daniel defense mags, Lancer mags black (clear) or (smoked dark or light) are bad ass with metal feed lips. And that’s it. And then metal GI mags. Everything else can pretty much suck it. The Troy , hexmag and the mft are similar and OK but not on the level of DANIEL DEFENSE, LANCER, or MAGPUL. I would say Daniels are the best and hold a few extra rounds, then lancer and magpul. Period. If you say otherwise you’re a paid shill.
I bought two of the mft mags at Academy both fucking sucked took them both back next day for refund also let the manager know why and he needed to tell corporate. The mags didn't work right had one mag jam a bullet into the case cos the anti tilt didnt work right it fed the round into the chamber went off with trigger pull put the bullet into the throat of the barrel fired extracted the case slammed the next round in lucky it was outta battery click no bang extracted the round looked into chamber no case stuck. Racked another round click no bang i extracted the round pulled bolt looled into barrel no light ran rod down barrel out popped the bullet with a black POWDER burn on the back and dent from the bullets not in battery . lucky it was out of time or i wouldn't be writing this commentary fuck mft ill only buy pmags i have never had one issue ever with pmags 1000s on top of 1000s of rounds good safe performance. Good things aint cheap and cheap things ain't good ill dropp the 14.99 and pass on 9.99 mft cheap shittty mags lifetime warranty dont do any good if your dead . thank God it was out of time and didnt blow up my gun.
They sell 10/30s also. I bought a few. One big drawback is that the 10/30s can only load 9 rounds to be able to lock in on a closed bolt. 10 rounds would not go in even with a hard slap.
Can the Mission First Tactical magazines that are permanently sealed be converted from 10 rounds to 30 rounds ? Has it been done yet? Please, no smart ass answers to dumb ass questions. I’m sure it can be done, but how?
This mag sucks. It's made out of cheap material. So you load them for storage and the spring will push pressure on the cheap polymer material, and spit rounds out of it due to the plastic flexing at the top of the mag.
POS....i bought 3 of these....in 90 degree plus weather I left them on my work bench and they spit out every round. The plastic is too weak and can't hold the bullets in. Never buy these
Oh wow, I haven't seen that happen yet and I have a few of these fully loaded sitting there for the last year or so. I'll tell you what did happen to me the other day, a Lancer mag loaded up for months didn't want to feed rounds up the mag. I had to take it apart and oil it.
I have used MFT mags and put 2-3k rounds with absolutely no issues. I love the quality and reliability and will continue to use and recommend this magazine. I LOVE IT!!!
I know this is a older video I found the mft mags at my local gun store for 9.95 a piece used no issues and very reliable
I bought several of those mags from Academy and after several months of being fully loaded they warped and shot cartridges everywhere. I informed MFT and they sent me replacement mags and they were the extreme duty model.
Did they ask for proof of purchase?
@@felipem6370 just a picture of the date stamp
@@KiefferPlant small circles that look like a clock right?
@@felipem6370 yes
The first of the MFTs I bought were horrible durability I called them and was told there was a bad batch of plastic that was used for there mags that they were trying to recall. They sent me new mags free of charge plus an extra and return label for the old ones. Haven’t had a problem since.
Spoke with MFT via email, and they admitted to a manufacturing run out of spec. I bought one and have it loaded with 30 rounds. I will monitor it over the next while, as I rarely get the opportunity to actually go shoot. I am giving them the benefit of the doubt - and wit a lifetime warranty, I have nothing to lose. I am pulling for them. Mags over $10 seem to be too expensive- even though I own 3 Pmags. The rest of mine are aluminum mags from different manufacturers.
I picked up a couple last week. Took them to the range today along with my normal pmags. Chambered fine, fire, failure to feed. Clear. Chamber. Failure to feed. Happened with both mags. Pmags ran flawless as usual. Only thing I could think is the temp. 22° with 15 mile an hour winds. I will try them again and see if it continues.
Surprisingly, these MFT nags are really cool! I got 10 of them at $7.99 a year ago -- never ever had a single issue with any of them...
They are garbage. Mine spit the rounds out after the 22nd bullet
@@josh1158
Well, maybe it has something to do with your luck. Or the ammo that you use. These MFT mags are now officially my mags of choice. I've been using them for three years now -- not a single mag-related jam, perfect feeding, no spitting at all. Besides 5.56x45, they work perfectly well with .300 Blackout and .458 SOCOM ammo.
@@Semyon_Semyonych Yes its possible I bought a bad batch. My pmags perform perfectly with the same ammo but I'm not willing to buy anymore honestly. One bad experience was enough for me 🥴 I wish you continued good luck!! 😊
@@josh1158 Thank you!
I still religiously use OKAY Surefeed mags on the ready for defensive purposes…I have a few P-Mags for the range and for back ups…I searched these because I purchased their REACT foregrip and I saw these on their website and was curious to see a review. I like their window mags, look really cool to take pictures with, hopefully they turn out to be reliable to actually use
The reason they hold 31 is because if you load 30 like normal you can insert into your platform on a closed bolt very easily. Not recommended to load 31. They call it a 30rnd mag for a reason with the added feature to change magazines on a closed bolt
In 2022, MFT mags have a spacer that limits them to 20 rd. Look for '20/30' on the wrapper. While it's a pain to get the baseplate off, the spacer can be easily cut off the spring guide, for the full 30 rd capacity.
You need to check out the MTF Extreme Duty Poly Magazines which typically cost $2 - $3 more than these MFT Standard Duty Poly Magazines. They are AWESOME...!
I have 2 of the Colorado 15rnd mags never an issue with except one time with a target 77grain HPBT match grade
.223 only one did not load, something I did loading the mag no doubt. I like their mags good as PMags in my mind.
P-Mags are great they hold up to the grind of the fight when you need reliability. I will look into MF mags soon to see how they hold up!
Call me old school, but for reliability in a life and death situation I will stick with my NHMTG aluminum magazines. Bought a few of them a few years ago. As far as I know, you can no longer get the NHMTG magazines. These polymer mags would be alright for the range or for plinking, but I’m not sure if I would trust them with my life. I might trust my life with Pmags, but not these.
They were never meant to be better than pmags... Just another option to serve a market that is constantly looking for mags. They have extra room so you can seat the magazine efficiently when it is fully loaded, NOT meant to hold 31 rounds.
In the near future Washington Stare is going to band anything over 10 round magazines.
Cant keep ammo to stay in this magazine. Unloads in storage
I have the same issue
Check to see if there gen l or gen ll mags. I've seen people having problems like that with the gen l mags.
Yepp complete garbage! Throwing them out and getting more p mags
picked one up at bass pro, awesome mag with features that beat pmags and I only paid 9 bucks. ill be returning for many many more.
Garbage 🗑
I like some of their stuff, I have their AK handguard. Which is a nice piece. So with that being said, even ProMag works the first couple times lol
Looks legit! Thanks for the video.
Interestingly, on the floor plate of one of mine there is a CAGE code. It looks like they are hoping to sell some to the government/Department of Defense.
31 .223 rounds despite being listed as a 30 rnd mag... interesting. I wonder if that's cause theyre are also 300 Blackout rated? if thats the case then maybe 31, .223 capacity makes room for the larger, 30 rounds of 300 BO? I don't know and haven't tested it but I'll take that as a good sign that the marketing lanuage on the plastic bag that it comes in isn't just gibberish. Maybe this IS one of those contemporary mags that was truly designed to properly feed multi calibers into a milspec AR, including 300 BO. I hope so. that's why I bought this mag from my beloved Rural King as a trial. I just got my first 300BO gun not too long ago and need all around solid components to make it go bang every time. I got on UA-cam tonight to learn more and I think your discovery of the odd capacity answers ny questions about wether or not MFT is the truth.
C Pulliam 300 blackout is a 556/223 casing cut down and stuffed with a 7.62 bullet. Even those pmags will hold 300 blackout rounds
C Pulliam
It's designed for 30 rounds. The extra room makes it easy to insert with a closed bolt.
I put a c-clamp on it and heated it up with a torch to soften the polymer and threw it in the freezer to harden it...
I own both....these DO NOT compare to Pmags.
I got one at Rural King for like 11 bucks... Hate them they don't drop out from the lower like a good magazine does. From the top spreading apart. Also when I have a magazine in my carry bag bullets fall out of it for some reason. That doesn't happen with my Lancer or Magpul magazines. If they work for some cool. But for basically the same price or a dollar or 2 more I'll get Magpul all day everyday. I'm probably going to throw mine away. I don't even want it as a spare honestly.
I like the 31 rounds!
I have both the MFT mag and Pmags. I much prefer Pmags because the polymer material is much less slippery feeling. The stippling on the MFT just kinda sucks
have 20 of these not one problem one hold 31 rounds sense taken out of package still spits all them out even after a year in storage
700 rounds steel case and only one problem feeding ever. Not blameing the mag. iv had much more trouble with steel mags
Agree. Just 10-15 years ago, most of the plastic mags were crap. But now, there's a number of plastic mags of a very high quality on the market. Very often, their quality is superior to the steel mags...
Had one. Tried storing it with rounds in. Feed lips split open and the mag became hard to put in magwell
That was a bad batch of Gen 1's, the Mod II is MUCH more ridgid
Just paid 20$ in California
It doesn't feed right in the Ruger AR 556 i bought 7 of them they all have the same issue
have any of you noticed some pretty sever mag wobble with these mags?
I picket two up the other day on a whim they seemed alright and loaded up pretty easy, but once in my S&W sport2 it wobbled all over the place, like alot. pmags seem to fit nice and snug perfectly.
I also noticed rounds dont seem to strip from the mag as easily or smoothly from the MFT.
Same here. Pick up two today and its got tons of wobble. Slow feeding
if I load a full 30 rounds it won't seat properly in my PSA lower. magpul pmags load just fine. it's only one round but pmags win for me
naterod1719 make sure you're not accidentally putting 31 into it 31 will easily fit
sounds like a pibcak
I don't own any MFT, but ETS mags needed a nice solid smack in my PSA and Anderson lowers. They function as good as anything after I started doing that. Maybe give it a try.
Love mft mags!
I pay 10 for them but they are only 20 rds. Cut them apart and cut the plug to make them 30
Some segments in the video are stamped not adjacent to each other
Pmag killer, I think not lol. Let’s throw these through some military testing first like the marines did with pmags.
I got 30 mags of MFT MOD2 :)
Mod2s are great mags.
Have you left these things loaded yet? My 10rd warped with a full mag after 12 hours and wouldnt hold any even number of rounds
+amberTrichome I just got one for testing, but I'll leave it fully loaded and see how she holds up over extended periods of time. It honestly feels the same quality as a regular old PMAG so I don't see it acting any differently. Freezing it or leaving it out in the sun would be a good test environment that I might try. Thanks
These mags suck in my experience. Both mags that came with my rifle broke within the first 60 rounds. Unless they were fake, I won’t use them ever again
The rounds keep poping out
would you choose them over a P-mag gen 3?
I don't know if I'd choose them over a p-mag gen 3 because they are so new to the market, but I will say initial impressions seem to be that they are on par with Magpul quality!
Alan Pattee academy had them for 7.50 right know
Yep, that deal ends saturday, just bought 6 of them. I notice because it's skinnier it will rattle in the well a little bit
The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten. - Ben Franklin in regards to MFT vs. Magpul
@@420sthedaytopray
In this particular case, low price doesn't mean low quality. They started a couple of years ago with literally dumping prices -- abt.$7.50 apiece, but now, as people are getting familiar with the product and its rather good quality, the prices have gone up: I don't think you can find one now for less than $15.
picked up two of these mags a few weeks ago and had four failure to feed issues with them. Switched to my four p-mags and had zero feed issues. I would never buy MFT mags ever again.
SpandexLurch Gaming I call bullshit
I got an MFT mag and put 30 rounds in it. I put it in a drawer in my room, opened the drawer a few days later, and there were 28 rounds sitting in a pile with 2 rounds in the mag. At first I thought someone played a joke on me so I reloaded the mag with about 26 rounds so 28 total, I pushed down on the round about half an inch and let go and about 16 rounds came flying out of the magazine. Idk if the feed lips are out of spec or what but I've never had that problem with a PMAG. Just not a cool first experience.
@@420sthedaytopray wow my mft mags works flawlessly. Bought 4 and shot a full load through each and no problems.
Streaydog 01 Good luck with those. Maybe they've corrected the problem since then. Have you tried to tap a fully loaded mag on your leg or drop it on the ground to see if any rounds fly out?
@@420sthedaytopray you can load them to 31rds
These mags are good to start but over time tend to become less reliable. The polymer starts to give and ammo falls out. In my opinion they are only good for the range. Would not recommend for law enforcement or military.
MFT MAGS DO NOT COMPARE TO MAGPULS WHAT SO EVER. Daniel defense mags, Lancer mags black (clear) or (smoked dark or light) are bad ass with metal feed lips. And that’s it. And then metal GI mags. Everything else can pretty much suck it. The Troy , hexmag and the mft are similar and OK but not on the level of DANIEL DEFENSE, LANCER, or MAGPUL. I would say Daniels are the best and hold a few extra rounds, then lancer and magpul. Period. If you say otherwise you’re a paid shill.
SoFlaShooter2189 I've been using
MFT mags for over a year now and they've all functioned perfectly.
Now where's my check ?
Mine have a habit of spewing 10-15 rounds out once fully loaded and left alone or bumped. 🤷♂️
Mine did the same thing, I loaded 30 in there and 28 flew out with the slightest bump.
26 of these magazines in my stock, always loaded to capacity, and rotated often. Not one problem yet.
No comparison. PMag reigns king.
Did you just say the lower end steal mags? 😂
....those bargain HK mags. Lol
I bought two of the mft mags at Academy both fucking sucked took them both back next day for refund also let the manager know why and he needed to tell corporate. The mags didn't work right had one mag jam a bullet into the case cos the anti tilt didnt work right it fed the round into the chamber went off with trigger pull put the bullet into the throat of the barrel fired extracted the case slammed the next round in lucky it was outta battery click no bang extracted the round looked into chamber no case stuck. Racked another round click no bang i extracted the round pulled bolt looled into barrel no light ran rod down barrel out popped the bullet with a black POWDER burn on the back and dent from the bullets not in battery . lucky it was out of time or i wouldn't be writing this commentary fuck mft ill only buy pmags i have never had one issue ever with pmags 1000s on top of 1000s of rounds good safe performance. Good things aint cheap and cheap things ain't good ill dropp the 14.99 and pass on 9.99 mft cheap shittty mags lifetime warranty dont do any good if your dead . thank God it was out of time and didnt blow up my gun.
I have 3 MFT mod 2, shitty as hell. Malfunction at every shooting.
These things are complete garbage. They warp under pressure and spit out rounds without warning. Junk. Let's see if they stand behind their warranty.
There to soft to hold up
can these be converted to only hold 10rds to be legal in CA?
Just dont live in CA lol
Risky Business I'd imagine If you changed the follower it could be done, or a spacer on the baseplate.
They sell 10/30s also. I bought a few. One big drawback is that the 10/30s can only load 9 rounds to be able to lock in on a closed bolt. 10 rounds would not go in even with a hard slap.
You can buy these at turners outdoors for way cheap.
But if you get the chance, bail on California.... if you like your guns
Can the Mission First Tactical magazines that are permanently sealed be converted from 10 rounds to 30 rounds ? Has it been done yet? Please, no smart ass answers to dumb ass questions. I’m sure it can be done, but how?
This mag sucks. It's made out of cheap material. So you load them for storage and the spring will push pressure on the cheap polymer material, and spit rounds out of it due to the plastic flexing at the top of the mag.
No
No.... its trash man...mine just keep ejecting as i load it...nobody buy this trash
JUNK
Honestly, yeah
POS....i bought 3 of these....in 90 degree plus weather I left them on my work bench and they spit out every round. The plastic is too weak and can't hold the bullets in. Never buy these
Oh wow, I haven't seen that happen yet and I have a few of these fully loaded sitting there for the last year or so. I'll tell you what did happen to me the other day, a Lancer mag loaded up for months didn't want to feed rounds up the mag. I had to take it apart and oil it.
Chris Lee hmm that’s very WEIRD I’ve never have had a problem with mines
Gen 3 pmags won't work in my bcm