Amend2 Mag Review: Are they just as good as Magpul & Duramags?
Вставка
- Опубліковано 19 тра 2021
- Welp.... it's time for more "Just as Good" this time we are tackling AR magazines from Amend2 Mags. Are they just as good as steel duramags or Pmags? The results surprised me!
Products I'll make $$ from:
- Sly Tactical Slings: They are 100% made in the USA and the adjustment is so silky smooth and has ZERO binding... plus the Class 1 nylon will not chafe your sensitive neck. I have them IN STOCK on my website at www.defconcreative.com/produc... ... or you can use code DEFCON at www.slytactical.com for the same pricing but get whatever you want - Комедії
I bought 12 Amend2 mags last year. I'm a police officer and wanted more ammo for my patrol rifle. I keep my extra rifle mags in various places in my patrol car, mainly in the door pockets for easy access.
After only 3 or 4 weeks of them in my car the Amend2 mags started popping rounds out of them randomly.... Sometimes while I was driving, sometimes just when my car was sitting. I'd come out to go on duty and check them after making sure they were all loaded from the day before and several of the mags had lost rounds. I had 2 issued gen 2 Pmags and an old steel mag from when I was in the Army that had been loaded for about 2 years in my door pockets with no issues.
I contacted Amend2 and they replaced all of the mags.
Again, after only a few weeks, they started losing rounds again. I'd be driving and I could hear the rounds popping out. I even recorded it with my phone.
I had high hopes for those mags, being a veteran owned company and myself being an Army veteran, but I again sent them back and went with Magpul.
I have 10 Pmags loaded and stored in my patrol car and have had no issues with them... There's a reason the military and police agencies go with Magpul.
Good info to have! I have 2 of the amend 2’s in my van for the past few months and they haven’t popped out any rounds yet. Do you load your p mags all the way to 30?
@@defconcreative Yes, all of my mags are topped off.
I just bought 2 more today, 1 gen 2 and a gen 3 with the window. I have them coupled with the Maglink in my patrol rifle.
I'm sure the Amend2 mags are fine sitting on a shelf or in a gun safe/case, but my mags stay in my police car 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They get hot, they get cold and everything between and with the Amend2's failing the way they did, I can't trust them to be with me when TSHTF.
I get it 💯! Good info to have for sure, the biggest thing to have the confidence that your gear will be ready when you need it!
I had this issue with Mission First Tactical (MFT) with loaded mags in an ammo can. The feed lips are too soft in my opinion.
That being said, I just purchased two Amend 2 mod 2 mags and the feed lips feel the same. I no longer use MFT’s and gave some away, but these Amend 2 mags may be returned before I even try them out.
Never had any issues with my Gen 2 or 3 Magpul mags.
The big problem with the A2 mags is if you store loaded the feed lips will spread tremendously to the point it is almost impossible to get the mag in. They were great at first but I wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole knowing what I know now.
Exactly right.. I had the same issue!
Ditto. All of mine had to be stripped from the magwell when loaded. After a while a couple would still stick even when empty, meaning the deformation is permanent.
If you want to see this happen I have a short video on my channel showing this happening.
Yeah I found out the hard way after I bought 10 of them
Had the same issue with mft mags
I used the A2 Mags for duty for about a year. The problem with the A2 Mags wasn't that it wouldn't seat or function; the problem is over time the top of the mag began to slowly separate and rounds would eject in my mag pouch without me knowing. Per policy I loaded up 28 rounds, when downloading the mags I ended up with 25, 26 and a 28 round mag. I noticed the sa.e thing with my P Mags too. I'll be switching to all metal mags for now.
Give a lancer mag a shot. They are the best of both worlds. IMO they are the best mags that I have found.
Just make sure the followers on your metal mags have long legs.
Next comparison to Lancer would be very interesting to see
I’ll have to go grab some
Good video. Thanks for posting. I keep seeing the Amend2 mags for sale at 10/$7.99 which is very good pricing. I wanted to see some reviews and yours came up first.
Thank you for a great video! I never heard of Amend2, currently building another AR15 but in 6.5 Grendel and picked up a couple of Amend2 20rd mags. My 5.56 AR-15 and .308 AR10 I use only PMAG’s.
Yeah I was really shocked at my experience with the amend2’s, interested to see how they work for you
6.5 Grendel Amend2 mag? How are you liking them?
My overall experience with them was not good! Had difficulty loading them and had feeding issues. Returned them, exchanged them for 10rd Duramags and haven’t had any issues since.
@@anthonykeel1058 I have 7 Alexander Arms E-Lander mags. Six 24 rounders and one 4 round mag, they have been great but I haven’t been able to use them a lot. Bought them for $14 each and now they are at 27.99
Have you ever tried or tested Okay Industries Surefeed ar 15 magazines made out of aluminum been around since 1973. Also they make the 1st generation with using Magpul followers and 2nd generation is the E2 with their own blue follower design with the grip dots on both sides of the magazine.
I have not but I will be sure to in the future
Great video! I just bought 10 Amend2 AR mags for $8.99!
Interesting findings in those tests. The amend 2 mags I have would dump rounds if dropped the shop floor(consistently) and have had issues with both over insertion, and not wanting to stay locked in place. They are super squishy compared to PMags.
Also they don’t work with stripper clips which I find annoying. It’s pretty handy to use stripper clips to top off mags during a match or a class.
The ones I have had have proved themselves pretty crappy.
I have had zero issues but I don’t use stripper clips. Honestly I was surprised at the results. I know amend2 did a redesign a while back... maybe you have older ones 🤷🏼♂️.... I’ve hear of other people having issues but like I said I am a sample size of one!
same experience here
Very helpful info, really enjoyed , thanks
I bought two last year so far no issues
I did a polymer g150 ar15 build and didn't have any mags watched this video and bought 2 amend 2 mags 💯👌🏾
Let me know how they work... also I don’t use polymer lowers... they break easily
I run the heck out of Amend2 mags, I have a lot of them and keep them loaded up to 28 rounds all year long in ammo carriers, on my plate carrier and a battle belt in various temperatures! Never had rounds “pop out” no cycle problems on semi and binary select positions, 3 years on the same good mags! NRA RSO combat courses.
They are not. i have two of them i bought to try and brand new you can load them up, leave them for a bit and the feed lips separate. then they are stiffer going in the mag well. The two i have will unload themselves just sitting on a shelf or in my go bag if you leave them loaded for 30 minutes. I did contact amend 2 and they'll warranty replace them but i have to pay for shipping to return them.. the shipping is almost as high as the mags themselves so it would be like buying two more if i paid to ship them back.. I need to post a video of the two i have so others can see how horrible they are. i have pmags and aluminum mags they hold up well, but i'm going to start running all aluminum mags, simply because they worked for the military for many many years with no problems. If the springs get weak you can take them apart and stretch the springs, put it back together and they are good as new. no problems with aluminum mags or pmags. I just prefer the aluminum mags these days. They have proven themselves for many years as the military standard. got a few used aluminum mags from a friend who brought them back from vietnam and they still work like new.
Nice review man actually really informational! Maybe next time an idea to be more thorough would be like running different grain rounds through them like 55, 62, even 77 just to see if they run them all.
Good idea! Honestly i've run a lot of different ammo through all 3 brands for the past couple years and I haven't had any issues except on duramags....
@@defconcreative nice good to know
B.R.O uses the Amend2 mag on their rifles... they seem to be very reliable and work very well.
I bought a 6 pack of these in 2017 and just found them the other day, 3 of the 6 won't even stay locked in the receiver. I'll stick to PMags
Great content! Subbed!
Thanks!!
The mags I use on my AR are the Pmag’s and the Aluminum Duramag. That’s all you need in my opinion.
That’s cool!
Until yiu drop the duramags once and it goes out of spec and doesn’t feed anymore. You could literally buy surefeeds for a dollar more which are stronger and built much better
thanks for the review
Gen 3 pmag have a lip to stop over insertion, if you pick up a pmag without one it could be a gen1 or gen 2 🤷🏻♀️
I think a better test would be to load all of those mags and let them sit for a couple years and then take them to the range and see how they run. Only time will tell if the polymer mags will deform or not, and still be able to do the job reliably.
So right now as I'm watching your video, I just pulled out to amend 2 mags that have been loaded since 2020, maybe 2019. One of them I dropped on my carpeted basement floor and seven rounds few out of the top so I unloaded the rest, every time I pulled one round up another one would fly out behind it. This issue is caused from the feed lips spreading overtime while being loaded fully, it does not even come close to dropping free anymore even when loaded. I have to yank it out from the mag well.
I'm wondering if there is a big difference between the regular amend 2 mags and the amend 2 texas edition like you have in the video? I just got 3 of the regular amend 2's and have feeding problems with all 3. They were $7.49 each from durkin tactical.
I know I’m a little bit late to the game. But when it comes to polymer mags that are for serious use its Magpul gen3 window pmags all day. When it come to metal mags only D&H mags aka BCM mags for me. Yes I do have some lancers and some gen 2 pmags but I only use those for fun at the range.
their AR mags are great. never had 1 issue with them
P mags are almost always 12.50 on PSA or 12.99-14 at local stores in Alaska never leave store without at least 2 mags
I got my Amend2 mags for 8 bucks a pop i bought 20 of them and not regretted it
Suggestion for the test. Test mags on the test that Pmags needed to pass for the Marine contract.
I love my NHMTG aluminum mags. I don’t dislike polymer mags, but I would much rather use aluminum mags. Of course, Lancer makes a hybrid mag, with spring steel and polymer. I have some of those too.
Easy answer for the Duramag issue is as you e mentioned throughout your video is that you e been running Duramags which most likely after cleaning your magazine, you didn’t reattach the bottom slide plate correctly. I’ve got a ton of SS Duramags and have NEVER had any issues after dropping, stepping or tossing them while fully loaded. I stock up on Duramag SS and Magpul M3’s for all my 556’s and 308’s. I once bought an Amend2 just to try it out and was immediately taken by how cheap and thin the feed lips were, I left it at the range as trash!
Did you use aluminum or stainless steel dura ?
Great video! What’s pants you running?
Those are actually 5.11.... but they don’t look like 5.11 so I like them 😂
@@defconcreative damn legitness haha! Would you happen to know which ones? Fit seems great and not baggy
Lancers are great mags as well
Yep I run lancers and pmags primarily
Pmags or OKAY surefeed..if the military thinks they are good enough who am I to argue
Waiting for the “military only buys the cheapest thing”
One thing you fail to mention was it PMags or the most comfortable on your hands to load with one finger at a time pressing them in
Good review. Highly recommend that you watch TheManSpot review of these. More brands tested, goes as far as shooting the mags, then firing the mags full auto, then repeating until failure. Guess which mag lasts longest.
🤷🏼♂️ magpul?
@@defconcreative sent the link, and no.
I can’t find that video
Magpul. Even millions spent being tested by marines and they are the most durable and best feeding under all conditions and the entire marines is switching to them. And the marines tested all mag brands and magpul, surefeed and lancer came out too 3. Magpul just had extra qualities over the other 2
2 years fully loaded with 29 rounds amend 2 and never any problems
When a mag gets dropped it's usually about a 2 1/5 to 3 foot drop you were dropping them from about 5 feet, but i still prefer the metal magazines, plastic is going to fail at some point ,metal may get a dent but not usually
There’s a reason marines switched to pmags. Pmags take drops much better than metal mags as polymer is more resilient to drops and returns to shape where metal just de ar causing feeding issues
"how often are you gonna drop a full mag?"
I don't know about anyone else, but I drop shit all the time for various reasons, and I'd like all my expensive bullets to stay _inside_ the magazine if at all possible.
Thanks few reviews inbthe you tube
Here today 9-17-21 an online company having a sale on the Amend 2 this weekend for 7.99 each.......seems a decent buy.....
That’s a really decent price… LOAD UP
The springs wear out easy on amd2 the spring memory is not good if left to sit loaded the spring looses it spring and stays compressed allowing rounds to fall out freely and in heat feed lips deform in the end I'll stay with Lancer,feedsafe or gen 3 p's,us palm or magpul
$15 MAGS? I haven’t paid that much ever…
We pay double that in Canada $$ 😞
@@McKillroy007 😳
Store I would've bought Amend2 Magazines from got those mags for $7.99 each.
Overwhelming for 556 magazines.
Gunmagwarehouse has great deals on a lot of stuff that's just as good if not better than a p mag for much less money. Their black ets exclusive is only 7.49 and I've beaten the shit out of them. They seat on a closed bolt with 31 loaded every time without exception and you don't even have to jelly it in there.
Other things that are better and cheaper are gen 2 hexmags for 9 bucks , the carbon ones for 12, and sometimes you can snag lancers for a good price. And last but not least is a recently acquired thril mpx that may be the best of the bunch, highly recommend giving them a shot
Another great thing about these mags is you can insert a 30 round mag in easily unlike Magpul mags where you have to slam it in or in some cases load with with 29 rounds so it won’t fall out.
Yeah they fit 30 no problem….
Magpul fits no problem with 30 rounds. There’s even room to fit 1 or even 2 more rounds after 30.
I have a bunch of 10rd amend2 mags and they are ass. Double feeds constantly. Switched to a PMAG and it ran flawlessly. These were brand new amend2 mags. Loaded at the range (so not stored loaded) and were absolute junk.
Lancer mags for me
So far I haven’t had a failure in mine. Hex mags though… f that
C-products steel wonderful.
Oh man, you can do a JuSt As gOoD SEries lol
It is a series! I have a ton of them lined up
@@defconcreative looking forward to those!
Wahahahaha your the only realistic guy saying”I’m not your dad”
Well… I’m 49% sure I ’m not your dad… when were you born?
Pmags are $9 or less in 2024 on gunmag warehouse. Some mags are $6 to $7. Cheap ones like amend 2. Never buy ETS mags or Redfield
Why buy junk when you can buy the battle proven magpuls and surefeeds. Unfortunately surefeed is going out of business January of 2023
I’ve had over insertion issues with pmags… none of them are perfect
No one says "Duramags are my thing"!
I've had nothing but QC issues with Duramags/C-products magazines.. If I'm buying usgi type mags I'm buying Okay industries, which sucks cuz they're gonna stop making mags at the end of this year 2022 (havent had many issues with d&h and brownells usgi mags either, they're a close 2nd)
@@muddyhotdog4103 d&h used to go by another name and they were a close rival to okay mags. Browne lees are awesome too. Woth magpul, brownelles, surefeed and d&h existing. Idk why anyone would go with anything else
Great ,now that I have to switch all my dura for pmag and amend. #whenyourcoolguysswitchkit🙄
#defconismycoolguy
Don’t do that.... it’s just my experience
Drop test, no feed test.
...
Not a fan of 2. Magpul slids right in. A2 needs a forceful smack fo seat correctly. Not impressed at all. I will not buy more.
magpul. period.
I'm not sure why anyone would actually use duramags, they're legitimately not any good. Steel mags are incredibly overrated and mostly come from fudd logic and shit from days past that really aren't needed anymore. Unless it's a 60rnd surefire, there's really no reason to get a steel mag nowadays unless it's just to collect or for clone correct builds. Steel mags are considerably worse in literally every environment compared to polymer mags, and most steel mags can't take the same punishment that polymer mags can, seriously it's been proven time and time again. I only use lancers and pmags, both of which I've never had any issue with (Except 1 pmag) and I legitimately abuse the shit out of my gear. I've completely destroyed rails, completely fucked up barrels, sheared lugs off of bipods, I've literally had companies tell me that they haven't seen damage like what I've done outside of military trials/testing. That said, lancers are great (They also have steel feed lips if you care about that. And I only buy the black ones, the transparent ones are tacky af imo), and pmgas are also great. Not to mention you can also get extensions for both lancers and pmags if you want a few extra rounds. I have literally hundreds of mags, and as far as rifles go I only have 1 bad gen 2 pmag... Which I do keep just for training purposes. But seriously don't buy duramags... They're literally not worth it when pmags and lancers are a thing. Also worth noting; just don't confuse pmags with promags, they're not the same.
You're not my dad? Dang! Scratch another one off the list😢
Not a great test. No leave them loaded for a month or drop them empty or get them wet or leave them in the sun, just drop them loaded & give an opinion. Didn't even try to shoot with them after dropping. Do they all still shoot? Who knows?? That's a more important test than your opinion. Really seemed like an advertisement hidden in a simple test. I'm not convinced.
No they nothing as good as dura or magpul. U gotta keep an eye on 2amend mags
You hate the Sig P320??😲 So how long have you been a communist?😄
🤣😂
Amend mags are absolute junk!!
12+ minutes of this fool rambling on (trying to be funny) to do a video
that should be less than 5 minutes long...
I pity the fool
And a douche like morrissy that has to show everyone how douchey he is... God bless the internet!
Amend2 is junk
This is how i got my hexmags. I bought a 6 pack off gunmagwarehouse to try them out. I ended up liking them. I bought two 6 packs the next time and gave some to my brother in law for his birthday. He liked them. So I bought 12 more. I gave them out to family members with their rifles. And I gave them to my co worker who had just gotten his first AR. Everyone has liked them. Now they're my goto mag. I keep 4 mag triple mag pouches loaded with them. And I've moved my D&H Mags to truck gun duty. I just bought a ten pack of mags last week and I have about 4 in reserve in case I need a gift or to loan out to someone. AT $9.99 each, I figure I could do much worse. I also have PMAGs and some thermold 20 rounders for when I go tot he range. I also have a set of blue duramags for my mom's new rifle. She lives in South West Texas and the rifle is for the ferrel hog problems they have there. Besides, I'd rather she have access to a good rifle and not need it than to be stuck on her porch worrying about her pets in the yard. Borther in law like them since they fed reliably with his full auto. He said he'd had issues with PMags and their followers breaking with full auto. I've never seen them act up with full auto, but my Brother in law knows his stuff and I tend to believe what he says about AR mags.
These suck. They did warranty 3 mags i had that quit working. Lips spread and wouldnt feed hope new ones work
Amend 2 mags are garbage. They fit tightly into all of my rifles and do not drop freely out of any of them. Garbage mags.