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  1. And yes, if you bought your magazines from our dealers, we'll service those too.  If you have any questions about whether or not the mags in your possession were made by us, please email [email protected] with pictures of your mags.  When sending photos, please include a picture of the whole magazine as well as a picture of the underside of the baseplate, and the sides of the baseplate. 


  2. Just now, Zeke said:

    Thank you my friend! But feel strong to very strong your R n D will be for naught 

    If no one uses it because the law was overturned in court or otherwise, more power to us as whole.  We're all gun owners and we're all in this together.

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  3. Now that we have chewed our way through all of the dealer magazines, we will be opening orders for retail magazines next week.  At this time, we will be working on Gen 2 30rd, Gen 3 20rd, and Gen 3 30rd host body magazines.  We have plans to work on others but considering these three models account for the overwhelming majority of magazines sold, we prioritized getting the process ironed out for these first while we check to see if it works with the other platforms as well as source more baseplates.

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  4. Good news: the process works/is working and we're improving it as we work through dealer inventory.  I think we've figured out how to avoid breaking the mag body too.

    Less-good news: We need more baseplates.  Thankfully, Magpul does plan on releasing just baseplates for the M3 PMAGs (both AR15 and .308) as well as AK baseplates.  They'll be sand colored but we'll Rit Dye them black in bulk.  We will NOT be doing any other colors at this time as we are streamlining the process as much as possible to control costs.

    And now for cost.  Base cost to work on an AR15 PMAG is going to be $8/mag which is about a third of the cost of buying a new mag.  AKs and .308s will cost a little more than AR15 mags due to material cost differences.  Ranger plates will be an available upgrade for all mags.  We'll start accepting orders once baseplates are available.

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  5. 1 hour ago, Krdshrk said:

    Dude... MidwestPX mags - sold by MidwestPX, the forum store, and some sent to our vendors and some other online retailers (like JoeBobOutfitters).

    Yep, we'd be working strictly on mags we made, either sold directly by us or one of our dealers.

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  6. We've been working on a cost-effective and efficient process to jailbreak our limited-capacity magazines and it looks like we've got it mostly-figured out.  We're confident enough in the process to start working on inventory from our dealers.  We're going to use those mags to refine the process and assuming we don't encounter any showstoppers, we'll be offering a service to all who are interested in having their magazines altered further. 

    As of now, our process destroys at least one part of the magazine, sometimes two, and on the odd occasion during testing, the entire magazine.  Additionally, our process is currently limited to the following host magazines: 30rd M2, 20rd M3, 30rd M3.  At this time, we do NOT have a clear path to altering AK47 or .308 PMAGs without resorting to the use of Ranger Plates (which will drive costs higher).

    Speaking of cost, we are targeting the cost per magazine to be substantially less than buying new.  Please be patient with us as we work through the process as we've never had to do something like this before on such a scale.  I know the clock is ticking on the 180 day grace period and our first large batches of inventory coming back from dealers shows up early next week. 

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  7. 40 minutes ago, Rob0115 said:

    This is so cool. I have a short ar suppressed 458 but this is oddly so cool. 

    I've got a 10.5 SBR in .458 and I've gotta say, the bolt is a far better suppressor host.  The AR is fun for blasting with 300s and 500s though.  


  8. My SBR bolt in .458 SOCOM.  I feed this one 600gr subs exclusively.  Without the can, it's comically rear-heavy but with the can on, it balances very well.  I don't usually do aesthetic stuff but I just had to mark this one with an image of Mjolnir.

     

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  9. 1 hour ago, High Exposure said:

    Fuck Yeager.

    There are plenty of better YouTube channels to watch than his tactical band camp garbage.

    Keep in mind a lot of big names - especially prior military - stopped making videos because ISIS and other terror orgs were also using them to train their people.

    Try searching for videos by/featuring:

    Frank Proctor

    Kyle Lamb/Viking Tactics

    Kyle Defoor

    Jeff Gonzales/Trident Concepts

    Primary & Secondary

    Dave Spaulding (Handgun Combatives)

    Ernest Langdon

    Ron Avery

    Trigger Time TV

    John "Shrek" McPhee/Herrif of Bagdad

    Aaron Bareuga/Guerilla Approach

    William Petty/Centeifuge Training

    Travis Haley

    Pat MacNamara/TMACS

    Better than watching videos, go out there take some of their classes. NJ had had a lot of good trainers coming around lately.

    I'd also add Scott Jedlinski aka Jedi of Modern Samurai Project and Bill Blowers of Tap Rack Tactical to that list.  Both are well-regarded instructors who have no qualms slaying sacred cows.

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  10. Don't rub salt in the wound, man!  I've missed so many classes this year due to scheduling conflicts and was really hoping I could make it to FoP this year but family needs had to come first.  I meant to ask you to give Romp shit on my behalf for literally driving an entire cloverleaf because an exit was missed on the way to Alliance :lol:  

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  11. 9 minutes ago, ChrisJM981 said:

    Is the pre-travel adjustable? I have a PPQ and I'd like to eliminate as much as possible.

    No, it is not.  The forward set sear (FSS) kit and flat face trigger are non-adjustable.  Personally, I'm pretty happy with 1/4" of pre-travel.  The trigger is smooth enough that with a constant velocity trigger press, the minimal pre-travel is a non-issue (at least for me). 

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  12. I've spent the last four months really working on my pistol skills, shooting 1500-2000 rounds of 9mm a month through my daily carry M&P which has the Apex FSS with flat trigger.  For me, it's the best trigger yet in a striker fired gun but that's my opinion.  It's not quite a 1911 trigger but it's the closest approximation to it that I've felt to date with the Overwatch TAC in a Gen4 G17 being second.  While I won't credit the trigger upgrade solely with the improvement in my shooting, it certainly makes it easier to shoot well.  My setup breaks at 3.8lbs (averaged over 10 pulls), has about 1/4" of pre-travel and another 1/8" of movement until the trigger breaks with minimal overtravel.


  13. 59 minutes ago, Hairless_Ape said:

    Those drop test results are all I need to see...I'll never purchase a Keymod handguard.

    The repeatability surprised me in the gap between systems.  I knew MLOK was better in that regard but I didn't know it was quite that much better.

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  14. 1 minute ago, GRIZ said:

    The VG2 offers zero protection for the gun.   If you're sweating you're sweating all over the gun. The Eidolon doesnt look bad. However, it will still be hard pressing against you.  Okay, Kydex can be thinner. Say leather is 1/8" thick.  What's Kydex?  1/16?  A 1/16" is going to make a difference?  Yes, of you buy a cheap leather holster it can deform.  But I have good leather holsters that are 40+ years old that are not deformed in any way.

    How many years have you been going to classes?  Kydex holsters are relatively new.  By serious shooter do you mean a gamer or someone who carries a gun that has a probability of using it.

    Now there is a good application for Kydex AFAIC.  It makes sense for military and police duty rigs as its impervious to the elements.  If leather gets soaked it will take days to dry.  You can just wipe off Kydex.

    I understand.  I'm an old guy who's been doing something for over 40 years.  What can I know?  I wear a leather holster so I must not be a serious shooter just an old one.

    1/8" thick leather would make me awfully nervous especially if you throw in the very real possibility of a scuffle where new and unconventional angles of pressure can be introduced.  The leather backer of my MTAC was 1/4" thick and still failed after a couple years of use.  I currently carry a full size M&P with X300U AIWB in a VG2 every day.  The midwest is no stranger to high temperatures and humidity (July is basically a daily race to triple digits between the two) so my guns get sweat and grime on them yet not a hint of corrosion.  The M&P specifically has been in this role for just under two years now.  The VG2 does fail to protect the front sight though and that's a legitimate concern.  I do check mine pretty regularly however if it was off, I'd probably notice since in the nicer months (like now), it gets shot every day on my lunch break.

     

    I've been a formal student for over 5 years.  Class makeups are generally 1/2-2/3 armed citizens and the remainder being active MIL or LE however all share that mindset of wanting to learn to fight with a gun.  Even when we break for meals, I've noticed students universally putting guns in kydex IWB holsters (with the exception of sworn LE who open carry but again, in kydex).  Maybe some are using leather holsters and I just haven't observed them because it isn't something I've really been on the look out for or asked about regularly but that's what I can recollect.  You keep citing that you've been carrying a gun for over 40 years.  Just because you've been doing it a certain way without issue doesn't mean it's THE way.  Especially when you consider that gear and tactics are fluid and ever-changing and evolving.  People used to think small-of-back carry was a good idea too but we know now that it's not a very good option.


  15. 27 minutes ago, GRIZ said:

    I'm a leather holster fan and 95% of the time my needs are met by DeSantis.  A quality leather holster will last you a lifetime plus.  I still use holsters I bought back in the 70s.  The jury is still out on Kydex.  Let me know in 40 years.   Kydex doesn't help concealment.  It's hard it has to hold the gun away from your body.  A leather holster like a Speed Scabbard holds it in tight.  Helps retentention too.

    The reason for the popularity of Kydex?  It's cheap compared to leather.

    But what can I know? I've only been carrying a gun on a daily basis for about 45 years.

    If you think a kydex holster has to push the gun away from you, I highly recommend you take a look at some of the more modern offerings like the RCS VG2/VG3 or Eidolon.  Kydex being relatively inflexible results in less material being used so the holster is thinner than a leather one.  Additionally, Kydex doesn't deform the way leather can and does.  Mitigating and preventing any intrusion into the trigger guard when carrying a gun is a positive.  

    Kydex's popularity isn't because it's cheap.  A good Kydex holster will cost a fair bit though not quite as much as leather.  If leather was the clearly better option, we'd see more of it in professional use but I literally cannot tell you the last time I saw a serious shooter wearing a leather holster in class.

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