Curious about Mags. for the M&P

[cav.rat]

I picked up a few of these at the gun show.
They certainly look tough in this video......

I figured for 25 bucks was worth trying...


http://www.cammenga.com/playmedia.php?file=2&media=2&height=100&width=100

 

[christcorp]

I was really liking the video until 1 particular part. When he dropped the sledge hammer on his and the standard GI magazine, to show how HIS wouldn't dent/bend, but the USGI version would. I noticed that his was fully loaded with ammo. The USGI was totally empty. A full mag is many times more durable than an empty magazine. If he would mislead in that area of durability, was he misleading in other claims?

But a one time cost of $25 is definitely worth trying. Obviously, the main selling point is ease of reloading the magazines. I can't see paying $25 each for owning say 10 magazines. But one or two for plinking would be nice. Save a lot of time. Me personally, I keep all my magazines loaded all the time. If I burn through 10 mags of 30 each (300 rounds) at the range, and I want to shoot more, then it's definitely time for a cigarette and coffee break. I personally don't mind reloading magazines. But this one definitely looks interesting. Just not a fan of the price. Then again, I won't pay $15 for a USGI magazine either. I find them for about $5, then pay $2 for a new Magpul Gen III follower, and basically have a new magazine for $7. On the other hand, I've had good luck with $5 each 20 round LE/Govt Thermold magazines.

Anyway; let us know how these work out for you. If they are good, I wouldn't mind a couple for range/practice use. Mainly for the ease of reloading.

 

[MastaMarksman]

I was really liking the video until 1 particular part. When he dropped the sledge hammer on his and the standard GI magazine, to show how HIS wouldn't dent/bend, but the USGI version would. I noticed that his was fully loaded with ammo. The USGI was totally empty. A full mag is many times more durable than an empty magazine. If he would mislead in that area of durability, was he misleading in other claims?

True, But then again that's pretty standard misleading advertising!

However, the first time he drops the sledge hammer on both mag's empty! Then the 2nd time I think he only loaded his mag to show that after the abuse it would still fire, obviously he had no intention in trying to use the GI mag.

The sand stuff doesn't impress me much, but shooting the mag's with a shot gun sure makes a point!

But a one time cost of $25 is definitely worth trying. Obviously, the main selling point is ease of reloading the magazines. I can't see paying $25 each for owning say 10 magazines. But one or two for plinking would be nice. Save a lot of time. Me personally, I keep all my magazines loaded all the time. If I burn through 10 mags of 30 each (300 rounds) at the range, and I want to shoot more, then it's definitely time for a cigarette and coffee break. I personally don't mind reloading magazines. But this one definitely looks interesting. Just not a fan of the price. Then again, I won't pay $15 for a USGI magazine either. I find them for about $5, then pay $2 for a new Magpul Gen III follower, and basically have a new magazine for $7. On the other hand, I've had good luck with $5 each 20 round LE/Govt Thermold magazines.

Anyway; let us know how these work out for you. If they are good, I wouldn't mind a couple for range/practice use. Mainly for the ease of reloading.

Yeah, $25 is alot per mag, but then again other then AR mags, pretty much every other mag are $25+, the 16 round mag's for my Walther P99 are almost $70/each!!!! 10/22 aftermarket HC mag's are all $25+, etc.

The idea is nice just to save some range time, but I have/use the StripLULA to load loose rounds and can load a 30 round mag just as fast if not faster then he loads the mag's in his video.

-Masta

 

[christcorp]

Exactly on the strpLLula. I was going to bring that up. If you are going to go to the range, and shoot more than say 300 rounds, and you only have 10 magazines; or less; then reloading can definitely be an issue. When I go to the range, I am usually shooting 3-4 different weapons. By primary carry hand gun; my choice of one of my other pistols; one of my .223; and for fun, either my 22LR rifle where I go on the metal silhouette portion of the range and have fun knocking over steel targets, or if it's close to hunting season, one of my hunting rifles.

So, the chance of me shooting more than 10 magazines (300 rounds) of .223 at one range trip, is pretty slim. Just shooting 300 rounds, and including the other guns, I'm probably going to be there about 3 hours anyway. This is one of the reasons however that I have at least 10 magazines loaded and with me at the range. So I don't have to reload. Mind you, I don't believe in the 30-40+ magazines that some people get into; but that's just me. I have 2-20's that I keep loaded at home for possible defense, and 1-10 loaded for when I help out on the ranch if I see a coyote, badger, prairie dog, etc... I basically keep 10-30's loaded for range time. I have a few more sitting around, but don't really load or use them.

I bought something similar to the Lula a couple years back. I was buying a lot of military surplus ammo on stripper clips. But in the last few years, most of my ammo is in box form. Last summer, my mom, sister, and brother came out to visit and attend my son's h.s. graduation. They love to shoot; and being from the communist state of New Jersey, they don't get to very often. So when they come to wyoming, we do a lot of shooting. Anyway; being I knew we would shoot a lot of .223, I loaded my normal 10 mags, but I also loaded up about 50 stripper clips with ammo. (Nothing better than sitting around the TV drinking beer and loading ammo). Anyway; I had about an extra 500 rounds on stripper clips. If we ran out of the 300 in magazines (We did), I used the Lula to speed load a few more magazines.

But generally speaking, I don't really have a need for needing fast reloads. I don't normally shoot more than 300 rounds at an outing. But this magazine definitely looks like it could come in handy. If you had 1 or 2 of these, they could be your back-up mags at the range if you did run out of loaded mags and still wanted to shoot some more. Definitely a cool idea. I definitely wouldn't have 10 of them however. Too expensive.

 

[MastaMarksman]

I keep 5 30-round P-Mag's loaded with XM193, for SHTF/Personal Protection, I have 5 20-round P-Mag's I use for bench shooting at the range (The 30 rounder's are a tad long for bench shooting) and 1 GI mag that came with my M&P 15T that just sits empty in the safe.

I believe in having 5 mag's for every gun. I only have 10 for my AR because I bought the 5 30-round P-Mag's first, my wife mentioned wanting a shorter mag, so we bought 5 20-round P-Mag's.

5 Mag's should be more then enough to cover a personal protection situation (Really 1 mag should be more then enough for this) and more so 5 mag's are more then enough for SHTF assuming you have a wife and/or kids are reloading the mag's for you while you are shooting.

-Masta