Majorlk
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Several months ago Plinker Tactical sent me a free, 35-round magazine in response to my less than complimentary report to them on their 15-22 charging handle. A report on that magazine can be found here:
http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-wesson-m-p-15-22/253500-plinker-tactical-35-round-magazine-2.html
A month or so ago I received a call from PT, asking me how I liked the magazine. I gave them a quick and dirty synopsis of what I posted here. Needless to say, they were not particularly happy and said they would send me another, because "they had sold hundreds and no one ever reported any problems." I received the magazine, and a charging tool, a few days later.
I finally had a chance to get to the range today and give both of them a workout. The loading tool is an absolute must! The magazines load quickly with it; without it, loading is a very unpleasant experience. Even with the tool, I could only get 34 rounds in each one.
As happened the first time around, the first few rounds were problematic - failures to feed and jams. This happened on BOTH magazines. However, after ten rounds, the rest fed through with little additional problem. I reloaded both with just 25 rounds and only had feed problems with the first two or three rounds. This leads me to conclude that these magazines are, from a practical standpoint, really 20 or 25 round magazines, not 35.
One additional remark: both do not just slide into the mag well and lock, as S&W magazines do. They must either be forcefully slammed into place or the magazine release be held down while inserting them. This tells me the latch cut is either too tight or slightly out of place, or a combination of the two. I did not bother to mike the slots to compare them to factory magazines.
As most of you know by now, I will praise good products day and night, but not hesitate to condemn poor ones. So far, with the exception of the ambi latch on PT's charging handle, I think their products, including the charging handle, are poorly implemented designs and buying them is a poor choice.
Just one shooter's opinion ...
http://smith-wessonforum.com/smith-wesson-m-p-15-22/253500-plinker-tactical-35-round-magazine-2.html
A month or so ago I received a call from PT, asking me how I liked the magazine. I gave them a quick and dirty synopsis of what I posted here. Needless to say, they were not particularly happy and said they would send me another, because "they had sold hundreds and no one ever reported any problems." I received the magazine, and a charging tool, a few days later.
I finally had a chance to get to the range today and give both of them a workout. The loading tool is an absolute must! The magazines load quickly with it; without it, loading is a very unpleasant experience. Even with the tool, I could only get 34 rounds in each one.
As happened the first time around, the first few rounds were problematic - failures to feed and jams. This happened on BOTH magazines. However, after ten rounds, the rest fed through with little additional problem. I reloaded both with just 25 rounds and only had feed problems with the first two or three rounds. This leads me to conclude that these magazines are, from a practical standpoint, really 20 or 25 round magazines, not 35.
One additional remark: both do not just slide into the mag well and lock, as S&W magazines do. They must either be forcefully slammed into place or the magazine release be held down while inserting them. This tells me the latch cut is either too tight or slightly out of place, or a combination of the two. I did not bother to mike the slots to compare them to factory magazines.
As most of you know by now, I will praise good products day and night, but not hesitate to condemn poor ones. So far, with the exception of the ambi latch on PT's charging handle, I think their products, including the charging handle, are poorly implemented designs and buying them is a poor choice.
Just one shooter's opinion ...
for something that states on the packaging it is a dedicated 15-22 item it fits like #!*t. Needless to say I won't be getting a mag from them and thanks for the review major .
