While lookin at the AR thread in the photo section I noticed that majority of the guns have plastic mags in them.

Whats the advantage of the plastic over the aluminum or stainless?

Magpul...
Best made

More durable...

Thats all...

Magpul more durable and reliable they are great in 308 as well

Well that was quick!

Thanks guys!

Yeah. Have a hard time believing plastic is sturdier than steel.

Have you heard that before?

What did I win

Believe it...

Go run over a steel one and a magpul....

See which one stands up to the test....

You beat me to it !


I actually really like the old school 20 rounders with the metal followers. I slap Ranger plates on them and thats about all I use now days. If you use steel mags the first thing you need to do is add Magpul followers, thay make a huge difference !

I did that test at work and the gys thought I was crazy...They could not believe I will willing to ruin a 30 round steel mag to win the verbal disagreement....
Well I did

Leave it in your truck with the windows rolled up on a hot Texas summer day. That's more likely than me running one over with my truck.
Then again, I'm not a big AR guy. Have one, shoot it, but not an expert.

Wrong again...

Miss information really gets old...

Not misinformation. I know that plastic with warp in heat. I also know that all material expands and contracts with temperature change and polymers are more subject to it than metals.

I leave mine in a trunk of a hot car durring August.
No issues.
It gets to 150 degrees in there.

Aghast.

JCB

Buy Magpul. Enough said

I know you trust Brandon and I.

And how often do you run it over with your truck? Like I said, no expert but I'm very skeptical.

+1

Guys if you havent already figured it out this guy has no idea what he talking about...

Go with the Pmags and forget it !

Well I have done it three times so far with the 4x4
One with a charger
And once with a hydraulic boom,
So four times.

Ill go round five if your are near McKinney area

You bring the steel mag

I got a hundo on teh plastic crappy one !

Shoot me over one of them new fangled plastic ones and I'll try it and let you know.

I do know several of the newer PDWs have polymer mags and they are obviously superior in many ways including corrosion resistance. Just learning, stay calm.

Instead of making a new thread I will post this here, what is the point in the ranger plates?

pmags get my vote as well.

Got rid of my steel mags except for the 2 that came with my gun and went with all PMags. Easier on the fingers to load and have never had any issues with them. I had a friend who bought a used AR and it kept hanging up after one shot. Stripped and cleaned the gun and still had the problem. Turned out to be a bad metal mag, gave him a Pmag and he was good to go.