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dicion wrote:My Rifle is a TEOTWAWKI Rifle. So I got Mags that should last until then, and maybe afterwords. Pmags

That's exactly my reasoning. I can't always afford the "go big or go home" thing, but sometimes success or failure boil down to the small details - like high quality magazines and good optics.

pbwalker wrote:I see it all the time..."you have to buy PMags, you must buy welded mags."

I'm sorry, but give me my $5 mil-spec AR mag. It served me well in the service. I've never had any FT* issues with them. If I ding or scuff them, big whoop.

I just don't see the need for a $30 AR mag.

What am I missing?

Back your truck over 3 of your mil-spec mags ($15 worth), then back your truck over one PMAG ($15 worth) three times. Then take all 4 mags to the range. You won't be using the mil-specs because they'll be flat and you can't put cartridges in them. But you'll be using that PMag for the next 10 years. By then, you could have spent $500 on mil-spec mags.

The mil-spec mags that came with my Bushmaster literally fell apart after a few trips to the range and some hard time holding down the carpeting on the shelf of my safe. So did the mil-spec mags I bought to replace them. The welding at the seams came apart. PMAGs have corrosion resistant stainless steel springs and anti-tilt, self-lubricating followers. They are rugged. They have dust covers to keep the ammo in them clean until you pop them off to use them.

Yes, they cost more. Three times as much, in fact. But they will last for years and years and years. Self-destructing $5 mags are fine if you have the U.S government's magazine budget. But for those of us who don't, a few PMAGS that will likely never need to be replaced really are the better solution.

That's my justification. It might not work for everyone, but it works for me. I have 14 of them, but I didn't pay for all of them. Some were gifts from my son.