Buy P-Mags. I very rarely only support one particular product over all the others in the same category, but I have been extremely happy with P-mags, and the only problem I have ever had is the catch dug through the follower of one of my mags, not exactly sure how that happened. I've tried all different types of steel magazines and other polymer magazines, but I will never buy and will not trust my life to anything other than p-mags.maverick2076 wrote:
This right here. In 12 years in the service, 95% of the failures I have seen out of an M4 (and 99.9% of M9 failures) are bad magazines. Most of the rest are either due to improper lubrication (often overlubricating) or other user error, such as losing the extractor spring.
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- Fri Jan 07, 2011 2:04 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: I want to buy my first AR
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Re: I want to buy my first AR
- Wed Jan 05, 2011 3:46 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: I want to buy my first AR
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Re: I want to buy my first AR
I agree with those who warned about factoring in the price of accessories, but I would also point out that if you go with a real basic entry level rifle, and then decide you want a better one later, you'd have been better off just buying a high quality one in the beginning. This argument goes for any gun. I personally think Colts, LMT's are great, and have heard good things about LWRC and Noveske, but have never shot either. I bought an entry level AR, and am now planning on buying an LMT MRP upper, because the upper receiver I have now is limiting what I would like to accomplish, and I wish I would have held off and saved up for a LMT in the first place. Also consider taking a class to learn how to really run your AR hard once you have it. Good Luck!