Do any of you have a recommendation for metal magazines?
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I wanna try a steel mag but I dont know what brand to try?
Please check out my reply earlier in this thread:
As there are many manufacturers out there now making AR-15 5.56 magazines which ones do you use? Which ones have you tested by various means, and have been reliable? I personally like the Hex-Mags and P-Mags.
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@benstt , I'd recommend Surefeed magazines, new, as well as those made by D&H (BCM/Brownells/PSA/DSG - these are all D&H mags).
@MHamilton , steel is pretty heavy and usually isn't most shooter's first choice: not sure if you meant aluminum (if so, please see what I wrote to
benstt above), but if you did mean what you wrote, HK and E-Landers are going to be your best bets.
If you guys want to try just to try - or would like to spread the joy by stocking up when the buying's good - absolutely, have fun!
But remember that each of these magazines - including the polymer and hybrid ones - come with their own compromises/shortcomings.
I personally like the idea of the windowed mags but I’m partial to PMags for now.
^ You know, I thought that I'd like windowed mags, too, but as I started shooting more, I started to realize that I could actually get a pretty good "feel" for how many rounds are left in the gun, simply by its heft and how it handles. Definitely not in a "for-certain" way, of-course, but it was reasonably easy to anticipate a slide/bolt-lock reload coming up, when the gun starts to "feel light."
Where I really find high value in windowed or otherwise see-through magazines (like the Lancer or ETS) is during administrative loading, particularly for drills where students are instructed to load a specified number of rounds. Being able to see makes it easier to socialize with my fellow students while I stuff mags.