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AR shooters: 60 and 100 round magazines?
swopjan
Member Posts: 3,292
seen ads for them a few times in shotgun News and American COP, believe they're called the mag5-60 and mag5-100, from surefire. anybody ever used them, want to provide a range report? i'd really like to know if they feed reliably and if it's a struggle to fill 'em back up. and any other issues, other than length. i imagine they don't lend themselves well to shooting from the prone...
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That being said I'll stick with p-mags, 30 is enough for me, I personally don't want to add the extra weight to my rifle.
1: The weight of the loaded mags is going to make the rifle heavy and oddly balanced.
2: That puts a lot more stress on the mag release so at some point, it may fail dropping your ammo supply on the ground.
3: I don't want any more hanging below the receiver than absolutely necessary. If you have to go prone or shoot over an obstruction, you're going to be more exposed. I don't even like 30 round mags all that much if you're not using full auto.
4: If you break, bend, or lose that big mag, you've lost a significant percentage of your feeding equipment. I can lose/break one 20-30 round mag out of the 10-12 I might carry and still have plenty left.
CP
The idea is that the double-width 60 round mags have less weight than two similar sized 30 mags, but take up the same space in your mag pouch.
So if you're already clipping two 30 rounders side-by-side for fast reloads (as many do), then something like this does make sense. You save a little weight and also save reload time in a pinch.
Naturally the cost is quite a bit higher than two separate 30 round mags.
Personally, I have no use for these. They make sense if you know you're going to get into a firefight (ie you're active military). For me, the bulk, weight, and extra cost outweigh the near-infinitesimal chance that somehow I'm going to end up in a firefight where 30 rounds aren't enough!
With a good sling you can shoot comfortably from the hip...hows your aim without using the sights?
Buy a few 20 rounders with the money, you'll be happier, maybe not as Tacti-Cool, but happier none the less...[;)]
C-Mags aren't liked by our military due to their tendency to melt down under such extreme heat conditions.
let me know how they work if you get to try them Laredo. [:)]
Several things come to mind:
1: The weight of the loaded mags is going to make the rifle heavy and oddly balanced.
2: That puts a lot more stress on the mag release so at some point, it may fail dropping your ammo supply on the ground.
3: I don't want any more hanging below the receiver than absolutely necessary. If you have to go prone or shoot over an obstruction, you're going to be more exposed. I don't even like 30 round mags all that much if you're not using full auto.
4: If you break, bend, or lose that big mag, you've lost a significant percentage of your feeding equipment. I can lose/break one 20-30 round mag out of the 10-12 I might carry and still have plenty left.
1: my Beta-C mag does add weight but the balance is good.
2: have had NO problem with mag release. Have been using it since '04.
3: it does not hang lower than a 20 round, that is the way it is designed.
4: have never seen one break, bend, or get lost.