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Posted: 4/19/2009 1:45:21 PM EDT
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At the Charlotte gun show today, I picked up a couple of these AR mags for $40/pc. I feel like any $40 mag is over priced but my wife(has a thing for HK) pushed me for them and at that price, was less than what I have seen them going for anyway. Point is - I know they are overpriced to begin with.
My question is, has anyone used these mags and had any issue with FTF? Thanks! 
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no issues at all
sure they weigh more than alum mags......but they hold up. Been using them for several years now.....not one issue. as for the spring.....some people whine about "possible problems replacing them"...but how often have you worn out magazine springs? Been shooting for 35+ years...have yet to wear out a mag spring. they are great mags PS..I have Magpuls also.....they are great....but prefer the H&K's |
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I haven't worn out a spring yet, but I have a low round count in mine.
If you do need extra mag springs, Specialized Armament Warehouse has some that do work. Their Extreme Duty Red springs work in my HK mags. Here is a link to the springs, they are $6 bucks a pop,link or a 10pack for $50, link Here is the link to the thread that I do a shitty mini review. http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=17&t=422011 I like them, and the mags work for me. Quoted:
Tango Down ARC mag is the best out there,if there was anything better or tougher SOCOM would be using it ! Uh....he didn't ask about those, and SOCOM used the HK High Reliability mags way back when also..... |
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I haven't worn out a spring yet, but I have a low round count in mine. If you do need extra mag springs, Specialized Armament Warehouse has some that do work. Their Extreme Duty Red springs work in my HK mags. Here is a link to the springs, they are $6 bucks a pop,link or a 10pack for $50, link Here is the link to the thread that I do a shitty mini review. http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=17&t=422011 I like them, and the mags work for me. Quoted:
Tango Down ARC mag is the best out there,if there was anything better or tougher SOCOM would be using it ! Uh....he didn't ask about those, and SOCOM used the HK High Reliability mags way back when also..... Uh....I know what he asked... now notice what YOU wrote ( in case you are dense I highlighted it in white) |
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Tango Down ARC mag is the best out there,if there was anything better or tougher SOCOM would be using it ! That statement has so many holes in it, you could drive drive Drake's truck through it. Oh... I get it ...that was a lame attempt at humor ! Why didn't SOCOM choose the PMAG? |
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Tango Down ARC mag is the best out there,if there was anything better or tougher SOCOM would be using it ! That statement has so many holes in it, you could drive drive Drake's truck through it. Oh... I get it ...that was a lame attempt at humor ! Why didn't SOCOM choose the PMAG? Thanks for the replies, I will let you two get back to it... 
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Did I completely miss something about SOCOM picking one mag over another? No solicitation for a polymer magazine has been held by SOCOM as such there has been no competition to choose one mag over the other. The TD mag is a non government funded part of the FN SCAR weapon system which required no competitive testing. Sausages, Laws and Gov Procurement is something that is not nice to see being made. Magpul has (and always has had) the policy not use the names of individual units that purchase Magpul items as advertising. So that is as far as we can go in defending ourselves in an anon internet bash such as this. As for the HK mags. Out of the box they probably are the best built AR mag out there. However after they were tested in large numbers they had issues which lead to second gen version that still had some problems. (gen one had the bright follower, Gen 2 follower was black). |
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Did I completely miss something about SOCOM picking one mag over another? No solicitation for a polymer magazine has been held by SOCOM as such there has been no competition to choose one mag over the other. The TD mag is a non government funded part of the FN SCAR weapon system which required no competitive testing. Sausages, Laws and Gov Procurement is something that is not nice to see being made. Magpul has (and always has had) the policy not use the names of individual units that purchase Magpul items as advertising. So that is as far as we can go in defending ourselves in an anon internet bash such as this. As for the HK mags. Out of the box they probably are the best built AR mag out there. However after they were tested in large numbers they had issues which lead to second gen version that still had some problems. (gen one had the bright follower, Gen 2 follower was black). I think this post speakes well of Magpul as a company. They do not bash Tango Down, they do not bash HK, and they do not name names of end users just to win an argument. I have PMags, HK gen I and II mags and USGI mags. They all work great for me. Recently I took a carbine class and split the time between the Pmags and HK mags. My only malf was a double feed with one of the HK mags. My loaded go to mags are windowed Pmags. |
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Tango Down ARC mag is the best out there,if there was anything better or tougher SOCOM would be using it ! thanks for the random solicitation i highly doubt the military jumped on these magazines, as they just came out also, lets gets some proof as to you claiming THEY ARE THE BEST |
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Tango Down ARC mag is the best out there,if there was anything better or tougher SOCOM would be using it ! thanks for the random solicitation i highly doubt the military jumped on these magazines, as they just came out also, lets gets some proof as to you claiming THEY ARE THE BEST A more productive study would be for you to prove that they are'nt the best out there......oh and BTW you are welcome for the random solicitation ( filally an appreciative Arfcommer out there  )
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Tango Down ARC mag is the best out there,if there was anything better or tougher SOCOM would be using it ! thanks for the random solicitation i highly doubt the military jumped on these magazines, as they just came out also, lets gets some proof as to you claiming THEY ARE THE BEST A more productive study would be for you to prove that they are'nt the best out there......oh and BTW you are welcome for the random solicitation ( filally an appreciative Arfcommer out there )
why dont you buy my one? what exactly is your medical profession? by the way To keep the Thread in tact, HK maritime magazines are awesome, i have 12 and none of them have ever had feeding problems |
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Just wait for the magazine springs to wear out and try to get replacements. you must shoot a lot... just saying... to get a spring to wear out, you probably are putting tens of thousands of dollars worth of ammo through that one mag. i envy you   IIRC, the spring thing came up because there were issues with the springs failing prematurely and H&K's response was to chuck your $50 mag in the trash and buy new ones. |
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Tango Down ARC mag is the best out there,if there was anything better or tougher SOCOM would be using it ! thanks for the random solicitation i highly doubt the military jumped on these magazines, as they just came out also, lets gets some proof as to you claiming THEY ARE THE BEST A more productive study would be for you to prove that they are'nt the best out there......oh and BTW you are welcome for the random solicitation ( filally an appreciative Arfcommer out there )
why dont you buy my one? what exactly is your medical profession? by the way To keep the Thread in tact, HK maritime magazines are awesome, i have 12 and none of them have ever had feeding problems I am an RN , also to keep the thread on tact, I have 2 HK mags, I paid over 40$ for them, not sure they are worth the money,as they have not performed any better than mags half that price. |
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Uh....I know what he asked... now notice what YOU wrote ( in case you are dense I highlighted it in red) Wow, looks like we have a winner right here. If you knew what he asked why did you post the random ass statement? What I was alluding to was that they used a "Super" mag, read HK, until problems manifested down the road as the round count went up on them. So before declaring a brand new to the market mag is superior to all others, why not give it some time to work the bugs out or see what problems arise. I believe that there is the possibility they will have some teething issues, just like Magpul did, with a small run of mags. And to keep this sort of on topic OP I don't mean to insult your intelligence or anything, but there have been some posts on here on how to disassemble the mag. I made a quick little youtube vid on how to do it if you need a reference or something, it's really easy if you don't know how. If you do know how just disregard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JJkQIDwXik |
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Just wait for the magazine springs to wear out and try to get replacements. you must shoot a lot... just saying... to get a spring to wear out, you probably are putting tens of thousands of dollars worth of ammo through that one mag. i envy you IIRC, the spring thing came up because there were issues with the springs failing prematurely and H&K's response was to chuck your $50 mag in the trash and buy new ones. Yup, there are reports of some springs south with less than 800 rounds through the magazine. Instead of HK manning up and stating "We had a bad batch of springs, let us handle it" they pulled their standard BS. |
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.......but my wife(has a thing for HK) pushed me for them....... Regardless of HK mag reliability, Magpul vs Tangodown, etc, I am still hung up on the above. Hell mine like guns too but I can't say that. She sure as hell doesn't pressure me into buys. Wow what an alternate universe..... |
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+ 1 No issues with my HK's and I've had them for years.
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no issues at all sure they weigh more than alum mags......but they hold up. Been using them for several years now.....not one issue. as for the spring.....some people whine about "possible problems replacing them"...but how often have you worn out magazine springs? Been shooting for 35+ years...have yet to wear out a mag spring. they are great mags PS..I have Magpuls also.....they are great....but prefer the H&K's |
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