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Posted: 5/22/2013 12:01:21 PM EDT
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I bought 3 of the opaque foliage colored 30 round mags to try!
Bottom line, I loved them, perhaps even more then the Pmags (flame suit on!) Went back and bought 6 more black at 18.99 each, out the door! Thats good when you think, it only took me 10 minutes to drive back home! Also got some Glock factory 17 17rounders at 32.00 out the door! |
| Like 'em just fine, but not as much as Pmags. The L5 works well, but I do like no-tilt followers. The AWMs look cool, but grit gets between the mag body and steel lips over time, had one fail because of that. That could be fixed by adding an attachment point on either side midways of the feed lips. Nice concept, I'd carry the L5s without hesitation, but AWMs are sexy range mags to me. L5 20rnd mags are my favs. |
| I too would rather have Lancer's than Pmags. They work better for one of the main calibers I shoot, the .458 SOCOM. Pmags don't work at all with the bullets I shoot and the Lancers do. Lancers work no matter what cartridge I shove in (so long as it is 5.56 or .458 SOCOM-don't have or want a BO). Since I switched over to Lancer's a few years back I only shoot non-Lancer mags in calibers they do not make them in, yet. |
| Cuyahoga... I'm in SC, LOTS of sand (even more if you are shooting in a sand pit). Seriously, if they put an attachment point midway on the metal lips, AWMs would be nice.... or better yet, mold in the bottom half of the metal, like they did on the L5s. I think a lot of the Lancer mania is simply hype because they are newer and "cooler". |
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I've only had one problem with AWM's. On one of mine the steel plate on the side popped out a little bit and caused it to not drop free. I contacted Lancer to fix it and they gladly offered to, but not before I remedied it myself by prying the feed lips open a little bit. It held true til about a month ago and seemed to pop back out a little bit and is gritty to insert and no longer drops free. My other ones are perfect though, and I have enough mags I don't want to bother sending it to them though I know they'll fix it. Mags are disposabke and I don't want to pay $10 to get a $15 mag fixed I guess.
AWM's and PMAG's are far and away my two favorite magazines. Once I get caught up on ammo I'll definitely be buying more of both. |
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Is there any difference in durability between the black and translucent magazines? I see a big price difference at Bud's between them. I think the difference is merely cosmetic. I do want the translucent ones though.  The opaque magazines use a different material, which is significantly stronger than that used by the translucent magazines. Whether that translates into a real-world benefit, I don't know. |
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Is there any difference in durability between the black and translucent magazines? I see a big price difference at Bud's between them. I think the difference is merely cosmetic. I do want the translucent ones though. The opaque magazines use a different material, which is significantly stronger than that used by the translucent magazines. Whether that translates into a real-world benefit, I don't know. The area that is problematic with ALL plastic magazines is where the Lancers have steel. They're all good, but translucent makes the most sense to me, being able to glance at your round count is nice. |
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