Magpul MBUS 3 (Page 2 of 4)
| I used to love magpul, still like them, just not as much recently. I was so excited when they showed the glock drum mag at shot show 2020 and said they would have them released by that summer. I understood the delay at the time with Covid and all, but now it has been almost 2 years and all I see is new swag crap and no glock drum mag and no mbus gen 3s. It seems like they are going the standard corporate route, build up a name for yourself with good quality at a good price, then use that earned reputation to over-promise and under-deliver. I hope I'm wrong about that, but seen it happen to many times to think otherwise atm. |
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Man you guys are hard to please. Magpul has always was really bad at providing estimates during normal times so I'm not exactly surprised they are still bad at it now that the supply chain is completely hosed. I remember when they used to not give etimates at all just to avoid this kind of whining. I'm not saying it's entirey excusable but I'm also not going to hold a grudge over it. |
| I’d rather have them take longer to release a product right the first time. Too many companies rush things to market that are incomplete or haven’t been tested thoroughly. Colt did this with the Python. When magpul releases them hopefully they’ll be nice right out of the box. |
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Originally Posted By m6z: Where can I buy these? that's the whole point, the lying pieces of shit promised a bunch of stuff 1-2 years ago and its still not out. Total joke and the company has no credibility at all. Makes one wonder what else they have been lying about. Almost as bad as politicians at this point. 
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My main issue is the lack of communication. We can all understand things take time and “stuff” happens. Did they have trouble sourcing bulk polymer pellets? Did they have to go through a couple injection mold iterations? Are they stacking a warehouse to the ceiling before release to ensure enough product can hit the shelves to meet demand? I really don’t like being left in the dark. All of our dollars have brought them to where they are. A little honesty can go a long way. I’ve learned from some great bosses over the years that it won’t upset them if I give them a heads up about missing a deadline or whatever. What irritates them is when I pretend nothing is going wrong until I can’t anymore. I don’t need a firm street date. But having periodic updates on development and production would go a long way. And they have a sufficient social media presence to make those periodic updates. |
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Originally Posted By mrozowjj: Man you guys are hard to please. Magpul has always was really bad at providing estimates during normal times so I'm not exactly surprised they are still bad at it now that the supply chain is completely hosed. I remember when they used to not give etimates at all just to avoid this kind of whining. I'm not saying it's entirey excusable but I'm also not going to hold a grudge over it. Posts / e-mails in short supply during these hard times? It's one thing to completely miss a release timeline. It's another to not communicate to customers who've already placed orders based on your wayyyy overly optimistic release date. Magpul is better than this. |
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Originally Posted By jough43: I didn't see a peep about them either. Magpul is now close to 9 months late releasing them. Unacceptable. The only thing I can figure is that they found a flaw, or flaws in them that required a complete redesign of the sights. When/if they ever come out they might not 100% resemble the sights that they've been teasing this whole time. |
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Originally Posted By 556Cliff: The only thing I can figure is that they found a flaw, or flaws in them that required a complete redesign of the sights. When/if they ever come out they might not 100% resemble the sights that they've been teasing this whole time. You may be right, but official pictures are available. That means they went thru all the design steps, including perhaps a small scale production run. Seems late in the development process to find a significant problem. |
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Originally Posted By Park-Hit-Run: Haven’t seen a single word mentioned in all the shot show coverage about the MBUS 3’s. It’s like they’re pretending they don’t exist. Even as they have sets installed on all their rifles in their booth. I noticed the same thing with the MP5 drum magazine. It's on the gun but no mention of when it is coming out. |
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Originally Posted By 556Cliff: They're not available yet, but I imagine they must be getting closer since Brownells has them up on their site. They've been on Brownells site since they were first announced. They were even taking pre orders for them, none have been delivered. |
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Originally Posted By friskydingo: They've been on Brownells site since they were first announced. They were even taking pre orders for them, none have been delivered. Originally Posted By friskydingo: Originally Posted By 556Cliff: They're not available yet, but I imagine they must be getting closer since Brownells has them up on their site. They've been on Brownells site since they were first announced. They were even taking pre orders for them, none have been delivered. Well crap... I thought I stumbled onto something.  False alarm then, nothing to see here. 
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Originally Posted By ThePontificator: Why offer "pro" features on a set of polymer sights when you can make more profit selling the MBUS Pros? It doesn't really make any sense unless it's just an update to their polymer sights and they are planning to discontinue the Gen 2 polymer MBUS sights... But then again, they never discontinued the Gen 2 PMAGs because the Gen 3 PMAGs came out. |
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Originally Posted By Moses06: Some people, and probably departments, still subscribe to the antiquated idea that metal > polymer. Also, some people just like metal. I have a pair of Pros on one of my rifles and love them, but eagerly awaiting the MBUS 3 for the rest of my rifles. People love to hate on plastic (and MIM) in the gun community but materials science has come a long way. Selection of what material to use needs to be chosen based on strength, weight, corroson resistance, maleability, elastiticity etc and there are some applications in the gun world where plastic is actually the better option. |
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Originally Posted By mrozowjj: Nope. Haven't been released yet. Originally Posted By mrozowjj: Originally Posted By 556Cliff: Anyone get a set of these yet? Nope. Haven't been released yet. Hmm, I was wondering because the post just above mine was saying that they were finally out... The only place I've been checking is Brownells and they haven't yet shown in stock there. |
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Originally Posted By 556Cliff: Hmm, I was wondering because the post just above mine was saying that they were finally out... The only place I've been checking is Brownells and they haven't yet shown in stock there. He was trolling because it was April 1st: aka national be a jerk day. |
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Originally Posted By mrozowjj: He was trolling because it was April 1st: aka national be a jerk day. Originally Posted By mrozowjj: Originally Posted By 556Cliff: Hmm, I was wondering because the post just above mine was saying that they were finally out... The only place I've been checking is Brownells and they haven't yet shown in stock there. He was trolling because it was April 1st: aka national be a jerk day. Lol, God I'm dense sometimes! Completely clueless once again! 
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Originally Posted By elementfreak431: Getting close to that time of year when they change the website from “Coming Spring” to “Coming Late Summer”  I was thinking the same thing this morning. I mean for them to not have a solid ETA at this point is somewhat concerning. I guess they always build up a gigantic stockpile before release to meet demand which is cool but damn! |
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Originally Posted By Park-Hit-Run: I was thinking the same thing this morning. I mean for them to not have a solid ETA at this point is somewhat concerning. I guess they always build up a gigantic stockpile before release to meet demand which is cool but damn! Originally Posted By Park-Hit-Run: Originally Posted By elementfreak431: Getting close to that time of year when they change the website from “Coming Spring” to “Coming Late Summer” I was thinking the same thing this morning. I mean for them to not have a solid ETA at this point is somewhat concerning. I guess they always build up a gigantic stockpile before release to meet demand which is cool but damn! My thought is the opposite... They want to unload their MBUS 2 inventory at current prices before they release MBUS 3. Once MBUS 3 is out, selling price of the old version will be slashed... |
Magpul MBUS 3 (Page 2 of 4)
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