How to Fix Mags that Suck Part 3: Pro-Mag AR Mags

[savage1r]

Lets face it, there are a lot of magazines that suck out there. Some manufacturers who are notorious can actually make decent ones from time to time, but often we are left with a busted or non-functioning magazine with no customer support. The long lesson is spend the extra $3 for a good one, but sometimes the short answer is superglue solves everything.

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[Tirod]

Fix? I thought everyone just sold the bad ones at the next gun show?

There's another fix for a bad magazine, and it's recommended as being more ethical: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Estwing-48-oz-Steel-Drilling-Hammer-MRF3LB/202183868?N=c261

Apply repeatedly.

 

[Al Thompson]

Agree with Tirod. Hammer it to pieces, buy a good one.

 

[MtnCreek]

I should have used Tirod's method. Buddy wanted me to check his rifle out because he was having problems with it. I asked for a mag and he handed me a Tapco. I looked in his stash and saw one of my mags, so I grabbed it and went outside and the rifle functioned fine. I offered to trade mags and he agreed. I took MY new Tapco mag and through it in his trash can. He couldn't stand that and recovered it, so the deal was off. Keeping a bad mag makes about as much sense as keeping brass that's about to have a head separation.

 

[Trent]

Whenever I have an AR15 mag go bad (dented, whatever), I use it as a target.

A few dozen holes in it, and there's no mistaking it as a bad magazine, anymore.

 

[MErl]

Useful information for occupied territory where one cannot get replacements. Last spring one had to take what one could get around here.

 

[bottom shelf]

Agree with Tirod. Hammer it to pieces, buy a good one.

Hmm. I would think any hammer would work. Even a poor or a cheap one.

 

[RFMan]

Huh. It's the same deal with known bad RF connectors. Hammer or vise, then trash can

That way they can't give you erroneous readings in the future...