ranger floor plate

[CPT.CRAZY]

Has anyone tried magpul ranger floor plates on Grendel mags? I am using 10 rd mags and they are a little short for quick changes.

[Schwag173]

No, but it sounds like a good idea for my 17rd mags. They should work ...

[JohnOD]

They fit fine. I particularly like them on my five round hunting magazines.

[LRRPF52]

I noticed that the CProducts mags all have really sharp edges on them, especially the tabs for the floor plates. Most magazine bodies look tumbled to me, to get rid of these edges. The Ranger floor plates seem like a perfect solution to this snag/scratch issue.

[txgunner00]

Dang it. More stuff to buy...

[CPT.CRAZY]

That's what I wanted to hear! Now how do we get Magpul to make pmags for the Grendel?

[txgunner00]

That's what I wanted to hear! Now how do we get Magpul to make pmags for the Grendel?

That's been discussed before. unfortunately I don't think it's possible because the polymer walls have to be too thick for the rounds to stack correctly.

[Rust]

I use them on all my c-products 10 rounders. They work fine, the fit is a little sloppy but they are very well attached. I found my 10 rounders could possibly be forced to hold an extra round with a standard floorplate. So the extra space taken up by the ranger plate was a perfect solution for me in addition to giving the mags a little extra length and gripping surface.

[Schwag173]

That's been discussed before. unfortunately I don't think it's possible because the polymer walls have to be too thick for the rounds to stack correctly.

Glock frames are more than plastic ... If and when MagPul thinks there's a market for Grendel mags, they'll figure out a way. Maybe a lightweight stamped sheet-metal internal frame encased in the molded plastic. Whatever the solution, it can be done. It'll just take somebody with a reason and the seed money to do it.

[bobke]

Maybe internal ribs rather than material thickness-that'd also keep weight and cost down as well. Once the dies or injection molds are designed and built, just need consumer support to make them pay out. Maybe a pre-production commitment of "X" thousand pieces might gain someone's attention. Ante up, horde!

[Drifter]

I wouldn't object to a pmag that single-stacked Grendel rounds, which would allow for thicker walls to prevent bulge. Make it the size of the 20rd pmag, although Grendel capacity might be only ~10 rounds (which would suit me fine, and also meet legal criteria in some states). Not sure how it would stagger the rounds for feeding at the top, so might require feeding from only one side of the mag top... Maybe this design isn't the answer, but I agree that a polymer mag could be done somehow. And the right design would likely work for other cartridges (such as 6.8 SPC), so the potential market might be larger than a manufacturer thinks. It will probably take someone else tooling up to do it to inspire Magpul to reconsider their stance.

[txgunner00]

Glock frames are more than plastic ... If and when MagPul thinks there's a market for Grendel mags, they'll figure out a way. Maybe a lightweight stamped sheet-metal internal frame encased in the molded plastic. Whatever the solution, it can be done. It'll just take somebody with a reason and the seed money to do it.

Very true. It's all about the Benjamins.

[txgunner00]

Maybe internal ribs rather than material thickness-that'd also keep weight and cost down as well. Once the dies or injection molds are designed and built, just need consumer support to make them pay out. Maybe a pre-production commitment of "X" thousand pieces might gain someone's attention. Ante up, horde!

I wonder if external ribs below the magazine well would be enough...

[CPT.CRAZY]

I was just playing with a pmag. Anybody know why the 5.56 body with a 6.5 follower wouldn't work?

[txgunner00]

The way the rounds stack causes the sides to bulge which leads to reliability problems. That's my understanding anyway.