Grendel mags?

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I am not a Pmag (or any other polymer mag) fan. David Fortier published a great test article on AR mags in Nov 2009 in Shotgun news.

I'll see if David will allow us to print the whole article, but basically, if I remember correctly, all the polymer mags failed an 8.5 foot drop test while loaded.

On arfcom he said "the Tango Down, PMAG and TAPCO all split down the spine" but "the Lancer and MSAR suffered little or no damage."

The aluminum mags passed. Stainless steel would pass, I suspect.

Um, apparently not: "The CProducts Stainless steel mag also died on impact with flattened feedlips."

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_17/468826...1#i4345555

I don't see much applicability to the real world in torture "tests" like these. I mean, how often are mags going to be run over by a truck, or dropped from a height of more than 8 feet? Let's see some testing based on the way mags are used in reality.