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Need any Tapco AR mags?

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#1 ·
For those of us who like the Tapco mags (I do) I figured I'd let y'all in on the deal where I buy mine. Mostly known for cheap knives, BudK also carried a "two for one" price on Gen2 Tapco AR mags, $14.99 for a pair! Right now they also have free shipping with Promo Code BKSALE309

http://knives.budk.com/search?form_state=searchForm&w=magazine
 
#2 ·
Do you ever have any problems with the Tapco mags?

The reason I ask is that yesterday I was over at a "newish" gun store in our area. I was looking at a couple of AK-47s and they came with both a steel mag and a tapco mag. I asked the guy what he thought about the tapco mags. His answer was - "they are crap". I have never had a tapco but I have bought "plastic" mags that the word crap was too good for them.
 
#6 ·
makes me wonder too.

I usually buy cheap milsurp grease cosmo soaked ak mags cheap. DID look at the tapco mags that were a good price and really wondered.

was at a show 2 weeks ago and a guy had ar mags with green anti tilt folowers and black painted metal mags ( asain? ) for something super cheap like 8$ each.

couldn't believe it.

I sold my carbon 15 bushmaster to a buddy, .. it ONLY like to run on metal mags with the green anti tilt folowers.

milsurp black no go. even pmags.. and the tan followers.

it's a pickyy gun. but it will eat them cheap asain mags all day ( which is what we obviously fed it with.. )
 
#3 ·
I've run Tapco in Saiga x39, their duckbill 20's in SKS's and currently have about 20 of these and have never had one single problem with them. Metal mags on the other hand...I have a drawer full of them that are utter crap. I like the Tapcos in the AR as they have a lip around them to keep you from over-inserting them, something Magpul only recently added to theirs. Mine are kept fully loaded ready to go. I do have a mix of the 2nd gen Magpul and these, the Magpul floor plate is a tad bit thinner side to side.
 
#7 ·
I have a total of about 20 AR magazines. Three of them are Bushmaster 30 round metal mags and the rest of them are the 30 round Magpul P-mags. Quite a few years ago I bought two Thermold AR mags at CDNN for like $3 each, just to get a minimum order for free shipping. I got exactly what I paid for, you wanna talk crap. I gave one away and used the other one as a target!
 
#9 ·
Yeah, the "Thermelt" mags got a bad rep fast. I picked up some metal mags with green followers, and they are nothing close to "anti-tilt"... you can push down on the front of it and it'll stick fast. I have a pile of 20 and 30 round metal ones that I guess I need to tear down and see if they're even worth bothering with.
 
#12 ·
I have a pile of 20 and 30 round metal ones that I guess I need to tear down and see if they're even worth bothering with.
P-Mag sells anti tilt followers for about $6 for 3. My SIL brought me home a stack of 30 rounders that the gov. was throwing out because of the followers. pretty cheap mags I've got now.
 
#14 · (Edited)
I've got both steel and aluminum military mags and have converted all of them. I've even purchased some new pro-mags that are steel for a really good price and converted those too. All work flawlessly.

Correction: I had one pro mag that the follower was dragging on a spot weld in the mag body. A light filing and all was well.
And it's Mag-Pul that makes the followers. Man, I am out of it this morning. That's what I get for posting before coffee.
 
#15 ·
The one on the left is a steel Pro-Mag with the original followerin front. The one on the right is a government issue with the original black follower in front. The center is obviously the Mag-Pul anti tilt replacement. Tire Automotive wheel system Automotive tire Auto part Wheel
 
#17 ·
Yeah, $5.95 for 3 is a good cheap fix to me. I can't understand why the government was willing to scrap these because of the follower and buy new. Common sense would say: buy the replacement and have the guy that we're already paying in the armory, change them out.
 
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