HK Mariner Magazines

[Narco]

Do you drink the HK water?

I obtained a few of these magazine, and I have to say they are pretty ******* nice.

 

[aroundlsu]

I seriously considered the HK mags but ended up with the 20rd and 30rd PMAGs since they were at least half the price and easier to get. I got enough PMAGs to paint my initials on a few of them for training classes. I'd never do that to an expensive HK mag. The HK mags are $59 at Jim's Firearms!

Off topic, but I find myself using the 20rd mags more than the 30 rounders.

 

[Richard in LA]

Do you drink the HK water?

I obtained a few of these magazine, and I have to say they are pretty ******* nice.

Nope, Get 3 or 4 Teflon D&H's (or PMAGs) for the same price as one HK.

 

[nola_]

I've only paid $35 for my HK mags, now they are about $40, less than other places but still $ (botach.com)

 

[Praesul Presul]

I have both Pmags and HK 30rder's. I like the concept in design of both but prefer the PMags. HK's apparently have some quality issues, are not stainless, and have no kits to rebuild them.

Another option might be CProducts SS 30's.

Jim's is WAY overpriced but I am not surprised.

 

[BOSS302]

I've got a couple, more of a just because type thing. I'll stick to my Pmags and OKAY USGI's for now.

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

HK mags are four things I can't tolerate:

1. WAY WAY overpriced.

2. Extremely Rust Prone ( the NSW customers they were designed for rejected them)

3. HEAVY

4. Larger then GI mags (length, width and depth) they dont fit in mag pouches well or in my Redi-Mag.


Bottom line, just another over-hyped HK product. See also the MP7, HK 45, HK 416 and the LEM trigger. They don't work any better than USGI Mags with the new followers and they certainly aren't better than the P-Mags.

 

[Request Dust Off]

Persoanlly, I always wondered what all the hoopla regarding the HK magazines was all about.

Your basic government-issue aluminum magazine is perfectly adequate. That said, The P-Mags are rather impressive. I handled some of those that aroundlsu has, and a buddy gave me one a few weeks ago. The quick-ditch dust cover is a SUPERLATIVE idea, and every one of these I have tried work in my carbine just as good as the standard ones.

If I buy any more AR mags, they will be P-Mags. They do "stick" a bit in some lowers, apparently; but I imagine use will fix that.

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If I'm not mistaken the "Dust Cover" is supposed to also keep the feed lips from deforming in a loaded mag. For me it is a hard choice between Pmags & Cproducts. They both have strong & weak points. The only bad points about Pmags I can come up with is they are heavier and also noisier when empty. Then how the plastic will react long term is a question, but plastics have proven themselves. The are almost impossible to jam the follower, come apart easily and the color is all the way through. C Products are a nice alum. mag.

 

[jmcrawf1]

What about the SS CProducts mags?

 

[Richard in LA]

Cproducts SS mags are nice, the new Cproducts teflon finish is pretty sweet as well.

 

[Vanilla Gorilla]

Another good option is to replace the springs and followers in GI mags with the kits from Mag-Pul. As long as the feed lips are in good shape the mags will work fine. Personally with P-Mags being about $14, I just buy those. I have about 30is of them now and haven't ever had an issue with a single one.

 

[Narco]

Wow this is an old thread, I have my HK mags up for sale on arfcom.

 

[Request Dust Off]

Cproducts SS mags are nice, the new Cproducts teflon finish is pretty sweet as well.

Looks like 5.45x39 not .223 in the mag.

 

[Request Dust Off]

Something a bit different in mags:

http://www.cammenga.com/cammenga-products.php?category=5

 

[Richard in LA]

Looks like 5.45x39 not .223 in the mag.

It actually is 5.45 (Not Mine) the HK mags supposedly work very well w/ no more than 25 rounds of 5.45 in them.