Okay rant continues at the Movenpick Zurich-Regensdorf...
I dropped a 08/07 PMAG (tan non windowed loaded with 30 rds of Mk262) off the roof of our villa in Baghdad onto pavement lips first.
I had intially dropped it from 8 feet onto the marble floor - but decided it was not high enough.
First time from about 20 feet it bounced no issues
Second time - it spit a round of 262 out - but the follower runs fine - and it took the 30th round back.
It shows some road rash on the lips -
Pics of mag dropped last night, small hint of "roadrash"
I did some more drops today - just to see.
Height was 22ft. Same mag as before - drop lip first.
This mag was dropped two more times today
first drop - spit one round again.
second drop - spit 4 rounds - and spine cracked as seen.
Mag will now only hold 28 rds (it takes 30 then one will pop out - then the next over a few minutes)
However I found you CAN load 30rds - and place it in the mag well -and the mag well hold it together - that it feeds and cycles all 30 rds.
There is NO WAY in hell a USGI or HK "high reliability" mag will do that -- the lips would be toast - and the system worthless.
This mag (08/07) will be swapped out for a 06/07 body I had from the replacement bodies magpul sent me.
Oh and I got Big Red hooked on PMAGS now too.. ;D