#Magazines

Last year was the year of the 6mm BR (and its offspring; BRA, BRX, Dasher, etc) in both the PRS and NRL.  A survey conducted by Cal Zant with the Precision Rifle Blog showed 48% of shooters were using a BR in some form.  This is a swing that has been a few years in the making. Initially, when practical precision rifle shooting was becoming popular, .308 Winchester ruled the roost.  It was what military snipers had been using for decades, so how could you go wrong with that?  A few guys who understood external ballistics would venture out and shoot 7-08 Remington, .260 Remington, .243 Winchester and various wildcats in those bore sizes instead of the .308 because of their superior Ballistic Coefficient (BC) and reduced recoil.  As the sport progressed 6mm and 6.5mm bore sizes became the norm with Creedmoors and the x47 Lapua variants holding the lions share. Now for the same reasons 6mm and 6.5mm beat out the .308, the 6mm BR is coming into its own.

Welcome back to another weekly deals post. As always feel free to let me know in the comments if you want to see more deals of one kind of thing or another.

On April 4th, 2019, the Hon. Roger T. Benitez granted a partial injunction against his prior order. All sales of standard capacity magazines to California are to end by 5pm on Friday the 5th. Attorney General of California Xavier Becerra filed an ex parte order before the court. In it, he requested that Judge Benitez stay his prior judgment pending an appeal to the 9th Circuit. The court granted his motion, in part. California magazine imports to citizens will once again come to a halt.

In the wake of Judge Benitez’s decision to overturn the California magazine capacity restriction, online retailers have been flooded by Californians now suddenly eager to buy standard capacity magazines. So without further ado, here are the retailers currently shipping 10+ round magazines to California.

There are many traditions associated with Saint Patrick’s Day: wearing green, window-mounted shamrocks, disgusting green beer and now TFB’s Skilled Shooter, Lucky Shot posts. I’d like to think that we have included a little something for everyone (who doesn’t need more magazines).

The deal article of the week is here boys and girls. I can hear your wallets crying already.

Complete AR-15 uppers, the Ruger Precision Rifle, Hornady Reloading Kit, Ruger Magazines, and the Ruger LC9s.

Heckler & Koch have introduced their new 5.56x45mm Gen 3 polymer magazine at the 2018 Enforce Tac law enforcement and defence trade fair at Nürnberg Messe, Germany.

Earlier today, news began to trickle through online forums and social media platforms that retail giant Optics Planet had stopped selling magazines with a capacity over 10 rounds. With the internet being, well, the internet, we decided to have a look for ourselves. A cursory search of Optics Planet’s site revealed a couple of noteworthy concerns:

Even with all the advances in polymer materials and design over the last decade or so, half of my magazine stash is of the aluminum variety. While both types have their positives and negatives, most AR15 shooters sometimes to forget that magazines are disposable items. Of course longevity and reliability tests are an important part of the weapon’s ammunition feeding system, but at some point, worn our components should be replaced.

I ran into the owner and designed at IC13, Josh Sprecher while on the show floor. Due to some technical issues, I wasn’t able to get actual photographs of the MOLLE bandoleer that Josh has come up with, and that we covered in earlier TFB articles. However, I was able to get my hands on the new 2018 products, which included a new fabric design, a different color, a “Rapid-Strap” that uses velcro to secure it to the belt, and can thus be quickly ripped off in case of an emergency.

Remember our Top 5 Dumb Gun Products video from a few months back? Well here’s a worthy candidate for that list. Just kidding, I bet these things have an actual real world application other than tenderizing meat for chicken fried steak or something. The Meat Hammer from Medieval Spinners, as in fidget spinners those things all the kids are playing with these days, replaces the factory Glock magazine base plates. According to Medieval Spinners they’re “spiked for a non-lethal deterrent”.

Have you ever run out of ammo while out on a mission or mall patrol and thought, damn I need just three more rounds?! Don’t worry, MagnetoSpeed has you covered with their new Mini Mags they’re now selling on their store. If you don’t remember MagnetoSpeed they’re the makers of those cool barrel-mounted chronographs. They also make a nifty shot indicator that attaches to steel targets which lets you know if you’ve hit your target or not.

In the the constantly expanding category of ‘things I didn’t know existed’, TFB reader “ ABKThereal” sent me these pictures of Zastava 7.62×39 AK magazines made specifically for the Serbian Special Forces. These mags are made with a combination of polymer and steel, feature a heavy duty baseplate and are “available” in 30 and 40 round capacities. Has anyone seen these for sale in the U.S. or abroad?

Typically, once a platform is discontinued by its manufacturer, the aftermarket slowly folds. Few new products are released (unless the platform is alive through other companies) so it comes as a surprise that Mec-Gar, a manufacturer of fine firearms magazines, has announced the release of new Browning BDA magazines with a 10-round maximum capacity.