I was just doing a little research on when the MOE Plus grip will be released. Midway says they should have them on the 26th (tomorrow), but I found online posts going back to December 2008 talking about the Plus grip and how it was soon to be released. Why is it taking so long? I guess I shouldn’t really expect them to be in stock at midway tomorrow.
I don’t even think God Himself knows when in His name that damn MOE+ grip will be released to those of us who’ve been eagerly awaiting its debut.
The only ones I’ve even seen have been on Stickman’s carbines in the pic threads, that’s it. So your guess is as good as mine, bro. It would definitely be cool if they were released tomorrow, though I’m sure as hell not gonna get my hopes up.
When (and if) it is finally released, I think they’ll sell a shit-ton of them for sure. I only plan on buying 1 of them initially to see if I actually like their new texture, which I’m pretty sure I will. But after running it for a good while I’ll probably buy a few more of them.
I thought somewhere Magpul said they were having problems with getting the two types of polymers to bond together correctly…or something along those lines.
hmm, maybe I should just go with the basic MOE grip for now. However, my buddy has a hogue on his AR and it feels awesome.
Listing a product with an in stock date when the manufacturer does not have it in production, or has not given a release date has never made sense to me.
Wow, In that case… hello MOE grip.
I’ve had midway’s “MagPul MOE Illumination Mounting Kit” in my
wishlist and even saved in my favs and I’ve watched 2 Date Expected In-Stock’s get changed to later dates.
Last was 4/21/10 and the night of 4/21 i signed on to find…
Date Expected In-Stock: 5/10/2010
I did go ahead and order the new 5 slot moe rail and it was shipped
and in my hands 4 days later.
Midway has the MOE+ in OD with an expected ship date of
9/15/2010.
Ah, double.
The mold suffered some kind of catastrophic failure in 2008, and it has not been given a high priority. Hopefully late this year it will be released.
This is normal practice for Midway. Back after the election, I tried to follow availability of LPKs and the date would change at midnight.
Magpul is notoriously slow in getting new products out.
The UBR was YEARS in getting it out the door as a production item, and only in the last few months are they actually regularly in stock in multiple colors.
I love most of their products but I don’t even think about getting excited over a new product until they are shipping. I try to forget about them until then.
I’m not sure what the difference is between the regular Magpul MOE Grip and the MOE Grip Plus. Any vender seems to have an “image not available” listed next to the description. I’m guessing that they are not out yet…
The Plus has a rubber overmold (as opposed to the hard plastic of the regular MOE/MIAD grips).
Correct…not out yet. Not holding my breath.
Not holding my breath but I once had the opportunity to hold one that was given to a friend for T&E and once it is released I don’t want anything else for any of my rifles. Think of a marriage between the Ergo grip feel and the shape of the MOE. Perfect for me in my opinion for sunny south florida and the heat. My only gripe with the MOE is it gets slippery when your hands are wet.
I’ve held a MOE+ too and it felt like the perfect grip. Until it gets released, I’ve made my own ghetto rigged MIAD+. I took a bicycle innertube, cut it and wrapped it around the MIAD. Luckily I did it for free since I was able to take an old innertube from work. Easiest 5 minute mod ever.
I liked my inelegant solution. :sarcastic:
Any pictures?
Have any of these shipped??