If it’s new then people will buy it! 
With this kind of attitude, there would have been only one manufacturer for the AR.
Got my sample in. I must first say that this mag is a prototype and not the final product. With that said, it is very close.
Fit/finish on the mag is first rate. The rubber baseplate is well made. How it interfaces into the mag body is also well designed IMHO.
I loaded the mag up and did some drop tests and the mag retained the rounds. It also dropped free from every AR I had in the shop (good sign).
I tried to put a Magpul GEN III follower into it, but it would not fit (just barely).
Lancer is marketing this mag as duty ready. This means that it will be the only hard use clear/smoke mag on the market. Because of this, I think we will be seeing a lot more of them in the near future.
C4
Huh. A couple months ago I ran across a picture of a Canadian soldier on the range with a Diemaco and some sort of non Eagle or Magpul transparent magazine.
Those would be the ones. 
I’m not giving up faith in Magpul, but it’s always nice to have more clear mags available.
Looks pretty good, but to me… A see thru mag is a fashion NO NO!!
Chicks don’t dig’um?
HK and SIG have been issuing “clear” mags for over a decade. I refuse to believe the Germans and Swiss have some special voodoo that allows them to make durable “clear” mags, and Americans can not.
I’m actually shocked to some degree that is hasnt been done with success already.
These new mags look well done from the photos. They look more complex than Pmags, so I assume they will be more expensive
I agree with Vari. And, Steyr had see thru mags all the way back in the 70s. I am not sure why a nice non-glossy see-thru mag isn’t a good thing? Why wouldn’t you want to be able to see where the mag is at just by looking at it?
I like the idea of them for Sims training.
I own more than 3-dozen of the USGI mags, most of which are from Brownells. I also own over a half-dozen Pmags and absolutely love them. I even have single windowed version, but it only tells me if I have less than 20-rounds left in the magazine. Since I normally load 28-rounds in these mags, I have found that this version of the Pmag is of little utility as far as I am concerned.
A true clear magazine has as much utility as the witness holes in the Glock magazines. Would I ever make use of those witness holes in a gunfight? I certainly hope not!! But they are very useful at the range and when training as would a see-thru Ar mag. I would be perfectly happy if a manufacturer would just include witness holes that mark 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25-rounds. Or maybe if someone would make one that has a clear back. This would let me know how much more I can shoot with that magazine. Barring that, I think a clear magazine would do nicely.
Just because this product is of little use to you, it doesn’t mean that it won’t find a niche somewhere with someone. Heck, there are a lot of items that were made for non-military applications that eventually became life-savers in the Combat zone. If the people of Dupont had listened to the likes of you, our guys would still be running around wearing flak vests (I hated those things)!! JM2CW.
Chicks in AZ don’t.
Well, maybe Scottsdale…
I like it when new stuff hits the market. I may have to check these out:cool:
I met with the rep at Shot and bought some of these mags. I think they will do well and MAP is suggest at $19.00 apiece! This is a very good deal if you consider that it basically has a rubber buttplate on it.
C4
None of the magazines you mentioned are required to fit inside an M-16/STANAG magwell. It is very well possible that if you are not constrained by pre-existing magazine dimentions, you could go with thicker walls, beefier ribs, etc, to achieve a durable translucent magazine. Question: Why didn’t HK use plastic on their improved magazines for the 416, but they DID for the 417?
Not saying that is the reason, but it could be <A> reason…
I’m glad this new magazine is in development. As a consumer, I LOVE free market competition.
Not that I know anything about this stuff, but it seems to me that if a guy had a dump bag full of partially full mags after doing a few ‘tactical reloads’, it might be helpful to know how many rounds were in each mag when it became necessary to use them (i.e., out of full mags).
If a guy assaulted an objective, and were back in the ORP, and his squad leader asked for a round count, it would be nice to be able to look at the magazine and know how many rounds were left in it.
If the ‘non-tactical’ appearance bothers you, you could run strip of tape up the side, and apply your favorite shade of krylon to the rest of it.
Too bad her superheroine outfit wasn’t made from ‘advanced polymers’
We have also purchased a large quantity of mags from the 1st batch to be available soon. We are expecting good results from them. They are a good option depending on your mission requirements.
We expect the initial demand to be higher than the quantity of the initial batch.
Please contact me to get on a pre-order list.
Before you get slapped on the wrist or booted you need to be a paying dealer to advertise here.
I asked about being a paid advertiser. They stated they are only taking manufacturer advertisers at this time. I do have a check enroute to be a sponsor. I don’t want to step on any toes.
i’m willing to give them a try. the green follower in the lancer is proprietary and not USGI. the USGI follower will not fit in the mag - they’re sized and shaped differently. i like the idea of steel feed lips.
