Fair enough, hopefully “Santa” brings me a couple so I can beat them up.
plouffedaddy, I saw you were not friendly to them at all in your video. Are you still using them and is there any sign of failure near the locking tabs? How about the “permanent” base pads, are they staying put?
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I agree anything can break, its all about how the company handles the situation. I did a lot of searching on these a few weeks ago and came across all the reviews of the first gens crapping out. It seems your account of free goodies seems to be the norm with US Palm, which is a good thing. One set of videos I found on theakforum.net showed the second gen going tits up from dirt and sand. Guy was overseas and did a lot of tests with varying amount of dirt and sand applied to the magazine. He experienced where the rounds wouldn’t even feed from the magazine and stated it was hard to load rounds 29 and 30. What he didn’t seem to mention was whether or not he cleaned the mags according to US palms directions. He always stated he would shake them out but never implied if water was applied to the magazines. So take I took that for what it is worth.
Locally only one gun shop carries them and they want 30 bucks plus tax each. They only carry circle 10’s and us palms. I think they want 40 for the circle 10’s. So I am stuck finding them online to save every dollar I can. The only reason I care so much is that I have to use US mags for 3 of my compliance parts. All the other US mags seem to be shitty in comparison, hence my wish for more companies to step up and match or beat US Palm in the polymer mag game.
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Haha funny how small the internet is. I came across the one from the beach picture as well. If I remember correctly the salt water rusted up the mag spring like it would to any other. I hope I can get some in the near future to play with. I have a few crapcos that came with my AMD and I picked a couple more up for 5 bucks each for cheap range mags. I would love to have something I can really depend on. I wont lie, the crapcos have been loaded for a few weeks and I let my son throw them around the house and outside (he’s 14 months) and they haven’t broke. Im not saying they are combat ready but not as weak as I had initially thought.
I try to be fair in my videos based on my experience with the product/gun/ect… Their CS was lacking; no doubt about it in my mind so I stated it. Several emails and voicemails telling them I was reviewing their product and that I would like some information went unanswered for over a month. I understand they can be busy and probably get a lot of calls/emails. They also had some problems with the ‘Gen1’ versions that I personally witnessed, so I said it.
To me that doesn’t mean they make bad mags or other accessories and in the spirit of fairess they have since gotten back to me with the answers.
The mags continue performing well and they’re already loaded up along some steel mags for the next range trip.
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I think you misunderstood who the “them” was in my sentence. I meant the mags not US Palm, I should have stated that differently. As far as you calling them out, you had every right and I think every manufacturer needs constructive criticism not just fanboi love.
This is the other issue with these mags, since they cannot be disassembled you cannot perform routine maintenance on them. If there is a future magazine ban you will need to have things like replacement springs, followers, and floor plates on hand to keep your mags up and running.
I think that is the number one issue with these mags. While US Palm is trying to be different they took away one key aspect of any magazine.
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Ha ha, that picture always brought a smile to my face. While I do agree that floor plates can be a bitch (I’ve had my fair share of picking up loose rds on the floor) it is nice to be able to remove them and service the magazine. Ill have to float through all those threads I read and see where it was where the guy posted about the spring rusting after his trip to the beach.
I haven’t found too many complaints of the gen 2 palm mags floating about. Its good to seem them advance the product over time and I hope they continue to do so. I know pmags had some issues out of the gate but every generation seems to perform better.
Here it was, http://forum.saiga-12.com/index.php?/topic/58082-us-palm-ak30-magazine/page__st__150
“Not during the first day of running it, which was about 200 rounds. The second day, after the first 3 rounds, the follower got stuck, It would appear that the salt water had done a number on the spring, but with some WD-40 and constant washing out, I fixed it up good as new.”
Now i guess he didn’t say rusted, but what else would salt water do to a spring. Says he got them to work so no big deal. Also I think these are gen 1 mags but I don’t see anywhere that US Palm changed the spring for the gen 2. Its still a non issue as I said before seeing as salt water will always fuck up metal.
Also has anyone tried to test the 100,000 compressions they claim?
ETA, I now see your the main reviewer there, I don’t pay much attention to screen names on other sites.
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I think salt water+beach sand would do a number to any magazine. But yes he got it running so no big deal.
I’ve been pretty tough on my Tapco mags. No breakages or failures.
I manned up today and tried the ak push up. I braced my fingers for disappointment but to no avail, the mags didn’t break or crack. Are the intafuse(spelling?) models better than the older ones?
I think the first Tapco magazines were actually ProMags with the Tapco name on them (I’ve never owned one but this is what I conclude from looking at pictures) The Tapco Intrafuse magazines began when they must have procured their own molds and polymer formula. These mags are really a lot tougher and more reliable than people give them credit for. I own eleven 30 rounders, two 20 rounders and a 5 rounder from Tapco. Every one of them has been perfectly reliable and durable. Sorry to OP for going off topic. Maybe it’s time for a Tapco mag test thread 
Yes sorry for the derail there. If someone wants to give me a few tapcos to test, Ill do my best to break it.
Oh that mag test has already been done. One split at the feed lips and another busted open when I transitioned to the prone. But, TAPCO replaced both of them free of charge…