Seems like they used to make more colors. There was an orange one, and I think there was an Olive Drab one as well. I have one colored Pmag; I think they called it Foliage Green. think all you can get now is black and desert flat dark earth.
Magpul could make the things in any color: Orange, Purple, you name it.
In addition to being “cool,” it would serve a purpose. You could load different loads into different colors.
Why not? Anybody know?
Why won’t Magpul make different colored Pmags?
They are in the business of making money, thats why.
If you need different colors, buy some Krylon or Aervoe spray paint
I wish all firearms and tactical stuff was available in at least FDE and olive drab. Throw in desert tan and urban gray and you cover practically all environments with just four colors. Not sure why black ever became the tactical default since it is not very good for most environments. A dark grey would be more universal. Almost like 70 yr old Parkerizing…
Most likely, they cut down on their color options due to more black and FDE PMAGs being used more than any other color. They used to offer OD Green, Foliage, and even UDE (Urban Dark Earth) for LaRue Tactical. At one time, they even offered Sand that could be dyed. The MAGPUL Ranger Plates are offered in a few different colors. You could use these to designate magazines with different ammo and/or different loads.
This is probably the most common question Magpul receives. The simple answer is that adding colorant to plastics can weaken the material properties. In a part such as the MIAD Grip, or the CTR Stock where the part is already over-engineered and 2-10x stronger than it needs to be, that’s not a problem - make whatever color you want. In a PMAG, however, where the strength properties of the polymer are more sensitive, adding colorant can be problematic. It’s not quite that simple, as each individual color and % of colorant behaves differently than the next, as does each generation/iteration of polymer that Magpul develops, but you get the idea. This is literally at the molecular level of the polymer/colorant compound, certainly well above my level of understanding, but I can tell you for certain that Magpul is not simply ignoring the market when you ask for colors - there is a reason.
Interesting. Conor affects strength or longevity.
I’ve bought some Coyote Brown Gen 3 Magpuls from my LGS. They’re nice!
I once worked in a plastic factory that made the plastics used in multiple industries for vacuum forming products. We charged considerably higher prices for certain colors just due to the fact that they had a higher scrap rate when the material was coming off the extruder. Something about the color added to the material, caused it to be less forgiving to minor changes in zone heat and such stuff. I don’t know the actual mechanics behind it, but I do know that certain colors were more difficult to produce the material to spec and the flaws weren’t always easily detected in the unformed raw product.
Ever buy PVC fencing? Brown costs twice as much as white or almond for exactly the reasons dperdue mentioned.
I have seen tons of different Magpul colors over the years, but I think at this point they stopped making everything except black and FDE. I know for a fact they discontinued Olive Drab and I’m pretty sure foliage is gone too. They had the “sand” color for a bit in the Gen 3’s, and since it was almost white, a lot of people used RIT dye to get them whatever color they want.
The “Sand” color was just Magpul polymer without any colorant, which is in theory its strongest state. That said, I am 110% confident that the MCT has passed every strength test with flying colors and is good to go.
I seem to recall the MCT is stronger than black, I miss foliage and feel that it is a better shade of green than OD which is almost black. But I like MCT and am waiting on some other sizes in this color, whats up Magpul can we expect to see any 20’s, 40’s and 60’s anytime soon?
because it is kinda lame
I would love if the 60’s would come out in some new colors. I have two and they’re great. Overly expensive, but still excellent.
They have no reason to offer wierd colors, their mags sell fine as is.
As others have said, krylon is your friend.
Different color stips of tape around the bases is how I identify different loads.
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This works. I simply use different magazines for 300BLK (Lancers) than 556 (PMAGS). I have has zero issues with this plan. Only mags I keep loaded at all times can be swapped if needed (M193/M855) without too much issue on the range. That and the fact that the M855 stands out well with those green tips. Stuff like the Mk262 clones only gets loaded day of (or night before) I am heading to the range, and generally I am bringing a different rifle to shoot those anyway, usually with 20 round magazines.
The sand mags were great for coloring with Rit. Heck, the Foliage Green wasn’t half bad at making browns and greys with the right dye combinations but I haven’t dyed a magazine in at lest five years. MCT now will get the job done and Aervoe can make the black magazines look like anything. I have some sprayed magazines now easily coming up on a decade old that are holding the paint just fine, and there’s always more for touch-ups if needed.
Well, they did make pink, FDE, foliage, OD Green, sand, coyote, various kryptek patterns, etc. Its more likely that they simply realized that they could get away with offering one or two colors, and discontinued the rest.
Exactly.