Has anyone seen any new products from Magpul?

The new copy of AR magazine was showing a cheaper version of the CTR and also a handguard that was kinda triangular but also had little sections of rail.

The handguard is what I'm most interested in but I can't find any info anywhere.

All the info is in the 2008 Magpul Catalog released at the 08 SHOT show.

...which means you might be able to buy the T&E version in 2010.....maybe...

Still waiting on that Masada. They were cool to play with at SHOT.

Thanks for the info, M4Super90.

Not on the website but in their catalog, seems kinda goofy to me.

So far, I've only seen the grip and one of the buttstocks released of their MOE line.

They are supposed to be making orange AR mags. They kinda remind you of the Soviet AK74 ones.

Magpul has several cool items coming to being.
But it boils down to is, will we still be alive when they put the items into production?
I just received my UBR stock, after a long, long wait.

I have several orange PMAGs. They have been making them for awhile.

I want the pink bunny of death sticker for one of my officers. Kind of hard for the liberals in my city to get mad at something so close to their beloved Code Pink types.

Magpul makes beautiful, useful, well-engineered and tough product, BUT THEY ARE WORLD-CLASS BALL DROPPERS.
The UBR was due out in Sept 07, It is Aug 08, and although they say they are in production, you cannot find them anywhere.
MOE Products: They are in short supply and the Handguards are totally MIA.
The Magpul BUIS. Totally off the radar.
Magpul Billet Lower: Vaporware.
Masada. Don't even get me started. Magpul knew it didn't have the production capacity to produce enough Pmags to keep up with demand, so there is no way that they could produce the Masada in any real volume. So what did they do? They whored themselves out, and not just to anyone, but to Bushmaster. Bushmaster is rampant with quality and customer sevice issues. Not to mention they are allowing Bushy to "refine" the Masada, er I mean Bushmaster ACR. What a load of horseshit.
I love Magpul product, and the owner is a Brother Marine, but damn Magpul, did you bite off more than you can chew?

This is how ridiculous the UBR issue is:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Magpul-UBR-Utility-Battle-Rifle-Sto...QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This stock should be readily available at most big vendors.

$365+ for a "current production" stock? Sinful

I look at Magpul as a think tank for gun gear. The fact they actually make half the stuff they dream up is just a bonus. The truth of the matter is they are one of very damn few in this business who are actually doing anything remotely new and imaginative.

God bless 'em.

Think tanks are great, my problem is when you put out a catalog and show off your wares at a show, the consumer expects this product to make it to the shelves. It is a 2 way street, they are in business to make money. We pay for their products, this allows them to continue to do business and thus allows them to dream up new products. If it wasn't for th eCTR and Pmag they would be out of business. Pipe-dreams don't pay the bills.
The PMAg is the IPOD of the AR15 world. It is a great product, it has set a new standard, and is easy to produce and distribute, selling a high volume of them has given Magpul the operating capitol to continue to dream big, deliver small. Just like the Ipod has allowed Apple to stay in business and dream big and deliver small. It is funny, Apple and Magpul are in exactly the same boat. Big dreams, nowhere near the prodcution capacity to fulfill those dreams....

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Originally posted by Klutched:
Apple and Magpul are in exactly the same boat.

Only if pmags were $189.00 and you had to use Magpul software to load them.

Magpul needs to throttle back. They are clearly getting too ambitious and as a result products are falling off the grid and ending up in limbo

Billit lower for example. And as for the Masada, I personally dont buy into the hype. It may be great but all that plastic is a turnoff.

Notice even the SCAR ditched the plastic lower.

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Originally posted by Veeper:

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Originally posted by Klutched:
Apple and Magpul are in exactly the same boat.

Only if pmags were $189.00 and you had to use Magpul software to load them.

Drift: Apple's hardware generally isn't overly expensive, if you compare similarly specced equipment.

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Originally posted by Klutched:
Magpul makes beautiful, useful, well-engineered and tough product, BUT THEY ARE WORLD-CLASS BALL DROPPERS.

Well they're damned if they do and damned if they don't, aren't they? If they rush the product to market and it's not ready for prime time then everybody bitches about that, too. *COUGH* 556 *COUGH*

I prefer that a company take their time with product development and get it right the first time instead of using customers as beta testers/guinea pigs.

AFA biting off more than they can chew, they passed the Masada off to BM and I'd imagine that was eating up a lot of their time. Yes, Magpul always seems to have a lot of irons in the fire, but they make great stuff that is always in demand and that to me is proof that their method works.

Hasn't the gun industry, in general, worked a bit like this? For as long as I can remember...

It is not just Magpul, but FN, Ruger, any number of businessses.

It is even more accentuated with Magpul, as their products are even more desired than some of the other stuff businesses want to put out.

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If it wasn't for th eCTR and Pmag they would be out of business.

Not true. Their MIAD grip is the best on the market.

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Originally posted by Klutched:
Magpul makes beautiful, useful, well-engineered and tough product, BUT THEY ARE WORLD-CLASS BALL DROPPERS.

I don't thing I would go that far. They are a product of their popularity. They show off something new at the SHOT shot and everyone must have it, NOW! They gave dates but found they could not keep them. They should have never have given hard dates on stuff they don't have already stocked up in their warehouse.

The UBR is a good example. Dates were pushed back over and again till a year and then some had passed. They are still unable to get them out in large enough quantities to satisfy the market. Now they are new products like the 20 rnd P-Mags, XTM's, MOE lineup, etc and they are still struggling to get the UBR's out. The 20rnd P-Mags and XTM's are easier to get a hold of then the UBR's. Still not all of the XTM's are actually available.

I think Magpul is taking a gamble with MidwayUSA and other large resellers. They will move a lot of stock and won't be happy with a trickle down the supply line. Unless they're limiting supply to the smaller resellers, I can't see them being able to keep up with the supply.

They still don't have the MBUS nor have we seen the ACS stock. The company is going to have to expand, I'm thinking. They're probably losing money, because they can't keep up and people are looking elsewhere rather then waiting.

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Originally posted by Zcar:
Drift: Apple's hardware generally isn't overly expensive, if you compare similarly specced equipment.

And you don't need iTunes to load them.