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Originally posted by WARPIG602:
I use Magpul and Lancer

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Originally posted by Dwill104:
I just use the Magpuls. I like the Lancers in 5.56, and I'm sure they are fine, but the price increase over the Magpuls in 7.62 don't justify me getting them.

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Originally posted by 3/4Flap:
I have an ArmaLite B model and one of the reasons I got it was for the older magazines.

Are there steel magazines made for the A Model/SR25/DPMS? Are they any good?

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Originally posted by LDD:

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Originally posted by 3/4Flap:
I have an ArmaLite B model and one of the reasons I got it was for the older magazines.

Are there steel magazines made for the A Model/SR25/DPMS? Are they any good?

Well, yes, but they can be fantastically expensive compared to the more "disposable" Magpuls.

I have a few LaRue 20 steel rounders, NIW, that I somehow bought for $25 each. They are still listed at $79.00 each on LaRue's site. I can't imagine there's much call for them these days. Even if they are better--it might become a beta-max v. VHS issue where the more plentiful, but inferior product eventually obsoletes the superior product by sheer market volume ("quantity has a quality all it's own").

KAC still makes 20 round magazines for their SR-25 guns (same pattern as magpul), and you can have one for the low, low price of ~$95. If that's still too pedestrian for you, you can try to buy an original shiny black waffle-pattern aluminum SR-25/AR-10 magazine from a collector .

DPMS has a sale right now for their steel 20s for ~$25 each. I've never heard anything bad about these magazines, other than they are heavy compared to the Magpuls.

ASC offers the same magazine for $24.00 (I actually suspect that ASC is the OEM for DPMS on these magazines).

I know of one former [since I don't work there anymore] fellow-employee who took some Magpuls out into the Oregon high desert in 90+ degree temps and claimed that they warped and sagged in the heat. He ditched all of his Mapguls after that and switched back to steel. This was about 4 years ago. I do not know if he ever reported his experience to Magpul.

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Originally posted by 3/4Flap:
The ArmaLite B model mags have always hovered around $35 or so which I didn't find too bad. And as Gen 2's they have a very good reputation. I'll never wear out the ones I have.

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Originally posted by 3/4Flap:
I didn't know the steel mags for the A series type were that expensive.

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Originally posted by LDD:

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Originally posted by 3/4Flap:
The ArmaLite B model mags have always hovered around $35 or so which I didn't find too bad. And as Gen 2's they have a very good reputation. I'll never wear out the ones I have.

My only concern with the AR10B pattern guns is that no one is making the receivers anymore, not even Armalite. I don't know if the magazines are being made anymore, but my guess would be "no."

While a bolt is more likely to wear out than a magazine, magazines are still expendable, if not disposable.

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Originally posted by 3/4Flap:
I didn't know the steel mags for the A series type were that expensive.

Yeah, for a while, LaRue and KAC were the only kids on that block. Most customers overlook the ASC/DPMS offerings in favor of Magpuls--I've never been in love with PMAGs and I prefer to keep a variety of magazines around, but I don't have a .308 class AR, so it hasn't been an issue for me. I do keep some .308 PMAGs around for trade fodder but if I had to feed a .308 AR (it'd be a 6.5 Creedmore, actually), I would go with Lancer's hybrid magazines with my existing Larue's as backup.

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Originally posted by 3/4Flap:
I haven't paid much attention to them, but they show a B model currently for sale. Maybe they have ceased production?

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I think they will make mags for a long time as the most common AR10 out there is still {I think} the AR10B tho I might be wrong about that.

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Originally posted by LDD:

ASC offers the same magazine for $24.00 (I actually suspect that ASC is the OEM for DPMS on these magazines).

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Originally posted by deepocean:

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Originally posted by LDD:

ASC offers the same magazine for $24.00 (I actually suspect that ASC is the OEM for DPMS on these magazines).

Are these the ones you are speaking of?

http://www.jgsales.com/asc-ar-...el,-new.-p-6838.html

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Originally posted by badcopnodonut!!:
Brownells has their brand of mags on sale @ $9.99 if anyone is interested.

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Originally posted by NikonUser:

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Originally posted by 3/4Flap:
I haven't paid much attention to them, but they show a B model currently for sale. Maybe they have ceased production?

It's the SASS model and they probably just want to get rid of those. The B model is no more. They don't make those anymore.

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I think they will make mags for a long time as the most common AR10 out there is still {I think} the AR10B tho I might be wrong about that.

I don't think they will make any more magazines either; the website shows them to be out of stock in all capacities. I bought a bunch some months back to guard against that. They may make more if there is demand for it, but I would not hold my breath. If you do not have many magazines, you should scour the web to see where you can buy some. I found some at Brownells months ago.