Re: Thermold 20 round mags with couplers in stock!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ORD</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kthomas</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thermold mags are junk. Being a Canadian, I hear from every Canadian soldier that's used them how bad they are. Thermolds were issued when the first C7's came out. Lots of broken mag lips, especially in colder weather. Mind you I have no experience with them myself, but with all the bad things I've heard about them, I would stay far away...
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More broad and sweeping statements condemning an entire product based on incomplete and inaccurate facts.
The Canadian mags are, in fact, pure SHITE! BUT...the mags being sold by SG are the Master Molder mags made in the USA (in NC as a matter of fact).
Once again, let me set the record straight on this issue as this nonsense re: the supposed "inferiority" of Thermold mags continues to pop up and to fuel the Internet rumor mill.
The original Thermold mags were designed and built by a US mfg. The Canadian military tested them and adopted them instead of going with the standard GI/NATO metal mags. The Canadians bought a license for the tooling/molds for the mags, but instead of going with a proper polymer as spec'd by the original mfg, they went with a different polymer and ended up with mags that were incredibly weak and prone to failure under full-auto and sustained fire or in adverse weather/environments. They ended up with cracked feed lips, mag bodies splitting at the seams and, ultimately, melting under sustained fire...thus the well-earned nickname "Thermelt" mags. That was only true however of the Canadian mags. Mags marked/molded with "MM" or "Master Molder" or otherwise made in the USA are GTG (they were made by the original US mfg). </div></div>
Did not know that. Thanks for setting me straight!
Cheers,
kthomas
