Are magazines getting too expensive??

[Jay Walk]

Purchased Smith sd 40 14 round mags this week $39.99
made $30 for Beretta m9 22 fifteen rounders seem like a deal.

Ammo is on sale right now, you will see.





Not to be overly critical of anyone in particular, but why are people in Washington state only now looking to buy standard capacity magazines for guns they own? It's not like the Democrats in the state legislature haven't been introducing bills to limit firearms magazine capacity every session for the past several years.

That's easy, 1) we are buying guns that are on our future buy list NOW to get the larger capacity mags and not the ten rounders, then purchasing additional mags NOW.
and 2) some of us "waited" as the initial Bill banned possession in many places so Why buy more?

As someone on here stated they purchased ten rounders, I did too before the Bill language got switched around.
Purchased 10 round hellcat mags even know I had a couple of 11 rounders.
Purchased a few 10 round AR mags as well trying to beat THE RUSH... Hahahaaa.

I hate this State.

 

[bionic knees]

no.

 

[Koda]

mag prices are weird, all I know is you dont want cheap mags... you buy two for the price of one name brand and they fail and you coulda been up one more precious name brand mag. Then one day you find yet another different brand thats cheaper that works just fine. Kinda like cheap holsters my guess is everyones got a box of junk mags.

 

[UnderFire]

Exactly why I prefer to buy used when it comes to most handguns and the odd rifles/shotguns. Multiple extra magazines can become a massive plus when you're talking $30-60 a piece.

 

[ilikegunspdx]

I haven't seen any change in prices except lower. Magazines that were expensive before are still expensive. Magazines that were fairly cheap before are a little bit cheaper from what I have seen. Even some exotics such as 12 gauge drum mags have gone down in price. Glock, AR mags of course can be had dirt cheap. G3 308 mags have went up from their previously unbelievably low price.

 

[Longwalkhome]

With inflation running about 12% magazines will cost 36% more in three years.

 

[Ducati_Meister]

Yep I remember when HK MP5 magazines were ONLY $50 each. Now $70 is a decent deal and $80 is common. Anything German and magazines get expensive.

Last 3 MP5 mags I got, HK branded, were $80 a mag. Quite a wallet buster for being pieces of stamped metal lol

 

[Ducati_Meister]

In my experience, the HK, Sig and FN mags were pretty pricy even before the panic buying. Magpul AR mags seems to have been holding pretty steady. Every once in awhile, I'll find deals on steel AK mags locally or online as they can be somewhat hard to find.

 

[GWS]

I bought most of my mags pre-pandemic into early pandemic. Mostly SIG P series and FN 57/PS90. Some defensive rifle mags. I usually bought them at sale prices, all of them less than $50, most less than $40 each, many less than $35 each.

Not sure why pistol mags cost 3-4 times what an AR mag costs, but whatever.

Economies of scale.
Everyone makes an AR style rifle, all with different bells and whistles but regardless of the differences,, they all use AR magazines whereas pistols for some reason all seem to have they're own special magazine. So if you want that Sig P-320, you're going to have to pay for Sig magazines. They know this and jack you up accordingly. There's really no good reason a Sig or a USP any other similar size pistol couldn't run on Glock magazines other than aftermarket magazines are a gravy train for gun manufacturers

 

[RobMa]

OEM or Mec-gar; sometimes Mec-gar is better than (or is) OEM.

 

[RobMa]

Last 3 MP5 mags I got, HK branded, were $80 a mag. Quite a wallet buster for being pieces of stamped metal lol

$69.00 a pop for me... and they still have some.

 

[Helocat]

Yep I remember when HK MP5 magazines were ONLY $50 each. Now $70 is a decent deal and $80 is common. Anything German and magazines get expensive.

Or Swiss! B&T. Anything.

Last 3 MP5 mags I got, HK branded, were $80 a mag. Quite a wallet buster for being pieces of stamped metal lol

Midway a in 2019 did a huge "not in stock" sale on HK "Germany" MP5 mags, $49.95 each for a long back order. They clearly bought a ton, probably pre-paid and why waiting was willing to regain some capital and not make as much. They eventually shipped to me (did not miss out on that one) and their web price was back up to $79.95.

 

[DirectDrive]

I haven't seen any change in prices except lower. Magazines that were expensive before are still expensive. Magazines that were fairly cheap before are a little bit cheaper from what I have seen. Even some exotics such as 12 gauge drum mags have gone down in price. Glock, AR mags of course can be had dirt cheap. G3 308 mags have went up from their previously unbelievably low price.

This ^^^ is exactly what I thought when I first saw this thread.

 

[Koda]

Last 3 MP5 mags I got, HK branded, were $80 a mag. Quite a wallet buster for being pieces of stamped metal lol

for those MP5 shooters check this $25 price out...

Overwatch MOD2 Mag for 9mm MP5 variants

Overwatch Precision's 32-round capacity 9mm magazine is a 100% USA made mag for HK MP5, SP5, 94, and all HK MP5 clones. Check it out here!

overwatchprecision.com

 

[clanhanson]

for those MP5 shooters check this $25 price out...

Overwatch MOD2 Mag for 9mm MP5 variants

Overwatch Precision's 32-round capacity 9mm magazine is a 100% USA made mag for HK MP5, SP5, 94, and all HK MP5 clones. Check it out here!

overwatchprecision.com

If these are any good, Magpul is going to be really irritated!

 

[DirectDrive]

If these are any good, Magpul is going to be really irritated!

From what we've seen thus far, Overwatch puts out only high quality products.
Those mags should be excellent.

 

[clanhanson]

From what we've seen thus far, Overwatch puts out only high quality products.
Those mags should be excellent.

I'll pick up a couple. It'll be less stroke-inducing if a full mag is dropped on the feed lips than with HK mags.

 

[DirectDrive]

I'll pick up a couple. It'll be less stroke-inducing if a full mag is dropped on the feed lips than with HK mags.

$22.46 here...

Overwatch Precision Mag HK MP5, SP5 9mm Luger 32-Round

The Overwatch Precision Polymer magazine for MP5 variants is a standard capacity 32-round 9mm polymer mag for HK SP5, MP5, 94, and all HK MP5 clones....

www.midwayusa.com

 

[RobMa]

Plastic mag and MP5 is blasphemy!

 

[clanhanson]

Plastic mag and MP5 is blasphemy!

*ETS mags are blasphemy.

In all seriousness I've had great luck with KCI Gen2 MP5 mags and they were *only* $35. Gen 1s stink.