Army Now Says No Ban on Rifle Magazines

[mrraley]

The Pentagon has clarified the Army’s stance on a recent safety message that effectively banned a certain high-performance, commercial M4 magazine, which means soldiers can keep using their PMAGs.

The confusion began when Army officials from the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command issued a message in April, declaring that the only government-issued aluminum magazines were authorized for use in the M4 and M16 rifles.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/06/07/army-now-says-no-ban-on-rifle-magazines.html

[survivalshop]

It was all a mistake , ya that's it  !

[98Z5V]

Somebody with some common sense "unfucked" the idiots that sent that original message out...  That was truly the dumbest thing I've ever seen the Army issue/publish/enact, and when I first read it, the only thing I thought was....

I was right in my decision to GTFO.  Eff the Military Politics.  :o

Something is restored, with this information.  Thank you much, Pat.  <thumbsup>

Something is not right in the information that's available, too - politics were DEFINITELY involved initially, and in the "aftermath" of that announcement...

"It’s still unclear why TACOM issued the message at this time, but sources say it might have something to do with the $10.7 million contract TACOM Rock Island awarded to Brownells Inc. in 2009 to produce 1.4 million improved magazines by January 2010."

"By contrast, PMAGs have developed a word-of-mouth reputation for being extremely reliable as well as durable. Special operations units such as Army’s 75th Ranger Regiment issue PMAGs as do many infantry units before war-zone deployments."

fornicate yeah.  RLTW.  <thumbsup>

[survivalshop]

I have a bunch of the brownell's mags & they work just fine , maybe not as good as the Pmags , but they work.

This BS is some thing new that came up , if it had any thing to do with that contract , I would think it would have come up before now .

[jeffreyC]

Two and a half years later ?

Maybe it's because I live in a cowtown but I smell BS.