Are FN Brand AR mags good mags?

RetiredMajor · January 5, 2013, 01:58 PM

I may pick up some FN Brand 30 round mags for the AR 15. I didn't know they made them. Are they good mags? Any experience with them?

Marquezj16 · January 5, 2013, 08:14 PM

No experience with it.

FN is a good company so I'd assume they are good to go. Any available mags right now are good to go. lol.

Get them and use them. Then come back on here and let us know.

BerdanSS · January 5, 2013, 09:55 PM

The ones I used to have were good...I picked some FNs up with a bunch of labelle mags one time. I stupidly let them go in my youth with an AR I sold a long time ago. I bought a case of Okay and Centers last year and I love them...what followers do the FNs your looking at have?...the orange ones? I upgrade all my mags with the grey mag-puls now.

tahunua001 · January 5, 2013, 10:29 PM

FN Herstal is the current manufacturer of all M16s for the US military, I think they are capable of making a decent magazine.

sailskidrive · January 6, 2013, 10:22 AM

I thought they have the Marine Corp/Navy contract, not USAF or ARMY.

Either way, FN is probably the premier firearms manufacturer world wide.

tahunua001 · January 6, 2013, 01:26 PM

military wide, they build the M16s while Colt maks the M4 though they are currently in the middle of an appeal since they are about to lose the M4 contract to remington.

Skans · January 7, 2013, 10:41 AM

I have some FN FNC magazines - excellent quality.

B. Lahey · January 7, 2013, 12:04 PM

I have several, they work great.

The ones I have (blue and white box, labeled as magazines for the FNC) are steel, though. I generally prefer aluminum or plastic mags strictly because of weight.

January 5, 2013, 01:58 PM	#1
RetiredMajor Senior Member Join Date: January 20, 2008 Location: Dubuque, Iowa Posts: 456	Are FN Brand AR mags good mags? I may pick up some FN Brand 30 round mags for the AR 15. I didn't know they made them. Are they good mags? Any experience with them? __________________ RetiredMajor, NRA Certified Instructor Every day's a holiday and every meal's a feast!

January 5, 2013, 10:29 PM	#4
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	FN Herstal is the current manufacturer of all M16s for the US military, I think they are capable of making a decent magazine. __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin

January 6, 2013, 10:22 AM	#5
sailskidrive Senior Member Join Date: October 26, 2008 Posts: 726	I thought they have the Marine Corp/Navy contract, not USAF or ARMY. Either way, FN is probably the premier firearms manufacturer world wide. __________________ SailSkiDrive Hk USP 45 Expert, USP 40, USP 9, SIG P226, S&W M&P9, Hk 4, Makarov, Desert Eagle 40, Beretta FS92 Centurion, Kimber TLEII 1911A1, Glock 22, SIG P225, 1943 Rem Rand 1911A1, S&W mod 64, Walther PPQ, SIG P229, Browning BDA 45 (SIG P220), Hk45, SIG P230

January 6, 2013, 01:26 PM	#6
tahunua001 Senior Member Join Date: July 21, 2011 Location: Idaho Posts: 7,839	military wide, they build the M16s while Colt maks the M4 though they are currently in the middle of an appeal since they are about to lose the M4 contract to remington. __________________ ignore my complete lack of capitalization. I still have no problem correcting your grammar. I never said half the stuff people said I did-Albert Einstein You can't believe everything you read on the internet-Benjamin Franklin

January 7, 2013, 12:04 PM	#8
B. Lahey Senior Member Join Date: March 17, 2008 Location: Indiana Posts: 2,857	I have several, they work great. The ones I have (blue and white box, labeled as magazines for the FNC) are steel, though. I generally prefer aluminum or plastic mags strictly because of weight. __________________ "A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into; the other functions and faculties may be more godlike, but in point of time they come afterwards." -George Orwell

January 5, 2013, 08:14 PM	#2
Marquezj16 Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2011 Posts: 2,088	No experience with it. FN is a good company so I'd assume they are good to go. Any available mags right now are good to go. lol. Get them and use them. Then come back on here and let us know.

January 5, 2013, 09:55 PM	#3
BerdanSS Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2011 Location: to close to other houses Posts: 1,176	The ones I used to have were good...I picked some FNs up with a bunch of labelle mags one time. I stupidly let them go in my youth with an AR I sold a long time ago. I bought a case of Okay and Centers last year and I love them...what followers do the FNs your looking at have?...the orange ones? I upgrade all my mags with the grey mag-puls now.

January 7, 2013, 10:41 AM	#7
Skans Senior Member Join Date: November 20, 2008 Posts: 11,132	I have some FN FNC magazines - excellent quality.