Magazine Moths?

[B. Lahey]

My local gunshop has a sale on Mk318 SOST factory seconds, so I picked up a few boxes to try out, brought them home, and went to load a few mags for my next rangetrip. As I was unloading a steel FN 30rd AR mag of its previous cargo, I noticed some sort of foreign object lodged in there, about an inch down from the feedlips...

It was a moth!

Apparently, it had decided a loaded AR magazine was a good place to live (or die).

Anyone ever find bugs in their mags before? What impact do they have upon mag reliability? Are there any models particularly prone to moth infestation? :D

[KROIL]

I have found that almost every aftermarket Ruger Mini -14/30 magazine has "BUGS".

[B. Lahey]

Heh. Maybe that's why Promag stinks so terribly. Moth infestation for sure, it all makes sense now.

[Bamashooter]

I have several promag 20rd. magazines for my mini-14 as well as several ruger mags and they all work 100%. I have had mine for awhile so the newer ones might not be as good as the older ones but mine all work.

[3kgt2nv]

havent seen mag moths but i have seen brass spiders when collecting empties at the range.