What the reviews on ProMag magazines??

jrothWA · February 22, 2020, 07:52 PM

I looking to get three magazzine tomatch my elctro-nickle M39-2.

Seems that Meg-gar doesn't manufactured them??

TunnelRat · February 22, 2020, 08:19 PM

For years I heard stories of how ProMags were terrible. Last year I bought a used P228. It came with a ProMag. By outward appearance it was fine. The magazine body looked fine, the follower didn’t tilt, and the spring pressure seemed decent. I had more failures in the first magazine than in years of shooting. I’m actually amazed by it. To make something that outwardly seems so fine and yet is such a complete failure. I am not sure I could do it if I tried.

This was just one magazine. Samples of one aren’t very useful I know, but after owning it I could see why people are so strongly opinionated about ProMags.

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wild cat mccane · February 22, 2020, 08:53 PM

How ProMag stays in business is a complete mystery.

Dan-O · February 22, 2020, 09:14 PM

They should change the name to blowmags

unclenunzie · February 22, 2020, 09:44 PM

They are no bargain since you'll end up throwing them away after wasting ammo testing them. Factory mags or mecgar in my book.

1MoreFord · February 22, 2020, 09:52 PM

It's a shame Smith has totally abandoned the model 39's even as far as the things I consider consumable.

I've heard second hand reports that ProMag has upped its game on single stack mags but can't bring myself to spend money to find out.

Here's a Smith mag that will fit and work in a M39 but it holds one more round and does not fit flush.

https://www.brownells.com/magazines/...2520Wesson__39

Numrich sells one they call a reproduction but don't tell who makes it.

Best of luck.

ammo.crafter · February 22, 2020, 11:19 PM

Junk.

ms6852 · February 23, 2020, 12:39 AM

Agree with unclenunzie, get the factory mags regardless of cost, it will be cheaper in the long run and you don't need your range time to be frustrating .

Fishbed77 · February 23, 2020, 01:25 AM

ProMag's entire business model is predicated on taking advantage of people who don't read reviews.

JDBerg · February 23, 2020, 03:05 AM

I borrowed a ProMag magazine for my Sig P6, and the darn thing wouldn’t drop free from the gun. So I was able to score a few OEM magazines at a decent price, but these are getting like hens teeth.

USNRet93 · February 23, 2020, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wild cat mccane

How ProMag stays in business is a complete mystery.

Agree..Had one for my Glock 42..wouldn't push rounds up..junque.
Son just bought a ProMag for his Mini-14..no work with steel cases, works just OK with brass.

YMMV and all that.

jrothWA · February 23, 2020, 07:56 PM

Back to prowling thelesseor known gunshows.

Five years ago, struck gold with a S&W card for two m39 magazines,$40!

Never thought my hands could move so fast!!

Onward Allusion · February 23, 2020, 08:16 PM

While I'm a firm believer in OEM and Mec Gar, sometimes ProMag will work if you want to put the time into tweaking them. I personally don't.

It is kind of crazy that dimensionally they appear to be identical to factory but have all kinds of problems.

riffraff · February 23, 2020, 11:51 PM

Agree, junk.

Bought a couple for a Sig, seemed fine, somehow made a pistol that eats anything flawlessly constantly jam. Fail, bought better mags..

Out of desperation (only thing around for capacity at the time) bought 1 for a mini 30, reviews were good. Actually fits so poorly I didn't even bother trying it. Fail.

Jim567 · February 24, 2020, 08:22 AM

Bought 3 for my Ruger Ranch 7.62 x 39.
They went in the trash! Not one would feed.
Bought three for my Sig P220.
Two worked OK but are not trusted.
I use the third to practice clearing malfunctions.

FrankenMauser · February 24, 2020, 10:53 AM

I haven't messed with ProMag in about 20 years. But, at that time, they were absolute garbage.

The only magazines that I've seen since then that got me just as frustrated were ASC AR mags. (Which cause .223 Rem to rim-lock!

)

44caliberkid · February 24, 2020, 04:02 PM

Tried one in a Browning High Power years ago and it didn't work. Last year I built a PCC AR in 45 ACP. I used a magazine well adapter that used H&K carbine magazines, which are very expensive. But the company that made the adapter used the ProMag version for development and they work fine. I guess if you build the gun for the mag it works, just not the other way around.

mr bolo · February 25, 2020, 03:33 AM

PRO MAGS are NOT what real PROS use

the name is misleading, a professional would never use a piece of junk like that

Walt Sherrill · February 25, 2020, 09:41 AM

I'm NOT a Pro-Mag fan but...

I've had good success with SOME specific types of Pro-Mag magazines, and horrible experience with others.

Back during the Clinton hi-cap mag/assault weapons ban, a period during which CZ first introduced the compact-sized CZs, the Pro-Mag 10-rond magazines for the CZ-75B Compact in .40 (a gun that CZ never introduced, but had planned to sell).

When CZ later introduced .40 versions of those compact models, they had a bad time getting those magazines to work properly. The Pro-Mags 10-round .40 compact mags were a fall-back position. I don't think Pro-Mag makes them any more.

I picked up a couple of those mags and found that they worked perfectly with 9mm rounds, and held 14 rounds! A bunch of us on the CZ Forum at the time scarfed them up. (This was accelerated when we got a letter ruling from the ATF that said that using .40 mags loaded with 9mm round was a legal practice, as the mags were legal as purchased, nothing had been modified.)

I've also had them work well in Berettas and in guns that used the S&W Model 10 mags. But full-size CZ mags were always a disappointment. The problem was generally crappy springs, and unless you could buy a Pro-Mag for a lot less than a Mec-Gar or CZ factory mag, the cost of getting them to run right was prohibitive.

For non-1911s, I always go the Mec-Gar route -- if only because that for a number of years Mec-Gar made mags for most CZ models. (I don't know who CZ uses now for their different models, but think they make SOME mags for some models themselves, but outsource production for other models, selling them as OEM mags.)

I once bought some CZ Factory (full-size) magazines from CDNN, and when I opened the packages they were absolutely correct 10-rounders. I was surprised to find that markings on the back of the identifying paper insert showed that they had been made by Pro-Mag.

Pro-Mag can make good quality magazines that function as they should, at least when making them to gun-maker's specs, but they don't always do it with stuff that carries their own brand markings.

T. O'Heir · February 25, 2020, 10:16 AM

Gunparts wants $46.70 each for 9 round, factory, SS, 9mm, M39 mags. $38.25 for repro, factory(says the manufacturer is S&W), 8 round, blued, mags.
Oh and rumour has it that Promag stuff is low quality junk. They made No. 4 Lee-Enfield mags that were almost universally hated. I believe it's more about their QC than anything else.

jar · February 25, 2020, 10:51 AM

I've had pretty good luck with the Promags I own and have owned over the decades. They have all worked and so far been as reliable as any other make.

Forte S+W · February 25, 2020, 12:25 PM

My brother bought a Promag Magazine for his Taurus TCP once and he ended up having to watch a video tutorial on how to modify the lips to make it feed reliably.

Personally, I'd only buy a Promag if it were extremely cheap or no other options were readily available because all I've ever heard about Promag Mags is how unreliable they tend to be.

Flight567 · February 25, 2020, 03:57 PM

Off question but on topic, if the OP doesn't mind terribly; what is the consensus on ETS mags around these parts?

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Sequins · February 27, 2020, 01:21 PM

Pro mags are so bad I'd rather single feed.

ThomasT · February 27, 2020, 01:53 PM

I own 8 of the Pro-Mag 20 round mags for my Mini-14 and they work as well as the factory 20 round mag. Just a few months ago I bought a used Taurus TCP and wanted a spare mag. Academy had them new from ProMag.

It works fine but because it is just a little thicker by .010 than the factory mag it will not jump out of the gun when the release button is pushed. You have to pull it out. Not a big deal I suppose.

I emailed and called Promag about this hoping to get a proper working mag. They sent an email saying they would get back with me but never did. Thats the big deal with me. I guess I have their answer. My response will be "I will never buy another ProMag branded magazine again".

February 22, 2020, 07:52 PM	#1
jrothWA Senior Member Join Date: November 11, 2006 Posts: 2,519	What the reviews on ProMag magazines?? I looking to get three magazzine tomatch my elctro-nickle M39-2. Seems that Meg-gar doesn't manufactured them??

February 22, 2020, 09:44 PM	#5
unclenunzie Senior Member Join Date: July 5, 2016 Location: Texas. Posts: 140	They are no bargain since you'll end up throwing them away after wasting ammo testing them. Factory mags or mecgar in my book. __________________ I reject your reality and substitute my own! this space for rent

February 22, 2020, 11:19 PM	#7
ammo.crafter Senior Member Join Date: June 25, 2006 Location: The Keystone State Posts: 1,970	pro Junk. __________________ "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". --Thomas Jefferson

February 23, 2020, 12:39 AM	#8
ms6852 Senior Member Join Date: April 3, 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 1,394	Agree with unclenunzie, get the factory mags regardless of cost, it will be cheaper in the long run and you don't need your range time to be frustrating . __________________ ONLY TWO DEFINING FORCES HAVE GIVEN UP THEIR LIVES FOR YOU. ONE IS JESUS CHRIST FOR YOUR SOUL AND THE OTHER IS THE AMERICAN SOLDIER FOR YOUR FREEDOM.

February 23, 2020, 03:05 AM	#10
JDBerg Senior Member Join Date: May 18, 2015 Location: PA Posts: 1,835	I borrowed a ProMag magazine for my Sig P6, and the darn thing wouldn’t drop free from the gun. So I was able to score a few OEM magazines at a decent price, but these are getting like hens teeth. __________________ Words to Live By: Before You Pray - Believe; Before You Speak - Listen; Before You Spend - Earn; Before You Write - Think; Before You Quit - Try; Before You Die - Live

February 22, 2020, 08:19 PM	#2
TunnelRat Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2011 Posts: 12,212	For years I heard stories of how ProMags were terrible. Last year I bought a used P228. It came with a ProMag. By outward appearance it was fine. The magazine body looked fine, the follower didn’t tilt, and the spring pressure seemed decent. I had more failures in the first magazine than in years of shooting. I’m actually amazed by it. To make something that outwardly seems so fine and yet is such a complete failure. I am not sure I could do it if I tried. This was just one magazine. Samples of one aren’t very useful I know, but after owning it I could see why people are so strongly opinionated about ProMags. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

February 22, 2020, 08:53 PM	#3
wild cat mccane Senior Member Join Date: May 22, 2011 Posts: 3,627	How ProMag stays in business is a complete mystery.

February 22, 2020, 09:14 PM	#4
Dan-O Senior Member Join Date: August 3, 2011 Location: Northern Colorado Posts: 969	They should change the name to blowmags

February 22, 2020, 09:52 PM	#6
1MoreFord Senior Member Join Date: July 30, 2014 Location: Arkansas Posts: 244	It's a shame Smith has totally abandoned the model 39's even as far as the things I consider consumable. I've heard second hand reports that ProMag has upped its game on single stack mags but can't bring myself to spend money to find out. Here's a Smith mag that will fit and work in a M39 but it holds one more round and does not fit flush. https://www.brownells.com/magazines/...2520Wesson__39 Numrich sells one they call a reproduction but don't tell who makes it. Best of luck.

February 23, 2020, 01:25 AM	#9
Fishbed77 Senior Member Join Date: November 23, 2010 Posts: 4,862	ProMag's entire business model is predicated on taking advantage of people who don't read reviews.

February 23, 2020, 07:56 PM	#12
jrothWA Senior Member Join Date: November 11, 2006 Posts: 2,519	Thanks, brothers! Back to prowling thelesseor known gunshows. Five years ago, struck gold with a S&W card for two m39 magazines,$40! Never thought my hands could move so fast!!

February 23, 2020, 08:16 PM	#13
Onward Allusion Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2009 Location: Back in a Non-Free State Posts: 3,133	While I'm a firm believer in OEM and Mec Gar, sometimes ProMag will work if you want to put the time into tweaking them. I personally don't. It is kind of crazy that dimensionally they appear to be identical to factory but have all kinds of problems. __________________ Simple as ABC . . . Always Be Carrying

February 23, 2020, 11:51 PM	#14
riffraff Senior Member Join Date: January 21, 2016 Posts: 629	Agree, junk. Bought a couple for a Sig, seemed fine, somehow made a pistol that eats anything flawlessly constantly jam. Fail, bought better mags.. Out of desperation (only thing around for capacity at the time) bought 1 for a mini 30, reviews were good. Actually fits so poorly I didn't even bother trying it. Fail.

February 24, 2020, 08:22 AM	#15
Jim567 Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2014 Location: NE FL Posts: 656	Bought 3 for my Ruger Ranch 7.62 x 39. They went in the trash! Not one would feed. Bought three for my Sig P220. Two worked OK but are not trusted. I use the third to practice clearing malfunctions.

February 24, 2020, 10:53 AM	#16
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	I haven't messed with ProMag in about 20 years. But, at that time, they were absolute garbage. The only magazines that I've seen since then that got me just as frustrated were ASC AR mags. (Which cause .223 Rem to rim-lock! ) __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

February 24, 2020, 04:02 PM	#17
44caliberkid Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2017 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,104	Tried one in a Browning High Power years ago and it didn't work. Last year I built a PCC AR in 45 ACP. I used a magazine well adapter that used H&K carbine magazines, which are very expensive. But the company that made the adapter used the ProMag version for development and they work fine. I guess if you build the gun for the mag it works, just not the other way around.

February 25, 2020, 03:33 AM	#18
mr bolo Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2012 Posts: 432	PRO MAGS are NOT what real PROS use the name is misleading, a professional would never use a piece of junk like that

February 25, 2020, 09:41 AM	#19
Walt Sherrill Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 1999 Location: Winston-Salem, NC USA Posts: 6,348	I'm NOT a Pro-Mag fan but... I've had good success with SOME specific types of Pro-Mag magazines, and horrible experience with others. Back during the Clinton hi-cap mag/assault weapons ban, a period during which CZ first introduced the compact-sized CZs, the Pro-Mag 10-rond magazines for the CZ-75B Compact in .40 (a gun that CZ never introduced, but had planned to sell). When CZ later introduced .40 versions of those compact models, they had a bad time getting those magazines to work properly. The Pro-Mags 10-round .40 compact mags were a fall-back position. I don't think Pro-Mag makes them any more. I picked up a couple of those mags and found that they worked perfectly with 9mm rounds, and held 14 rounds! A bunch of us on the CZ Forum at the time scarfed them up. (This was accelerated when we got a letter ruling from the ATF that said that using .40 mags loaded with 9mm round was a legal practice, as the mags were legal as purchased, nothing had been modified.) I've also had them work well in Berettas and in guns that used the S&W Model 10 mags. But full-size CZ mags were always a disappointment. The problem was generally crappy springs, and unless you could buy a Pro-Mag for a lot less than a Mec-Gar or CZ factory mag, the cost of getting them to run right was prohibitive. For non-1911s, I always go the Mec-Gar route -- if only because that for a number of years Mec-Gar made mags for most CZ models. (I don't know who CZ uses now for their different models, but think they make SOME mags for some models themselves, but outsource production for other models, selling them as OEM mags.) I once bought some CZ Factory (full-size) magazines from CDNN, and when I opened the packages they were absolutely correct 10-rounders. I was surprised to find that markings on the back of the identifying paper insert showed that they had been made by Pro-Mag. Pro-Mag can make good quality magazines that function as they should, at least when making them to gun-maker's specs, but they don't always do it with stuff that carries their own brand markings.

February 25, 2020, 10:16 AM	#20
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	Gunparts wants $46.70 each for 9 round, factory, SS, 9mm, M39 mags. $38.25 for repro, factory(says the manufacturer is S&W), 8 round, blued, mags. Oh and rumour has it that Promag stuff is low quality junk. They made No. 4 Lee-Enfield mags that were almost universally hated. I believe it's more about their QC than anything else. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

February 25, 2020, 10:51 AM	#21
jar Senior Member Join Date: March 8, 2001 Location: Deep South Texas Posts: 1,669	I've had pretty good luck with the Promags I own and have owned over the decades. They have all worked and so far been as reliable as any other make. __________________ To be vintage it's gotta be older than me!

February 25, 2020, 12:25 PM	#22
Forte S+W Senior Member Join Date: October 12, 2019 Posts: 819	My brother bought a Promag Magazine for his Taurus TCP once and he ended up having to watch a video tutorial on how to modify the lips to make it feed reliably. Personally, I'd only buy a Promag if it were extremely cheap or no other options were readily available because all I've ever heard about Promag Mags is how unreliable they tend to be. __________________ Conspiracy theorists are the greatest political spin-doctors of all time. Only they can make the absolute worst political blunders sound like spectacular feats of ingenuity.

February 25, 2020, 03:57 PM	#23
Flight567 Member Join Date: February 22, 2020 Posts: 46	Off question but on topic, if the OP doesn't mind terribly; what is the consensus on ETS mags around these parts? Sent from my Pixel 3 XL using Tapatalk

February 27, 2020, 01:21 PM	#24
Sequins Senior Member Join Date: October 14, 2014 Posts: 394	Pro mags are so bad I'd rather single feed.

February 27, 2020, 01:53 PM	#25
ThomasT Senior Member Join Date: January 22, 2009 Location: Texas Posts: 2,753	I own 8 of the Pro-Mag 20 round mags for my Mini-14 and they work as well as the factory 20 round mag. Just a few months ago I bought a used Taurus TCP and wanted a spare mag. Academy had them new from ProMag. It works fine but because it is just a little thicker by .010 than the factory mag it will not jump out of the gun when the release button is pushed. You have to pull it out. Not a big deal I suppose. I emailed and called Promag about this hoping to get a proper working mag. They sent an email saying they would get back with me but never did. Thats the big deal with me. I guess I have their answer. My response will be "I will never buy another ProMag branded magazine again".