Thank you for this info Val!! We appreciate your hard in earned info gained through actual field experience. keep it coming and Godspeed!! P.S. I seem to remember you having two videos on your channel that don’t seem to be there anymore. One was about the FAL specifically and another was about British PLCE web gear. Could those be reuploaded if you still have them? Thank you and be safe 🙏 🫡
Fun fact regarding the Canadian Thermold mags - as they age the plastic/polymer degrades to the point that the feed lips become brittle & in cold weather don't be suprised if you get a jam, shortly followed by a fountain of live rounds as you extract the mag to clear the jam.
Bro I really like your intelligence level on those equipments. You guys in a serious war and still doing your researches. I really respect you guys from Turkish Navy UDT. Be safe..
I bought some surplus EMAG's way back in the day for next to nothing and I have had absolutely no issues with any guns I've tried them out on from AR's to Brens. I am a mere sports shooter so I can't say anything about performance on fully automatic but at least for me they have been perfect.
The Israeli's also designed a polymer mag called the 'Orelite' in the mid 90's for the M16. I still have a few but they weren't as durable as the standard aluminum magazines.
@@tenarmurk LOL Some of their stuff was good. The Galil, UZI and Merkeva tank are excellent. And IMI ammunition is really good too. But yes, some things are done cheaply.
@@RicArmstrong I don't think the Orlites were unique for being a polymer M16 mag that was a bit crap. The Thermolds and Ramlines were... of lesser quality and reliability. The Ramlines in particular were made to be used with the AR-15, AR-18, and Mini-14, but the only positive things I've heard about their reliability is with the Mini-14.
Emags won't fit a FS2000 w/o removing the rubber lips from the magwell. I have one and I tried... Have never had access to a F2000 but I'd expect it to be the same
I bought some EMAGs back in ~2016 back when seemingly no one else in the US knew about them, and have been running "Ranger" baseplates on them since day 1. They're great.
I'm curious if you have bumped into any of zenitco gear? Does it hold up to the type of field conditions you guys and the Russians are in? Hell can the basic Russian infantry even get/afford zenitco?
There is little to no zenitco around, it's for the units that are inside Russia like Sobrs, FSB etc. There is no reason for westerner to buy that stuff, you have ultimate, TWS, Krebs custom etc that make far better accessories
Not basic infantry, but you see special forces using some Zenitco attachments quite often. But those full Zenitco builds you sometimes see people simp over don’t really exist in the real world and especially not outside of competitions with the best funded units.
Maybe it's different for the other Zenitco stocks but I've seen two Zenitco AKM pattern folding stocks (PT-5) with serious problems staying screwed on. For one, the rear screws were super cheap and stripped on their own following regular use (not even anything like field use, but just having them on a normal semi-auto only WASR-10 for a thousand or so rounds). So you replace the rear screws with DIN963 M3x8 size screws and then you end up stripping the female threads on the stock itself. It was a massive headache, totally not worth it, and if the other stocks have these basic mounting problems then Zenitco stuff must be living in the armory after every mission. It's a shame too because they are nice stocks otherwise but if it can't stay mounted it's not worth it and having to rethread a hole on such an expensive item is ridiculous. The Midwest Industries clone is better but going through all that will make you appreciate regular wood stocks again.
i love how the pmags and emags look and now i know they actual work really well! thank you valgear media corporation for yet another information piece slava ukraini
Tis but a scratch.. (Referring to your finger) Though I know about the E-Mag, great video on it. I fortunately own a few of these. I really want to visit your armory.
Ask colonel Akula about his Emag experience. Can get overinserted. Go with gen 3 pmag or lancers. Ets gen3 are good too, lots of those went to az 1-2, they were cheap and work fine.
Val, it would be great if u bring the video about ammo that u are use or had the experience. Are u use standard 5.56 m193 ammo or m855-a1 or m995? 7.62 NATO same.
@mr.stotruppen8724 Yeah, I thought the same, 80% of 5.56 would be fmj m193 or ss109 type(harded or don't steel penetrator with lead-copper core) ammo, but maybe they use some rare nato made or bulgarian made ammos.
@nemazikakoynfig753 yes, but m855a1 destroy the barrel of the gun 50% faster, I would load 1 m855a1 and 3 m193 to mag they maybe do thats way. On 7.62 1 m80a1 or m993 3-4 m80 ball, but 7.62 nato ammo belts come already loaded with disintegrated belts so... idk. That's why I want to listen from a guy who operates with stuff there.
855A1 is fine. They dropped the stupid high pressures everyone was talking about back in 2014 and there was another revision in 2018. Don't mix ammo if you can help it. Your zero is going to jump all over the place.
You'll find some surplus in UK stores (usually sold by soldiers not surplused out ny MoD). But from what Val is saying they get them occasionally from surplus gear from the UK where empty mags have been left inside.
Thanks for your presentation. It was very interesting to me to hear about covering the ammo in very dirty conditions. I am curious, if you had them, would you use the same thing for AK mags as well? Good luck, stay prepared, Слава Україні!
What does the yellow tab at the front of the training magazine do? Does it depress the strip of metal sticking out the top of the mag if you pull it down?
Nice looking truck. Just a piece of advice, consider welding on a large galvanized steel pipe to your frame as a replacement rear bumper. It’s cheap, easy, and works wonders for pulling yourself out of the mud if you get stuck or shoving whatever’s behind you out of your way.
If anybody hunting in the comments really needs the profile of an emag, the new TMAG has practically the same sides and texture, though they're not cheap
I know in a few years E-mags will become stupid expensive just like gen 1 straight 20rd mags! 😂 Whoever thought magpul polymer mags would increase in value as newer better versions came out?! Now I wish I would've taken better care of my old 20rd mags and not given away/traded so many gen 1 20's to random guys at the range sighting in rifles from a bag on a bench using 30rd mags back in the day lol Oh well hopefully they kept up with them and sold them for $40-50! 😵💫
I have many of the Magpul mags and I found a much cheaper AR 15 magazine by a company called 2nd Amendment well this company now has clear AR 15 mags that work just as well as the green mags the company makes, and the price is $19 per mag. I like to see the clear magazine how many cartridges are in the mag
