Comments on: TangoDown ARC Transparent AR-15 Magazine http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/01/23/tangodown-arc-transparent-ar-15-magazine/ Firearms not Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:10:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Drew http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/01/23/tangodown-arc-transparent-ar-15-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-23673 Drew Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:07:39 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=4706#comment-23673 I have to say I'll stick with HK's steel magazines or P-MAGs. Say what you want about its function but these are the ugliest magazines I've ever seen. What ever happened to aesthetics? It's like they tried to make them hideous on purpose. Sell them with the old gray HK SL-8 or the FN SCAR so they can compete for the "Ugliest Gun in the Universe" award. If someone says one word "who cares what a gun looks like" or about them being more 'eco friendly' I'll hurl. And Lancer, if you're listening, you missed the boat entirely. Your magazine followers tip, and that should be fixed ASAP. I have to say I’ll stick with HK’s steel magazines or P-MAGs. Say what you want about its function but these are the ugliest magazines I’ve ever seen. What ever happened to aesthetics? It’s like they tried to make them hideous on purpose. Sell them with the old gray HK SL-8 or the FN SCAR so they can compete for the “Ugliest Gun in the Universe” award.

If someone says one word “who cares what a gun looks like” or about them being more ‘eco friendly’ I’ll hurl.

And Lancer, if you’re listening, you missed the boat entirely. Your magazine followers tip, and that should be fixed ASAP.

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]]> By: Steve http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/01/23/tangodown-arc-transparent-ar-15-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-5504 Steve Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:53:49 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=4706#comment-5504 SMGLee, ah, makes sense. SMGLee, ah, makes sense.

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]]> By: SMGLee http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/01/23/tangodown-arc-transparent-ar-15-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-5503 SMGLee Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:50:24 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=4706#comment-5503 the two sections of the ARC is design with a purpose, the modular is just a by product of the continous development of this magazine in the past five years... Imagine a mold required to inject the polymer magazine....you build the mold inject the plastic into it and inside the mold you insert a core to create the cavity... once you shoot the mold with plastic, it hardens and you extract the semi finished prouct and pull out the core...... here is the problem AR magazine have a straight section and a curve section.. the striaght section is required for the mag well, and the curved section is there to give reliability to feeding ammunition... now imagine trying to pull a straight and cruved core out of a finished magazine.....You CAN'T all the previous magazine manufacutre has to make a curved core and insert it into a magazine body that barely have some curve to it...try to draw a picutre of the magazine and the core. the problem of polymer mag has been resolved with two section mold. Tangodown did not just decide to build a polymer mag just to compete in the market place... this has been in developement since the XM8 onto the SCAR.... this is why the SCAR will be packaged with the ARC for SOCOM....there is a reason for everything....:) the two sections of the ARC is design with a purpose, the modular is just a by product of the continous development of this magazine in the past five years…

Imagine a mold required to inject the polymer magazine….you build the mold inject the plastic into it and inside the mold you insert a core to create the cavity… once you shoot the mold with plastic, it hardens and you extract the semi finished prouct and pull out the core……

here is the problem

AR magazine have a straight section and a curve section.. the striaght section is required for the mag well, and the curved section is there to give reliability to feeding ammunition…

now imagine trying to pull a straight and cruved core out of a finished magazine…..You CAN’T

all the previous magazine manufacutre has to make a curved core and insert it into a magazine body that barely have some curve to it…try to draw a picutre of the magazine and the core. the problem of polymer mag has been resolved with two section mold.

Tangodown did not just decide to build a polymer mag just to compete in the market place… this has been in developement since the XM8 onto the SCAR…. this is why the SCAR will be packaged with the ARC for SOCOM….there is a reason for everything….:)

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]]> By: Steve http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/01/23/tangodown-arc-transparent-ar-15-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-5471 Steve Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:52:48 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=4706#comment-5471 jdun1911, they were marketing the modular aspect but as in you can buy it with a opaque top and transparent bottom, not as in you can change them around. jdun1911, they were marketing the modular aspect but as in you can buy it with a opaque top and transparent bottom, not as in you can change them around.

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]]> By: jdun1911 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/01/23/tangodown-arc-transparent-ar-15-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-5466 jdun1911 Fri, 23 Jan 2009 03:21:18 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=4706#comment-5466 It's like they cut half of PMAG and Lancer. Glue them together and called it ARC. Isn't the modular aspect, the main selling point of the ARC mag? It’s like they cut half of PMAG and Lancer. Glue them together and called it ARC. Isn’t the modular aspect, the main selling point of the ARC mag?

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]]> By: Steve http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/01/23/tangodown-arc-transparent-ar-15-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-5464 Steve Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:34:42 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=4706#comment-5464 jdun1911, haha, they tried clipping it together but the bottom kept falling off when bumped ;) Just joking. jdun1911, haha, they tried clipping it together but the bottom kept falling off when bumped ;) Just joking.

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]]> By: Steve http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/01/23/tangodown-arc-transparent-ar-15-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-5463 Steve Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:33:06 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=4706#comment-5463 SMGLee, awesome to see you on the blog :) SMGLee, awesome to see you on the blog :)

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]]> By: SMGLee http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/01/23/tangodown-arc-transparent-ar-15-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-5462 SMGLee Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:50:54 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=4706#comment-5462 LOL.......I would stick with the ARC..... LOL…….I would stick with the ARC…..

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]]> By: jdun1911 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/01/23/tangodown-arc-transparent-ar-15-magazine/comment-page-1/#comment-5441 jdun1911 Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:42:55 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=4706#comment-5441 If you want transparent mag go with L5 lancer. Isn't it counter productive to glue the two parts together in a modular design? Stick to Pmag/Lancer/GI Mag and you will do well. http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=17&t=409288 If you want transparent mag go with L5 lancer. Isn’t it counter productive to glue the two parts together in a modular design?

Stick to Pmag/Lancer/GI Mag and you will do well.

http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=3&f=17&t=409288

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