Surefire MAG5-60 and MAG5-100 High Capacity Magazines (HCM)

by Steve Johnson

Updated: January 9th, 2013

surefire mag5 60 and mag5 100 high capacity magazines hcm

Surefire beat Magpul to the market! David at Defense Review got an exclusive on the upcoming 60 and 100 round magazines from Surefire.

The 100 rounder MAG5-100 looks far to big to be useful, but the 60 round MAG5-60 looks perfect for the M27 IAR.

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Suburban on Dec 20, 2010

So these are made by the Surefire company that makes flashlights, NOT Surefire Gun Magazines (SGM)? Weird. Okay. In that case, I expect the actual price will be much much higher, considering that C-Mag drums have a lot of plastic and sell for double the projected price of the Surefire metal mags.
The 100-round magazine looks about the same size as the 13-round Saiga 12 gauge box magazines. They may be fun to use at the range now and then, but don't really have a practical use, 'cause they're frickin' huge!!
Firing prone isn't that big of a deal, really. Just turn the rifle sideways. Kyle Lamb calls this SBU Prone. But I still think they're just too damn long, and at least 98% of AR-15/M-16 pattern rifles weren't designed for that volume of fire, even what they're talking about for the 60-round magazines.

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Brad on Jan 02, 2012

@Matt
Doubt the average rifleman goes prone very often? Are you kidding me? As a combat infantryman, I have been trained to fight in terrain ranging from mountains to wide open fields to urban environments. Unless you're actively clearing buildings or have very high cover, you'd be an idiot not to go prone. Not only does it stabilize your shooting platform (which believe it or not is important to even an "average" rifleman firing an M4 with just an ACOG or even a CCO), it also provides a very small silhouette, which is ideal for, I don't know, staying alive. Even in an urban environment, if speed is not a factor, going prone is preferable to standing or even kneeling.

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