[SHOT 2016] Did Torkmag Fix the Exploding Magazine?

by Patrick R

Published: January 20th, 2016

shot 2016 did torkmag fix the exploding magazine

Earlier this year I got in a prototype Torkmag for review that failed in a rather epic manner while loading it to the 50 round capacity. I stopped by Jarret’s booth to see if he had made any progress on addressing the issues that I experienced and was pleased to find that they have a al new one piece magazine body. The new body will completely eliminate the failure point that I found along the seams of the old clam shell design. When I asked Jarret if he wanted me to break it again he said that the new mags will not be ready till later this year because they are finalizing the mold.

While I was at Jarret’s booth I saw a strange looking bullpup rifle with a ARAK upper on it. When I asked him he said that it was just a pet project he has been working on and he will fill me in as he gets it closer to completion. I will say, it might have been the most innovative AR I have seen at the show yet. Jarret did state that the complete lower will go for about $800 or so putting a complete rifle at around the price of a Tavor.

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BattleshipGrey on Jan 20, 2016

Is he also designing some sort of rail attachment for a smooth cheek weld? Otherwise I imagine it wouldn't be a very fun ride.

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- PrimerPeak.com on Jan 20, 2016
  
  @BattleshipGrey I am sure that he will address that, Jarret is a very smart guy.
  
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- Sianmink on Jan 20, 2016
  
  @PrimerPeak.com Honestly it's just a matter of clipping a cheekpad onto the pick rail there, can't be too hard. ;)
  Need a pretty epic riser for any optics at that point though!
  
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- TorkMag on Jan 20, 2016
  
  @BattleshipGrey We had a rail-mounted demo cheekpiece to 3D print, but unfortunately it wasn't done before SHOT. It'd be swappable for left/right hand operation and the lower's mag release is ambi.
  
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- Evan on Jan 20, 2016
  
  @TorkMag What's the point of putting ambi features on that thing given the location of the ejection port?
  
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- TorkMag on Jan 20, 2016
  
  @Evan It was more user-friendly than requiring disassembly of the mag release to set it up for a left-hander. This is the first prototype of course so we may use a different solution in production.
  
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- Evan on Jan 20, 2016
  
  @TorkMag Not my question. Given that, with the location of the ejection port being where it is, this will certainly eject brass into the face of a left handed shooter, I don't see the point in ambidextrous cheek pieces. Unless you have some plan to make it left ejecting, why waste time making ambidextrous features for a rifle that inherently cannot be lefty friendly?
  
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- TorkMag on Jan 20, 2016
  
  @Evan The ARAK-21 upper in the pictures has a left side ejection port and reversible ejectors on the bolt.
  
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SP mclaughlin on Jan 20, 2016

What's the point if you can have a shorter casket mag with higher capacity?

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