Lancer and Magpul are the only two magazine manufacturers that I’ll trust to run in my guns. Magpul makes things that work, and Lancer makes things that work and look pretty at the same time. But while Magpul introduced their 7.62 NATO SR-25 magazines a long time ago, Lancer has only just gotten around to that. No word yet on pricing or what they look like, but here’s the press release . . .
Allentown, PA – January 7, 2014 – Lancer Systems LP, a leading advanced weapons and components manufacturer, today announced the launch of the new L7AWM, an advanced hybrid magazine that combines the strength of steel with the toughness of polymer to form a lightweight, reliable 7.62x51mm magazine.
The Lancer L7AWM incorporates a unique, dual steel design that wraps completely around the magazine to maximize stiffness and feeding reliability while minimizing wear and dimpling to the front of the magazine that can result from high volume firing. The magazine body is made from impact resistant polymer and, like the L5AWM, is available with either a translucent or opaque body.
The magazine also contains a switchable drain located on the floor plate lock. This feature, in conjunction with drain channels in the floor plate, allows users to configure the L7 between water-borne and extreme dust conditions.
The magazine is designed to work in multiple weapon systems, including the SR25, SIG716, DPMS 308 and LM308. It is currently available in 5,10 and 20-round capacities with higher capacity versions planned for late 2014.
“We’ve found that innovation doesn’t just happen; it takes knowledge, technology and passion,” said Scott Vilardi, business area manager, Advanced Weapons & Components, Lancer. “Our engineers, technicians and scientists are the best in the industry, allowing us to continue to raise the bar as is evident in the design of the L7AWM. The L7AWM represents state-of-the-art design in weapon component technology.”
While I do respect Nick Leghorn for his prior experience and expertise, I have to take issue with his statements in this article. As others have correctly pointed out, Wolf are only importers / distributors ( and not manufacturers ) of the various products that bear their name, with all this implies. And as these same other contributors have also rightly indicated, steel-cased ammunition generally works very consistently and reliably in most firearms with the exception of that small handful that are built to such overly-tight or incompatible tolerances that they cannot properly operate with steel-cased ammunition, regardless of quality. It is interesting to note that the same weapons are frequently intolerant of most brass-cased ammunition as well, and are so finicky that they will work properly only with a few select types of brass-cased ammunition. Frankly, I find the likes of such fussy firearms both ridiculous and impractical, especially when one is contemplating military-grade weaponry, which is supposed to be both versatile and able to cycle a wide array of ammunition types.
As far as Wolf’s branded optical and night-vision sights go, while Nick is correct in being personally semi-skeptical until he sees proof-testing to the contrary, it should be noted that most of the sights in question appear to be similar to offerings from the Russian NPZ factory, which has had a solid long-term reputation in the design and manufacture of rugged, battle-proven top-quality military optics since the Second World War. The fact that Zeiss technology and know-how were incorporated into NPZ products in the post-war years doesn’t hurt, either. Assuming these are manufactured by NPZ, as long as Wolf has not asked NPZ to alter the original specifications and standards on their products for re-branding here in the U.S. market, the sights should work as intended.
Magic! she put an AR in her back pocket!
lol. Hi Mary! Say hi to Dave at Maryland Live Casino for me when you are there on your lunch break.
I went outside and waved to Mary.
Then I had to look at that lead photo again.
Hate to see her leave, but love to watch her walk away…
Now to watch that video again.
It’s hard to think about “outreach” after watching a video like that, when it takes less than a minute for the speakers to delve into ignorance and outright lies. Case in point, the woman talking about the NRA’s alleged “history of discriminatory policies” in which the *government* denial of Martin Luther King Jr.’s concealed carry permit application is cited as an example.
What’s needed first is a point-by-point rebuttal of all the lies contained in this video. Otherwise any form of outreach is a waste of time.
I suppose this is an opportune time to link to the oil filter suppressor.
I love Brownells, don’t know why everyone is bashing them.
How about asking them what they are doing to support our rights? They benefit from 2A related products, so how are they protecting our rights to buy and own their products?
“…to have a gun with a reciprocating charging handle for purposes other than nostalgia is lazy design work.”
So having a reciprocation charging handle because it allows you to push the bolt into battery if need be is “lazy design work”? On a gun with no other means of doing so…WTF???
Oh! That’s right, I forgot the SCAR is a magical weapon that could never conceivably fail to go into battery. It’s self cleaning and self aiming too right ??
Well, Soldier Systems linked to a knife gun attachment video yesterday that must not have worked out–it’s gone today. But SoSys has some photos.
I’ve Never Seen Anything Like It – Manly Innovations MBX – Magazine Base Interchange System