Heads up on M14 nylon double mag pouches

[yovinny]

Hard to find USGI style nylon M-14 double mag pouches. New production with dividers and grenade hangers, $12.95ea.
I haven bought any from this batch and dont know if or how there marked, but this is the cheapest price I've seen in years on these.
Under mag pouches at;
http://members.cox.net/charleyssurplus/

Cheers, YOOO VINNY

[CATM Larry]

Figures, after I buy more TT M14/FAL mag pouches. What was that about a day late...? :tongue: Let us know how they work out for you Vin.

Larry

[vellcrow]

These guys have good mag pouches too:

http://www.stubbygear.com/product.asp?productid=7292

These are OK:

http://www.antipersonnel.net/fmco/005.html

:fal:

[yovinny]

Larry,
I'm not buying any more at this point, I have a box full of original VN era ones, I just thought I would pass it on if anyone needed them. I was surprised to stumble across them, especially that cheap and in brand new condition. I got $25.ea for the used ones I have, when I sold off some extras last year.

Vellcrow,
The ones from stubbygear look OK, but there not really the USGI style double pouches. I'm curious if you've bought any and what there like ?? I've looked at some cheapy import pouches that looked identical to those. I wasent very impressed with them, they were made with very soft nylon and did'nt have any "body" or stiffness to them, kind of like the quad 20rd M16 pouches.

Cheers, YOOO VINNY

[vellcrow]

Vinny,

I have two from stubby gear. They are made of the same stiff material as my GI M16 pouches. I would highly recommend them. They are USGI style enough for me. What makes them non-USGI style to you?

I also have two of the SAW pouches from FMCO. If their M14 pouches are built the same way, then you would not like them. The SAW pouches are floppy and have no "body" to them. However, they are made to hold a large box mag, and not smaller rifle mags.

:fal:

[yovinny]

What makes them non-USGI style to you?


It's not a big deal and I did'nt mean to imply there not good pouches, just that there not the same as the nylon USGI ones. By you'r discription they sound like good pouches for the price, better then the similar ones I've seen before.

The ones I posted the link to are the same as later USGI ones and have grenade hangers and the accompanying or resulting side stiffening. They also have the adjustable straps with snap hooks that attach to you'r syspender hooks, just like the quad 20rd M16 pouches.

There are also earlier USGI, or actually USMC ones, that dont have the grenade hangers or straps, those dont have the plastic cover clasps either, they had metal button snaps.

So those are really kind of a hybrid of the two types of nylon USGI pouches, not exactly the same as either. That's all I ment :)

Cheers, YOOO VINNY

[dadman]

Mag pouch page at Charley's Surplus:
http://members.cox.net/charleyssurplus/ammo.htm
Good place to deal with.