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CZ LONG ARMS => CZ Scorpion EVO => Topic started by: Reloadingman on September 24, 2019, 09:00:30 PM

Title: Melting Magazines
Post by: Reloadingman on September 24, 2019, 09:00:30 PM

Has anyone had any issues with any aftermarket mags melting/distorting? Using a Scorpion Carbine.

Title: Re: Melting Magazines
Post by: AgentX3 on September 24, 2019, 09:09:25 PM

Do you have any idea what temperature you subjected your mags to? Being polymer I would think that leaving loaded mags in an automobile in the summer heat for any extended period would have a detrimental effect.

Title: Re: Melting Magazines
Post by: Chino1956 on September 24, 2019, 09:13:00 PM

May I ask what brand the aftermarket mags were?  I’m using Manticore Arms and ETS aftermarket mags here in Texas, kinda hot here right now.

Title: Re: Melting Magazines
Post by: Reloadingman on September 24, 2019, 09:14:14 PM

Nothing out of the norm...they were kept in the house. First time I used them I noticed the change.

Title: Re: Melting Magazines
Post by: Reloadingman on September 24, 2019, 09:34:27 PM

I'd like to post a pic but not sure how.

Title: Re: Melting Magazines
Post by: Asylum9 on September 24, 2019, 10:57:35 PM

Stuck at factory one in the oven once to cerakote it. No issues but I don't know if there similar material & thickness

Title: Re: Melting Magazines
Post by: Hemiscorpius lepturus on September 25, 2019, 04:23:31 AM

I have a pair of loaded CZ mags in my car all summer and winter long, no feedlip deformation at all... and these are 1st gen mags with cracks in them! I would say that makes them pretty bleep thermally durable.

GF nylon mags like those from PSA should also be just fine, they are made out of the same material as my cars radiator tanks

Title: Re: Melting Magazines
Post by: hansb57 on September 25, 2019, 05:41:24 AM

The first thing I think of is some sort of chemical reaction.
Maybe stored them near paint or thinners??