Pistol magazines

[sambo77]

Why are they so freaking expensive compared to AR magazines? after buying a few glock mags I now have come to the realization of why glocks are so expensive, it's not the gun, it's the mags... rant over.

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

Pistol mag prices DO suck. Back in 13 I had to pay $30.00 for generic Hi Power mags. And as long as the Hi Power and clones have been around I wouldn't have expected it. I need at least two mags for a Taurus 709 right now and can only find them from ProMag and Taurus. I don't trust ProMag and Taurus gets $30.00 each for them. Maybe eventually all gun makers will mandate using Glock mags. But then they will skyrocket in price.

 

[Macvan]

30.bucks for a mag that goes in a 600 doller gun makes more sense ....,Them the 24 dollers i paid for a mag for my hi point a 24 doller gun. Lol

 

[BDR1]

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Why are they so freaking expensive compared to AR magazines? after buying a few glock mags I now have come to the realization of why glocks are so expensive, it's not the gun, it's the mags... rant over.

And the box they come in drives up the price.

 

[Gunanddoglover]

Price rant for pistol mags thread meet price rant for gun prices thread. Can't let a rant thread go to waste. Daddy wants a lego.

 

[TapcoFan]

Love that the h&k mp5-22 mags are $35 a pop. So awesome.

 

[Targetmaster]

I'm comfortable with the cost of my SIG mags, it's just the 2nd mortgage payment I took out to finance their purchase is what worries me

 

[Control for Smilers]

Sig mags are Mecgar mags. least we know they are good quality. i need some 31/22 mags....

 

[atltrader]

I'll jump on this thread and vent with ease. I know its a relatively scarce gun but a 9 round factory S&W 1006 or similar variant brings anywhere from $70 to $100!!! I know that only S&W made them but still its a head scratcher.

 

[baxterday]

Guessing supply and demand. One AR mag will fit what seems like hundreds of brands of AR's. Pistol magazines are brand specific and many times pistol specific. So, when you make only a few of something it usually costs more, but when you make thousands upon thousands of AR mags that fit so many rifles, it becomes cheaper and those costs are usually passed on to the consumer.