Although it is seeing its industry debut at the NRA Show this week, the new Daniel Defense 32 Round 5.56 Magazine will be available in stores the second week of June.
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32? Hat tip to the STEN and MP40?
is that a built-in ranger plate?
Depends… how small are your fingers?
I don’t think you know what ranger plates are for.
*waits for old-timer to tell me to only load it to 30*
Ha, I know right? The only, only reason that makes sense to not fully load up a functioning mag is for easier insertion on a closed bolt. Even then, it’s a sorry reason.
I always hated downloading mags, was happy when PMAGS first came out. They were far more reliable and durable than my beat up issued GI mags and of course they seat reliably on a closed bolt fully loaded.
With USGI mags, I found with Magpul followers and original floorplates they will load to 30 easier and seat reliably on a closed bolt every time. With Ranger or L Plate, must download again, so Ranger plates are no go for me.
Anyways, if these DD 32 rounders are priced right, I will get some to test.
Dang, beat me to it.
ok ill bite why 32 … it doesn’t make sense to me
I have a nickel to be that this will fit in a mag pouch sized for the “normal” 30 round mag, and what DD did was some engineering, materials and design work to make the spring, follower and baseplate assemblies small enough for a couple more rounds to fit.
32 “actual” was what fit, meaning the typical cop with a 3-mag shingle on her or his plate carrier goes into a fight with 8-12 more rounds.
i don’t know what your 3 mag shingles are like, but 3 mags would be 6 more rounds.. but i assume that you’re right about the reason behind it.
Most folks have a mag in the gun.
And I’ve seen people load as few as 27 in USGI mags.
Probably because they could. Just wait for Noveske’s 33rnd mag.
Damn! Beat me to it. HAHA Well played Sir.
Ha! Exactly what I was thinking.
this meme is mine now !
EXACTLY what I was thinking! 🙂
Ok….um……well. OK.
My guess is this just DD’s way to get into the polymer magazine business and offering a “32” round mag just offers a bit of market differentiation. A lot of us still download our 30 rounders to 28, so this way we would have a 30 round mag.
That’s the best explanation I can come up with.
I’d say you’re right. Look at how much it’s been talked about just here.
Thanks captain obvious!
Will they offer other colors?
For you, CY, pink and chartreuse.
What are they pulling them out of your closet! They are probably sitting next to your corset, ball gag, and butt lube.
Sounds to me like you are a voice of experience when it comes to getting your butt lubed.
This is better than a Tumblr thread
“But this one goes to 11.”
Good Scoop SSD. Glad you got to post this first. We are looking forward to getting these out soon. Plenty of goodness in the design the engineering team was able to put together. Same overall envelope everyone is used to in a traditional 30 rounder, but due to a phenomenal anti-tilt design the depth of the follower allows for 2 more rounds per mag. Feed angle optimized for EPR, and a floor plate angled to allow for a great monopod type feel when shooting while resting on the mag. (See TC 3-22.9)
Interesting, Magpul is the only other magazine optimized for EPR.
I’ll have to give these a shot.
Alright, so we’ll be able to get a 10/32 in California instead of the old 10/30…
Nice!
Daniel Defense is an inovative company. The more choices of good AR mags the better the whole AR system becomes. One of the weak links historically in the early ARs were the magazines. Today we have so many good choices. I hope these new mags are competitively priced
Anyone know what MSRP will be?
Don’t know MSRP, but DD was selling them for $20 at the NRA show this weekend. They feel really nice. Seem very durable. They appear to right in line with what we expect from DD.
Ya, DDs’ website lists them at $20 also. I am guessing once they are out there more and available through 3rd party sellers, the price will come down a little to make them more in the range of the PMags.
I’ve seen USGI mags loaded with 30 rounds not fully feeding the first round because of the spring pressure and sharpe edge on the front of the mag.
If this gives the user peace of mind to load a full 30, then why the hell not.
DD is on that short list of companies who I’d take at their word that 32 means 32.
Time and testing will tell.
They’re really are trying to manufacture EVERYTHING in house. Why the 32 rds. Why not.
I think this would also be a big hit with the 3-Gun crowd.
I’m checking to see if this thread is limited to 32 comments. If you see this, then it’s not.
For the win! Well played.
Seriously though, I can’t believe it’s 2016 and people are still down-loading mags. Current production mags are ok to load as intended guys.
Every mag EVER built from properly specified materials could (SHOULD) be kept loaded. We figured out how to make springs way before the Stoner era. The followers sucked, as did the QC on the welds of some of the USGI mags but the springs were never the issue. If the springs were a problem, I’m pretty sure Drake Clark would have been selling the springs with the followers.
The ONLY reason to EVER download a mag is to clean jungle muck or moon dust out of it.
The best way to ruin a spring has ALWAYS been to “cycle” it repeatedly. It’s why a mattress sags after you sleep on it for a decade. STRETCHING it hastens this damage…
Walking into a TOC and seeing a bored fobbit stretch a spring from a mag that had never even been outside a hard-sided building would make my head hurt. Badly. So badly. Time better spent reading adjacent unit SITREPS and spotting trends. Also less chance of putting it back in wrong.
Given how many AR mags I’ve manage to accumulate, I’d go broke buying the ammo to fill them all. 🙂
WTF? Really! Thanks for sharing.