After the above having no problems, we decided that the crack down the spine, while impressive in looks, had no real bearing that we could determine when it was locked into place in the magazine well. Its possible that the magazine simply goes back into its molded position when compressed, but thats just a guess.

The object of the testing was to determine at what point the PMAG would fail, and so far, we hadn't reach it. While it was obviously not in the condition you would want to carry it in for duty use, it doesn't change that it still continued to load and fire over and over.

To increase its failure possibility, we decided to rip off the section of feedlip that had cracked. With the section removed, I felt pretty certain that we would be ending the test, however, I was both surprised, and incorrect in my estimation of what the PMAG could take in terms of damage, and still remain functional. Another three magazines were fired, and there were no problems with ammunition feeding, firing, or with spent casings get caught up.



In the below pictures, you can see the portion of feedlip that was ripped off the PMAG.