Magpul Wins Contract To Supply Marine Corps With Magazines
BY Herschel Smith
7 years, 12 months ago
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The U.S. Marine Corps has selected Magpul Industries as the exclusive maker of ammunition magazines that Marines will use in combat.
Magpul is a private company that makes accessories for firearms, including magazines, grips, sights and slings. The company also recently started selling soft goods like hats, belts, shirts and gloves.
The operations, shipping and manufacturing portion of Magpul is based in Cheyenne, while its headquarters is located in Austin, Texas.
A press release from Magpul says the Marine Corps selected Magpul’s GEN M3 PMAG series of magazines after several years of testing.
The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reports that the company had added a second shift to handle demand for its products. Magpul started with 102 employees in Cheyenne but now employs 380.
Magpul, which used to be based in Erie, pulled out of Colorado last year in protest of a gun-control bill that Gov. John Hickenlooper signed into law in 2013 prohibiting the sale of gun magazines that hold more than 15 rounds in the aftermath of the Aurora theater shooting.
I’ve seen comments to the effect that the Marine Corps has been using these for a while. Yea, well, not so much.
Perhaps individual Marines have had these magazines shipped to them by their families while deployed, and their commanders allowed their use rather than throwing them away, but I suspect most Lt. Colonels wouldn’t want to see pictures of their men using these things, only to have the promotion board asked if there were other instances of use of unauthorized equipment.
These guys can be rather puckered when it comes to authorized equipment, especially if some Marines have it and some don’t. This way, everyone will have the best, and they will have the same thing.
Congratulations to Magpul.
On December 28, 2016 at 8:50 am, Haywood Jablome said:
Way to go Dickenlooper! How many jobs lost in CO? And for what? He’s a rising star in the Dimocratic party….and judgement like this is why!