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All Springer/NP/PCP Air Gun Discussion General => Bargain Gate => Topic started by: moorepower on March 18, 2018, 04:22:46 PM

Title: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: moorepower on March 18, 2018, 04:22:46 PM
.177 Mrod mags on clearance at Walmart  Ordered 5 shipped for 38.**  No other calibers listed.
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: imadunatic on March 18, 2018, 04:55:28 PM
Thanks for posting, in for 5.... now if the BNM kit ever ships....  :o
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: SilentSine on March 18, 2018, 05:06:08 PM
Nice find! Only 2 left!

Link for speed:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Benjamin-10-shot-177cal-pellet-clip-for-Marauder-and-Armada-PCP-Rifles-Only/49297803 (https://www.walmart.com/ip/Benjamin-10-shot-177cal-pellet-clip-for-Marauder-and-Armada-PCP-Rifles-Only/49297803)
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: nolimit2217 on March 18, 2018, 06:36:37 PM
Missed it. Would have been in for 3. :/
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: imadunatic on March 21, 2018, 09:38:04 PM
Walmart ended up only sending 3 (from 2 different places), said the other 2 were backordered, asked if I'd like to wait or just cancel. Ended up canceling the other 2 (this will make 5, do I really need 7?) and still got the free shipping.

Oddly, I see they have (4) in stock now for less money... (or did earlier when I cancelled the 2 backordered).
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: Back_Roads on March 21, 2018, 10:20:16 PM
 Bummer I just ordered one from PA  ::)
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: mobilemail on March 21, 2018, 10:46:02 PM
Ha! I think I have at least five .177 mrod magazines, and no more .177 mrod!  I could match that deal!
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: Shrink on March 21, 2018, 10:54:08 PM
$6.73 each.
Thanks for the heads up. They are now out of stock.
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: Back_Roads on March 21, 2018, 11:19:43 PM
Ha! I think I have at least five .177 mrod magazines, and no more .177 mrod!  I could match that deal!
Dig them up I would take 2 , and sure some others here might want some also.
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: Frank in Fairfield on March 22, 2018, 10:42:03 AM
Be eal careful about those deals.
Crosman changed manufacturers for their magazines.
I ordered five from AMAZON last year.
They were not in the clear plastic bag like when they first started making the MRod.
They were on a card to be hung on a hook.
Every one of them had the base (the black part) cracked (large cracks).
It is clear to me the holes in the case are being punched (to save a penny or two) and the cases are being cracked.
I sent all of them back.
Amazon replaced them and they were cracked.
Amazon refunded my purchase price.
I smeared glue all over the back of the cases and after dry lightly sanded them smooth.
Cracks disappeared...
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: mobilemail on March 23, 2018, 10:28:33 AM
Ha! I think I have at least five .177 mrod magazines, and no more .177 mrod!  I could match that deal!
Dig them up I would take 2 , and sure some others here might want some also.

I will see what I have this weekend an PM you, and anyone else interested.
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: nolimit2217 on March 23, 2018, 02:04:43 PM
Ha! I think I have at least five .177 mrod magazines, and no more .177 mrod!  I could match that deal!
Dig them up I would take 2 , and sure some others here might want some also.

I will see what I have this weekend an PM you, and anyone else interested.

I'll buy one too.
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: imadunatic on March 23, 2018, 10:06:26 PM
Every one of them had the base (the black part) cracked (large cracks).

Plastic Injection mold designer here... Those are knit lines (https://www.protomold.com/design_tips/unitedstates/2008/2008-06_designtips/default.htm), not cracks. It's due to the molten plastic flow fronts going around openings and "knitting" back together during molding. If you compare multiple mags you'll see that these lines are nearly all identical on all the magazines because the gate location (where the plastic is injected into the cavity) will be the same in each cavity of the mold. These can create weak spots if the flow fronts are "cold" when the rejoin, but the openings on these mags are so small I'd wager to bet the plastic is still very hot when they come back together.

(https://i.imgur.com/zFOLLMf.jpg)
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: Frank in Fairfield on March 24, 2018, 10:58:07 AM
I am not going to argue with you but during a match at Concord, CA two years ago, a loaded mag fell apart into about 10 pieces.
There were a lot of Marauder shooters there at the time and no one had seen that before.
When I spoke to Crosman about it they did not deny the cracks.
AMAZON either.

I have 10 mags and a SS tray so I am fine..
Title: Re: .177 Mrod mag
Post by: mobilemail on March 26, 2018, 11:37:29 PM
Ha! I think I have at least five .177 mrod magazines, and no more .177 mrod!  I could match that deal!
Dig them up I would take 2 , and sure some others here might want some also.

I will see what I have this weekend an PM you, and anyone else interested.
I'll buy one too.

Update - Turned out I had five. I contacted Back_Roads first who agreed to buy the stash, so my bargain gate deal is over too.