Russian 54r 0 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Couple of weeks ago I ordered, from their online site, 2 u308 mags for $80. Seems like they may be out of business cause there phone has been disconnected and they don't answer my four emails. Does anyone know about them? Thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netpackrat 566 Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 No idea but it wouldn't surprise me. Between the import ban and CSSpecs putting out a superior product, their business has to have dropped off to nothing. It's too bad because they are decent mags and their improved internals seem to have fixed the feeding problems I had with the original FBMG magazines. Personally I would try to cancel the order through Paypal and get your money back, then pay a couple bucks more per mag and buy from CSSpecs. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russian 54r 0 Posted August 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Thanks Netpackrat. I made a complaint thru PayPal this morning. How you know I paid thru PayPal? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russian 54r 0 Posted August 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 Haven't had chance to shoot my converted 308-1 yet but am looking forward to giving it a try. The conversion went well with minimal aggrivation . When you live in the city it's hard to drop everything and drive a thousand miles to go shooting! LoL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Russian 54r 0 Posted August 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 Finally got hold of Uinta Industries and they are refunding my money. They are no longer in business and will remove their web site. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
csspecs 1,987 Posted August 17, 2016 Report Share Posted August 17, 2016 Finally got hold of Uinta Industries and they are refunding my money. They are no longer in business and will remove their web site. I'm rather saddened by that news. I liked the look of their magazines. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netpackrat 566 Posted August 18, 2016 Report Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) Thanks Netpackrat. I made a complaint thru PayPal this morning. How you know I paid thru PayPal? I looked at their website and that seemed to be how they were accepting payments. I'm rather saddened by that news. I liked the look of their magazines. Yeah; they looked good and worked well. If they'd have had metal reinforcement in the locking lugs and maybe the feed lips, they would have had a phenomenal magazine. As it was, they were still decent, and way better than the SGM and Promag offerings. Maybe not something I would trust my life to due to the lack of metal reinforcement, but they are fine range mags. Edit to add: I hope the molds have been preserved in case Saigas can ever be imported again. There's certainly been a lot of drama surrounding this magazine project going back to the beginning. One of my 5 original FBMG magazines I personally traded James Bunten some AMD-65 furniture he was looking for in exchange for the new mag. Kind of crappy that he could come up with it since it was at a time when a bunch of people had given him money for magazines that he could not, or would not deliver. Edited August 18, 2016 by Netpackrat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
headshot 52 Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 The FBMG/Uinta mags were the best looking mags ever made for the S308. Functionally, I didn't like them very much. The wobble around a lot, and the locking lugs on a couple of mine have worn down a lot. Csspecs mags are heavy, but they are awesome. Solid lock-up, and I have never had any problems with them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netpackrat 566 Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 The wobble isn't really the fault of Uinta/FBMG or the magazines; it is the fault of inconsistent build dimensions at Izhmash. Plenty of people reported tight lockup with their FBMG magazines, others (myself included) had the wobble you speak of. The factory 8 rounder has the same amount of wobble in my rifle, but it's not as obvious because it's a lot shorter than the 20 round mags. I was personally a little annoyed that CSSpecs started making his lugs oversize to mollify whiners on this forum... The initial mags I bought from him fit fine, but subsequent mags I found wouldseem to fit, but came out under recoil. Cost me a wasted range trip and time fitting the mags. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
csspecs 1,987 Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 The bulk of Saiga .308 had the looser magazine catches. Only about 20% ran tight, we chose to go with the most common variation. My own rifle is a tighter one and I have to file the magazines or they fall out. I think it is stupid that the factory making a relatively precision item (firearm) had variations of up to 3/16" on their magazine catches.. I almost think they changed them in an attempt to prevent early after market magazines from working. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sdustin 578 Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 I had three of their mags. One of the mags had the feed lips break completely off. Csspec mags on the other had were perfect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netpackrat 566 Posted October 28, 2016 Report Share Posted October 28, 2016 I almost think they changed them in an attempt to prevent early after market magazines from working. Except you'd be ascribing to malice, that which can adequately be explained by vodka. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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