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Magpul PTS 30 Round EMAG Airsoft Magazine Review

Magpul makes firearm accessories for both military and civilian firearms. Although they don't make airsoft accessories directly, third parties have licensed the right to replicate Magpul accessories for airsoft. One such accessory is the Magpul PTS 30 Round EMAG for M16/M4 variant airsoft rifles, which replicate the Magpul PMAG.

The Magpul 30 round EMAG is made out of polymer. Keep in mind that that real PMAG is also made out of polymer. The EMAG feels extremely hard and solid in the hand. In fact, it feels beefier than the metal magazines for M16/M4. The plastic magazine is also lighter than the metal magazine. The photo below shows the magazine mounted in APS ASR106 Mini Patriot M4 airsoft rifle.

The beauty of this magazine is that there is no winding wheel, nor does the BB rattle in the magazine. Both of these benefits means the magazine is more realistic than a typical airsoft magazine. In addition, it makes you stealthier on the battle field.

Much like the real PMAG ammunition magazine, the EMAG 30 has a window that shows the ammunition (see photo below). The problem is that the replica has a fake window, which doesn't actually show the airsoft BB's in the magazine.

There is a removable plate at the bottom of the magazine. We thought it is used to take the magazine apart to clean or to remove a jam. But it turns out that there is nothing under the plate as shown in the photo below. It's purely a decoration piece.

There are numerous accessories for the Magpul PMAG, such as the PMAG Ranger Plate, Maglink Magazine Coupler, PMAG Impact/Dust Cover, and the Magpul - 7.62 NATO. Since the EMAG is a replica, these accessories should fit onto the EMAG to give you certain advantages.

Unlike a high-cap magazine where you can pour BB's into a large hole, the only way to load the Magpul 30 round EMAG is to use to speed loader. That's pretty typical of an airsoft magazine that doesn't rattle. The loading hole has a switch (see photo below) that lets you unload all of the BB's in the magazine quickly.

The whole purpose of the 30 round magazine is to provide realism as the real M16/M4 magazine only holds 30 NATO ammunition rounds. In military simulation (MilSim) airsoft games, you will be limited in this manner. But we found that the Magpul 30 round airsoft magazine can actually hold more than 30 rounds of airsoft BB. Therefore, you can't use the magazine to gauge how many BB's to load.

We found the best method to load 30 rounds in this magazine is to determine how many BB your speed loader feeds per injection. Then use that number to determine how many times to inject. For example, our speed loader feeds 4 BB's at a time (see photo below). Therefore, seven injections loads 28 BB's into the magazine. Then simply load two more using the speed loader to make it 30 rounds.

The good news is that Magpul now makes a 40 round PMAG, so you can now load up to 40 rounds in the EMAG and still qualify for MilSim. Just inject 10 times with the speedloader.

The fact is that you can load less BB's with any high capacity magazine. You can use a high-cap magazine and still only load 30 rounds for MilSim. Luckily, Magpul EMAG is also available in a 120 round mid-cap version (see "Related Links" below). We suggest getting the 120 round mid-cap version instead of the 30 round version for this reason.

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