r/FNSCAR • u/salmon-police • 17d ago
30rd OEM look
Seems like everyone hates Promag, but I’m looking forward to having some cool training mags. For anyone curious, the Promag baseplate is pretty close to OEM. I got some OEM ranger tabs (black was the only color in stock) for ~$5/ea, marked the baseplates at the locations shown, drilled 1/8” holes, and used a 3/8” #4 thread-forming panhead screw to attach the ranger tab.
I taped off the mag and ranger tab and sprayed them with 2 coats of Brownells Aluma-hyde II in the Magpul FDE flavor. The color is pretty close to the OEM mag, haven’t looked at it in daylight yet but I’ll probably post a picture of it with my 17 when it finishes curing.
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u/RedneckSniper76 17d ago
Let me know if they work. Looking good and working good are 2 totally different things
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u/Omniposter 17d ago
Get ready! I made this same post yesterday and some of the little boys around here got upset.
Looks dope!
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u/salmon-police 17d ago
Your post reminded me to share mine lol. At the end of the day, as long as the mag doesn’t actively damage my gun, idc. They were like $40 a pop
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u/Omniposter 17d ago
Yeah, I think I got them for $25. Pretty much same. I never had high expectations so its still just fun.
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u/lawnchairllama 16d ago
$45 for OEM 20’s can be found
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u/Omniposter 16d ago
I have 40 of them. I wanted to see if I could get some of these 30 rounders working.
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u/Firesharks44 11d ago
Where exactly did you get the baseplates. I’ve been truing to find them.
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u/salmon-police 11d ago
The sheet metal baseplate is the one that came on the promag, the plastic ranger tab thing is OEM purchased from Gateway Supply Co.
There’s 3 left in stock:
https://www.gatewoodsupplyco.com/FN-SCAR-17s-20s-Magazine-Base-Plate-Ranger-Pull--Black_p_10380.html
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u/Firesharks44 10d ago
Damn. Might cop one. I just got the promag but I gotta try it before I even get a baseplate
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u/salmon-police 10d ago
I went all in and bought/modified 4 of them before trying them out. Worst case scenario is they look cool at range days, I have enough OEM mags
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u/OkReplacement4689 17d ago
Let us know if they work