TorkMag 35, 40 and 50 round AR Magazines – Review

By Jens “Rex Nanorum” Hammer

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Founded in 2014, TorkMag has been manufacturing AR and pistol magazines with a unique twist. Instead of relying solely on the traditional coil spring employed by nearly every other manufacturer, TorkMag products spring to the next level of complexity. How does this new design fare? Let’s see.

Besides just running a coil spring, TorkMag’s mags also include a “constant force” (clock type spring) spring. Imagine a tape-measure type spring, tucked away in the follower and anchored to the front feed lip. Here’s a helpful diagram, courtesy of TorkMag.

There are a number of benefits touted, but one of the main ones as I see it is to even out the spring tension between a full mag and a nearly empty mag. One reason 30-round mags are the standard capacity is that the disparity between full and nearly …Read the Rest

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