Magpul is always innovating and putting out new product. SHOT 2025 was no exception and they showed off a bunch of new gear, in variety of categories. Let’s take a look at some of teh new items featured at the show.
DAKA GRID Organizer
Magpul has their new DAKA grid organizer system that designed to work with existing hard cases. If you already have a Pelican or Plano case, or something similar, these are for you. The Universal GRID Organizer system is a lot easier to cut to fit than foam. The sets come with double and triple Blocks that drop into the grid like popular building blocks. This lets you easily set up your case to carry any sort of gear from rifles, or bows, to optics, or electronics equipment. Unlike foam, where once it’s cut you’re stuck with that pattern, the DAKA blocks can be quickly rearranged to suit other gear. There are universal kits available that you can adapt to any container and specific ones fitted to popular hard cases. Prices range from about $20 up to $160 depedning on what you get.
TMAG 20
I covered the release of the TMAG 20 not long before shot. I’m a fan of the 20 round magazine, so getting to check out Magpuls translucent model at the SHOW was fun. I’ll definately be grabbing some of these soon. Just like the original 30 round TMAG the 20’s use Magpuls advanced polymers and let you see exactly how many rounds you have left. MSRP is $23.95.
MLOK QD Bipod
Magpul’s new MLOK QD Bipod is lightweight, and easy to take on and off your gun. It only weighs 9 ounces, but securely locks on to any MLOK slot or rail in seconds. It provides a stable shooting platform without adding undue bulk or weight to your gun. MSRP is $79.95 and they’re availble in Black or Flat Dark Earth.
EDC Bags and Packs
Magpul dropped three new bags in their EDC line. There’s the 15L EDC15 Messenger bag, and the 18L EDC18 pack, and the 25L EDC25 backpack. All three bags will carry an 18 inch laptop, and have a variety of other pockets and slots for other gear as well. There are also concealed carry pockets included in each bag. Construction is of 500 denier (500D) medium-weight, TPU-coated nylon fabric weave and they have YKK Aquaguard zippers, Duraflex zipper pulls. The materials allow the bags to be strong and durable, but still light weight. All three bags are available in Black or Flat Dark Earth colors. MSRPA run between $169.95 and $229.95.
DAKA Small and Large Range Bags
In addition to EDC bags, Magpul also had their new Small and large Range Bags on display. The small is 20-liter capacity and the large is 40-liters. They’re made from Magpul’s proprietary DAKA material, and come with dual YKK Aquaguard zippers on the outer pockets and RF-welded seams. The range bags have a bunch of pockets, elastic magazine loops, and compartments to store all your range gear. MSRP on the small bag is$129.95, and the large bag is $159.95. Bocth are available in Black or FDE colors.
AMAG 21 SG9
Magpul is following up on their metal SIG P320 AMAG magazine with the extended AMAG 21. The extended mag will fit the Sig P320/M17/M18 family of pistols and has an impressive 21 round capacity. They have a stainless steel body with witness holes and round count numbers in one round intervals. There’s an easy take down baseplate and a high visibility orange follower. MSRP on the AMAG 21 is $39.95, which is about $25 cheaper than SIG’s factory 21 round mag.
RXM Pistol Frames
Hot on the heels of the release of the Ruger RXM, which uses a magpul produced grip module, Magpul is already releasing new options. They were showing off OD Green and FDE grips in the booth and they show gray and black on their website. MSRP is just $39’95. It’s nice to see that they’re already supporting options for the RXM early adopers, so it should be fun to see what else comes along later. Being that the RXM uses a chassis system like a SIG P320, any variety of grips could potentially be available. Want a version that takes 17 round mags? Magpul could do that. How about a PDW chassis? I can only dream, but it’s certainly within their capabilities.
Magpul Pro 700 Lite SA Stock – Long Action
Magpul had their Magpul Pro 700 Lite SA Stock for Remington 700 Long Action on display at the show as well. Shooting News Weekly editor Dan Zimmerman recently had a chance to put the short action version of this stock through it’s paces. Check out his full write up here. Basically though, the Pro 700 is a lightweight, full featured stock designed for the long action Remington 700. It uses a billet aluminum chassis surrounded by magpul polymer and it’s fitted with a stock adjustable for length of pull as well as comb height. You can even adjust the vertical grip for various trigger reaches. The Pro 700 uses an AICS-pattern magazine well with an ambidextrous mag release and has MLOK slots up front for mounting whatever you need to mount. It’s available in Black, FDE, OD Green and has an MSRP of $599.95.
Breslau EDC Folder
Magpul isn’t new to knives, but they are bringing a new technique to making them. Metal Injection Molding (MIM) has been used to make gun parts for quite a while now, but it hasn’t been sued for knife blades. Mapgpul has figured out the process though and the new Breslau EDC knife will be arriving soon to show you what a MIM knife can do. They’re also sporting a new Magpul designed “Lug Lock” which is a sliding lock that operates, at least externally, similar to the cross bar lock popularized by Benchmade’s AXIS lock.
The steel on the Breslau is MVNS35, which is basically a MIM optimized version of Crucible Steel’s excellent CPM S35VN stainless steel. The blade is 2.94 inches long and sports a modified Wharncliffe style. The handles are, unsurprisingly, injection molded polymer over stainless steel liners. They’ll be available in Black, Glacier Blue, and OD handles available and they’re shooting for a March release. You can pre-order the Breslau EDC Folder through Blade HQ and they have an MSRP of $189.95.
There were other things on display at the Magpul booth but being that it was always swarmed with people when I went by, and I had a whole show to hit, I know I missed things. You can check out Magpul’s website though to see all of the new releases and get more details on their products.
It’s over. Time to let it go…
Meh!
There is only so much you can do to make polymer and nylon/cordura look like something unique.
At one time it was a ‘gotta have’ to see ‘new things’ in polymer and nylon/cordura from companies like Magpul. And they charged a pretty penny for it too. But for too long Magpul ignored that the market was glutted with ‘new things’ in polymer and nylon/cordura and many of these products were just as useful or lower cost, and sometimes for all practical and essential reasons the same thing just branded under a different name as they were made by an OEM someplace that supplied the same thing to other companies but changed some little thing (i.e. added or subtracted a pocket or rearranged the location of a mechanical item or even added something the Magpul left off). And it wasn’t just Magpul. DAKA, big deal.
“Metal Injection Molding (MIM) has been used to make gun parts for quite a while now, but it hasn’t been sued for knife blades.”
Not really.
Metal Injection Molding (MIM) for knife blades is not new. Its also called by another name of ‘Powdered Injection Molding (PIM)’ that’s been used to make knife blades and other stuff for a while now.
The term ‘Metal Injection Molding (MIM)’ is more of a general thing, in which powered metal is used instead of other materials – the use of the word ‘Metal’ signifies that. The concept is a process in which finely-powdered metal is mixed with binder material to create a ‘feedstock’ that is then shaped and solidified using injection molding – or in other words ‘Powdered Injection Molding (PIM)’. Over 90% of you with EDC knives, your knife blade most likely is ‘Powdered Injection Molding (PIM)’ (i.e. ‘Metal Injection Molding (MIM)’). Lots of knife companies have been using ‘Powdered Injection Molding (PIM)’ knife blades for knives for a while – the exact process varies between manufacturers but always come down to the powered metal being rendered into the knife blade by some other process (i.e. milling or shaping in some manner), or sometimes simply cast in the shape then cleaned up and sharpened. For example, the Spyderco CPM SPY27 is produced like this using the ‘Crucible Particle Metallurgy (CPM)’ process:
The basic alloy composition of VG-10 (a traditional ingot alloy steel) is melted to molten then rapidly cooled with pressurized nitrogen to create a fine powder. This process “locks’ the alloys of the steel in their mixed state and helps prevent segregation (the separation of the alloys that inevitably occurs in ingot steel) and produces a very fine uniform grain structure metal powder. The powdered metal is then re-heated in high-pressure containers to create ingots (i.e. the ‘feedstock’) that are rolled to toughen the steel and mill it into finished form for the knife blade. Or in other words ‘Powdered Injection Molding (PIM)’ AKA ‘Metal Injection Molding (MIM)’.
Metal Injection Molding (MIM) for knife blades is not new.
Clarifications for:
“or sometimes simply cast in the shape then cleaned up and sharpened. ”
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“then re-heated in high-pressure containers to create ingots (i.e. the ‘feedstock’)”
Both of these happen by injecting the powered metal into a ‘mold’ of some sort. The powered metal can be heated to a molten form before or during the injection. It varies between manufacturers and the exact metallurgy process used. Sometimes its ‘mold’ can be designed to produce the final shape (i.e. ‘cast’ in the final shape) or the ‘mold’ can produce ‘ingots’ that are then subjected to other processes to produce the final shape.