Paracord Magazine Pulls (Tactical Magazine Extractors)...on the cheap!

Step 3: Attach

Pic1. Lay the paracord in the center grove on the side of the magazine near the bottom.

Pic2. Cover with tape.

Pic3. Loop paracord over the bottom of the magazine, cover with tape to form the loop. I like the loops on my mags to be of a decent size, so no matter what gloves I am wearing, I can still "hook" the loop and pull the mag free of the mag pouch.

Wrap the mag with the 100mph tape a couple of times, not to much, or the mag will be fat, and even tigher in the mag pouch, but not so little that you pull the paracord out instead of the mag.

Pic4. Make sure the blob of melted paracord sits outside the tape, acting sorta like an anchor.

Pic5. Finished product.


Look at you with your fancy high-speed-low-drag home made mag puls. Time to kick ass and chew bubble gum, to bad we're all out of gum.
Shoot safe.

Comments

[Cerberus]

I second the besplate/zip-tie method. Even 100mph tape will eventually give out. Tie a fat knot at each end of your 550 cord with the stuffing replaced with zip-tie then just reattach the base plate with only the knots inside tha mag. Works well enough. Or just buy some MagPuls...

[GIJohn]

thats what I did before I bought magpuls

[spooner mencken]

I do mine a little different. I gut the paracord by pulling out the inner strands and then insert a short length of zip tie with the ratchet end clipped off. The springy plastic will always hold the loop open so you can find it under stress. I also tie knots in the ends of the paracord and use my magazine floorplates to hold them instead of using duck tape.

[Cosantoir]

Use a longer section of cord, and start the ends of the cord at the bottom of the magazine, running upwards. Wrap one layer of tape around the magazine and tape, then fold the cord back over the tape and tape-covered section of cord and wrap with another layer or two of tape. This will prevent the cord from pulling out.