MagMod...why?

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I don't know how long these have been out, and I have seen other mods made from parts of an AR-15. This seems like a horrible idea, especially at this pivotal time in vaping. Especially when combined with social and law enforcement issues going on right now. Just because you can do something, doesn't mean you should...
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I don't have an AR-15. I got enough of M4 in the Army. I do have a few of the old metal magazines laying around. Not something I would want to use as a mod, though. That 30 round mag is way too big for a mod, and honestly to me looks ridiculous the way it is curved with the tank not level. The 10 round is a decent size for a mod, but it's just a matter of time before these or one of the other AR mods causes a rucus, in my opinion.
 

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This is nothing new, and there have been mods like this for several years now. Hasn't been an issue before, and I don't see it being an issue now. It's no worse than a mod that looks like a grenade, and there haven't been any issues with those, either.
 

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(o God of the Little Blue Screwdriver....don't let this thread get ugly...)

I live in a suburb on the OH-PA line. We have a problem with crime. Because of forum rules--i will let you, Gentle Reader--guess what crime that is.

I have been pulled over, at random when commuting to Cleveland. Tho vaping isn't illegal where i live--i have in the past--thrown my mods into my backpack. If I'm wrong? So be it.

If I were ever questioned about my rigs, i would be as forthright and truthful with what I have in my posession.

I try to see things from other points-of-view. LEOs are working in a war-zone. As for my town--we are for the most part--die-hard supporters of the community and police protection. I don't desire to live in some kind of 'police state'. My grandparents emigrated here in order to leave a police state. But our world would be rather dangerous and chaos would ensue--if there were no LEOs. I would rather not be in a situation where my 'vapes' are in question. Is that selfish? I guess it is. I love having a house and a career and a nice car. Can't keep it together if i'm sitting in the county pokey.

I'm using my Hollowpoint mod atm. Haven't taken this one outta the house yet
 

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Question?

Who had a cigarette lighter in the shape of a pistol or grenade? (I did! Had both!)

No issues with those, either.

LEO isn't going to get excited over a mod in the shape of a magazine. Most likely, if they're a vaper, they'll most likely ask where you got such a neat mod.
 

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I pray for that sort of outcome.

I don't diy. I have limited supply in case i have to, someday. I vape name-brand juice and carry a bottle.

I figured that i would compare the mod to the gas-station ecigs, if questioned by LEO

Our town is caught in some '80s time-warp. We're five years behind everyone else. Only seen one 'vaper-in-the-wild' in the three years that i've been vaping.

We still rawk big hair. I wish i was kidding...
 
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Question?

Who had a cigarette lighter in the shape of a pistol or grenade? (I did! Had both!)

No issues with those, either.

LEO isn't going to get excited over a mod in the shape of a magazine. Most likely, if they're a vaper, they'll most likely ask where you got such a neat mod.


I have to agree 100% here.
We have had pistol lighters and switchblade combs since the 1940s.
It's never been a problem before.
 

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This is nothing new, and there have been mods like this for several years now. Hasn't been an issue before, and I don't see it being an issue now. It's no worse than a mod that looks like a grenade, and there haven't been any issues with those, either.

I have to agree 100% here.
We have had pistol lighters and switchblade combs since the 1940s.
It's never been a problem before.
The TSA might have a slightly different initial take on this.. :D
 

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The TSA might have a slightly different initial take on this.. :D

If they do it's about all ecigs in general.
TSA isn't known for their intelligence or common sense.
They have an issue with prosthetic limbs, babies, and handicapped people with canes.
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The TSA might have a slightly different initial take on this.. :D

Doubtful. Once they're shown what it is, there's no reason to prohibit the item. It would be best to declare the item before sending it through x-ray so they know what it is.
 

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If they do it's about all ecigs in general.
TSA isn't known for their intelligence or common sense.
They have an issue with prosthetic limbs, babies, and handicapped people with canes.
;)

Doubtful. Once they're shown what it is, there's no reason to prohibit the item. It would be best to declare the item before sending it through x-ray so they know what it is.
Let's just say it's not the type of "conversation-starter" I want to have with the TSA. I try to avoid the "special screening" if you know what I mean.. ;)
 
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If she had declared instead of trying to get it through without saying anything, I doubt there would have been an issue.

Agreed, and I believe the article said if she had checked them they would have allowed it.

But I am of the opinion if you can avoid issues especially over wanting to own something so silly it's best to do so.
 
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Why? Because there's no accounting for taste, that's why. Ask me, it's kind of a foolish idea. A mag is for ammo, not batteries. But it looks cool, so they sell. I can't see any real LEO problems with it, myself. LEOs, by definition, are armed. The know what a mag is, and what one is not.

Tell you what: I have, over the last decade or so, made some nice pocket change in my spare time making zombie apocalypse "weapons." You know the drill, right? Push a short piece of pipe through the hole in a burnt out circular saw blade, drive a $2 garage sale axe head on to the end. Weld on a Bowie knife blade and a few short pieces of rebar ground to a point on the end sticking out at odd angles, paint it puke green with orange "zombie blood" spatters, shove a piece of garden hose on the end for a "handle," then sell it to an idiot for $350.00. Works like a charm. I have even built a few AR-15 rifles the same way, by adding a fancy curved piece of steel fitted with tac-rail clamps and "sharpened" on the edge, and adding a EO Tech "Zombie" holographic sight on the top-- it's a regular old EO Tech holo sight, except it uses the "bio-hazard" icon for a reticule and costs an extra $200-- and those sell for $3500-5000. It may be art, but what it isn't is weapon. The balance is hideous, they're too heavy, the "steel" in the blades was carefully forged in a Pakistani back yard over a camel dung fire and wouldn't hold an edge with a 5 gallon drum of divine intervention. Nobody but an idiot would even attempt to use anything like that. If you really want an anti-zombie edged weapon, the short sword was perfected in the Greek Xiphos, with a leaf shaped blade for cut-and-thrust, away back in the Bronze Age; and the long sword in the early Iron Age, reaching it's finest expression in the Japanese Katana. Need more range? Copy Goliath's spear out of the Old Testament. But that doesn't look cool. So you have to make it up as you go along.

There's no accounting for taste :)
 

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