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US Night Vision Rapid Wraps for AR Mags

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The Sportsmans Guide had USNV Corp's Rapid Wraps (TM) on sale for $17 each in three different camo patterns for AR-15 30-round magazines.  I went ahead and ordered some in Kryptek Highlander and US Stealth Flag patterns to try. They come printed on 3M's Controltac (TM) vinyl and are pretty easy to install.  I put the flag on a 30-round mag after watching the instructional video here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr3qS4IohyI Pretty simple to do, and I must say, the hair dryer trick works great.  I did not do the pencil thing to put them into each groove, but I suspect I would have gotten better results if I had. Since I rarely use my 30-round mags, I decided to cut them down and put them on my 20-round mags.  I traced around a mag once it was in the gun and noted a 1 7/8" distance from mag to mag well.  I marked the stencil and cut them almost in half - BONUS: you can get TWO wraps for a 20-round mag out of a 30-round mag stencil.  I did...