As a follow up to our earlier Fast Mag review...

While at SHOT 08 I was able to check out the newest generation of the Fast Mag. This product is still being manufactured by Down East Inc and distributed through ITW Military Products. Instead of rehashing the concept of the design I'll focus on the changes.

As with the original Fast Mag, the case is made of high impact, anti-fragmentation polymer with Ghillitex Technology to reduce IR signature.

The Fast Mag is compatible with the Magpul PMag as well as standard USGI M16/M4 Magazines.

Here is a Pistol Mag Pouch tutorial that has been taken from the forum, Another great step by step written by Diz...

This time we're going to make a basic pistol 3-mag pouch (you shoot a Glock, right?).

We'll start out with the layout. The pouch back is about 10" x 6 1/8". This will be folded in half on the 10" dim. The pouch panel it self is about 11" x 5 1/2" with the 11" dim being horizontal.

A great double mag pouch tutorial from the forum, written by Diz.

Here is another way to make a pouch. This time I'm gonna use 3" webbing as a base for the back wall and the flap. The 3" webbing is 14" net (28" total). The pouch itself is very straight-forward. 7 3/4" wide by 8 1/8" in length.

Another pouch making technique from Diz. This time he is demonstrating making a double mag pouch with an integrated flap and sewn corners.

Here's Diz's Tutorial...

OK recently I have decided to re-investigate the classic, top flap, 2-mag pouch design. Again this is "A" way of doing it, as I am experimenting with different prototypes to see which one I like the best. I selected this one for a tutorial because it shows a different bottom closure technique that I think you would find interesting if you're not familar with it.

It's basically a take-off on the classic USGI 3-mag pouch, from the ALICE issue days. It has been modifed to take the side flaps off the top flap and cut down to 2-mag size. The basic dimensions are:
overall length: 22 1/2"
length at bottom of pouch side: 7 3/8"
width: 8"
width at 1st step: 5 1/2"
length at 1st step: 8"
width of top flap/back: 3 3/16"

Of course you could square off the top flap as well. I rounded it because this lends itself well to being edge taped, which is the preferred method of making this style ofpouch, although I suppose you could double wall it.

On the heels of Diz's pouch tutorial I put together a how-to on making a pouch flap and back using 3" webbing.

The main focus of this tutorial is to show you a way to easily make mitered corners and produce a clean, MALICE Clip compatible pouch flap and back.

Here are the materials:

Figure 1: The 3" Mil-W-17337 webbing is Approximately 30" long (for a 2 mag pouch), In the photo you can also see the template I made to help with marking. I just used a piece of manila folder but will eventually convert this to a masonite / hardboard template. There is also a piece of 1.5" Mil-W-17337 or Mil-W-43668 webbing that is 4" long, 4 pieces of 1" Mil-W-43668 or Mil-W-17337 webbing that are 3" long and a piece of 3" hook tape that is 3.5" long. I recommend using Type E or F thread.

The sewing machine is a Juki 1541. I would recommend a pretty heavy duty machine when using this method, at one point you are sewing through 6 layers of webbing.