r/canadaguns • u/BrotherLefthand • 9d ago

News / Politics / Activism What happened to Cross Industries?

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I had been following crossmags for a long time as Cross kept teasing us with .308 coupler mags for competition shooting. They also teased 7.62x39 coupler magazines.

I went into the backrooms to find my old gear and was reminiscing about days before the great banning. And I saw them... my crossmags...

I went to google Cross Industries and it seems that all of their socials are dead. I can't find their website, and everyone is out of stock of their magazines. I'm not surprised. When all of the MSRs are banned, you lose a business built entirely on being a legal supply of more than 5-rounds.

Does anyone know if they got bought out? Who owns their IP? I would love to see the tech go to MDT. I imagine they can do something great with it.

I was so excited for 7.62x39 magazines...

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u/QuarterFantastic6134 9d ago

Not sure you’d want that. That is, have multiple of their newest gen 2s. They literally cracked from no/little use after being exposed to conditions not far off room temperature. They weren’t physically slammed or abused either. Oh and I had four entire sets (x8 cracked mags) replaced.

Their customer service being great about which was probably their saving grace. They mentioned “ketone” based cleaners degraded their stuff but I never used any.

If you want polymer LAR just go with MFT and get a coupler for them. Those can take cold temps and being run hard.

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u/Blusk-49-123 9d ago

This has been my experience as well. First trip to the range and a small crack near the feed lips from calm and relaxed bench shooting.

This might sound harsh but not worth one's money so I don't really care for them not surviving as a company.

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u/BrotherLefthand 9d ago

I haven't had issues with mine. They ran great in my AR. I'll try them in a makasi when it arrives.

I use ballistol on all my guns. Doesn't seem to hurt the mags.

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u/Kid-On-Reddit- 8d ago

My gen 2s cracked straight down in-between the feed lips within 5 range visits.

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u/BlazeetManeega 8d ago

Same thing happened to me. They blamed it on me using G96 cleaner - which I only used to lightly wipe down the mags. Dog shit quality magazines. PMag or CZ poly mags ftw