Magpul was founded in 1999 with the intent of developing a simple device to aid in the manipulation of rifle magazines under stress.
The company name comes from this original product, called the Magpul.
Over the last twenty-plus years, the company has continued to grow and develop, following the same mission and processes and focusing on innovation, simplicity, and efficiency.
To understand Magpul, one must first understand the guiding principles that have shaped the foundation of our company culture and philosophy. These principles have allowed us to maintain a course true to our original mission, and they explain how and why we do the things we do.
There is something to be said for great ideas; however, ideas are nothing more than dreams until they are realized in a form that is accessible to the marketplace.
Magpul is known for its creative design solutions, and we are proud of our accomplishments in this arena not only because they are novel, but because we have successfully turned many of our dreams into reality.
Unnecessary complexity and expensive construction are the hallmarks of mediocre design. It is almost always easier to design a product that is complicated, confusing, and expensive rather than simple, intuitive, and affordable.
Although it is more difficult, Magpul has chosen to take the latter of these two approaches to product development.
From the onset of every project uses a list of mission-driven requirements to dictate design, material construction, and manufacturing methods that will be most efficient without sacrificing quality or performance.
The goal of the design itself is to be both simple and intuitive.
By incorporating ergonomic considerations, a proper user interface, and subtle visual and tactile features, the product itself should actually instruct the user about its operation and function.
Although every Magpul product comes with clear, concise installation and usage instructions, our aim is to design products so self-explanatory that instructions become unnecessary.
