What is it that you guys are doing to make sure your magazines function properly.
I have on hand about 20, 30 round magazines (most with black GI followers, some green), and maybe 10, 20 round magazines.
I have considered buying the MagPul Gen2 followers, and tweaking them to fit the 20’s, I have heard they will fit. Are these sold in bulk? I may be looking to get all 30-40 at once.
What springs are considered the best for use in magazines, I would assume we are talking about CS springs.
At this point I am not looking to buy magazines, just update those I already have.
I use Magpul followers and use Wolff +10% springs when they need replacing. For my straight 20 round mags that don’t have the metal followers I just cut down the old green followers if for some reason they aren’t working right.
Lately I’ve been buying HK and C-Products magazines.
For training and competition I use only HK mags (and occasionally a Beta-C), when loaded with 30 rounds HK mags are easy to seat on a closed bolt. Non HK mags I only ever load to 28 rounds.
CProducts SS – they are IMHO superior to the HK mags.
I prefer the Magpul Ranger plate and the fact they fit mag pouches better.
I’ve added Magpul Followers to ALL my mags (except the HK ones)
I leave 20rd Colt mags alone – but I dont use them a lot. I have put MagPul Enhanced followers into 15 and 20rd Labelle Teflons for use in Afghan as mags for the C7CT with Mk262
I had a batch of old magazines which I rebuilt. First, I inspected the bodies to insure there were no dents or cracks. I then washed them out and repainted the bodies. I replaced the old springs with ISMI magazine springs, MagPul followers, and Magpul magazine L-plates. It was cheaper to have the magazines rebuilt than buy new ones. I hope this helps.
All of my GI 30’s I refitted with Magpul followers and Lumpy plates, and will replace with CS springs as needed.
All of my new mags will be CProducts SS ones with CS springs and Lumpy plates.
In your case, I would just change out the follower to a Magpul and leave everything else alone. The reason is, that after you buy a quality spring, follower and pay for shipping, you could just have gotten new mags (like Cproducts) for the same money.
As your feed lips open/crack, pull the Magpul followers out and put them in a new mag or an older mag.
I generally shoot 400 rounds through my AR15’s a week. Mostly Wolf M193 and Poly plus Guat as of the last year or so. I have 8 mags that are in constant use.
Well I must say, I received my FDE Cerakoted mags from you yesterday and they are like works of art! I know we aren’t supposed to get attached to a consumable like a mag, but it will be ALMOST a shame to drop one of these!
Roger. Think of the magpul anti-tilt follower like car insurance. You don’t ever plan on getting into an accident, but have it anyway.
You have most likely had a magazine related malfuntion, but might not have known it. The Magpul followers are just another preventitive tool that you can use to help your AR run well.
