Brownells tan follower mags gtg?

AR/M4 AR General Discussion
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I’m an NHMTG guy, but have a chance an offer for some tan follower Brownells 30s.

How do they compare to NHMTG?

2

There are several complaints about the inside having rough edges that catch the follower and FTF.

https://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?115330-How-are-the-Enhanced-Tan-Follower-USGI-30rd-magazines-working-in-the-field

3

I have 6 to 10 of those Brownells and like them a lot. They compare quite well with NHMTGs with the Magpul follower IMHO.

Center Industries I’m not so fond of…

4

Tan, as in the opposite side bullet position followers?

5

Yup the wrong sided ones.:fie:

6

I bought a few 2 years ago and have rotated all of them out of service. None of them have functioned 100% and have given me failures to lock back on the last round and failures to feed nearly every time I took them to the range or class. The last one died a violent death from being stomped into the ground and buttstroked before being tossed onto the backstop and put out of its misery. On the other hand I have multiple NHMTG, Colt, and LMT magazines that refuse to fail even when stuffed with mud and dust.

7

Is it the tan followers or the mag bodies that are out of spec?

I just got some USGI OKAYs with the new tan follower but have not had the chance to test them yet.

8

The Army also found that the design of the mags have led to poor feeding reliability and are working on changes to the body. I would pass unless you can guarantee it is one of the newly made ones with the changes to the feed lips and mag body.

New mags have a higher front wall and more angled feed lips.