[colderwater]

SJSample,

My experience with magazines for the AR is as you say, failures to feed. I had a short learning curve: learned to use US general issue magazines (Sanchez Enterprises or Adventure-line), and don't insert a magazine with the bolt forward (too easy to not fully insert). I had nothing but misery with aftermarket magazines and old GI 20 rounders. GI magazines with the green follower, I cannot complain about them.

Since then I've lost count of the rounds fired through my AR, (maybe ~2000). The only failure I had was a failure to eject, the rim of the cartridge torn off. It was Portugese surplus Nato spec ammo. IMI M855 and handloads all perform well.
I'll have look at the CProducts new Stainless Steel mag. Thanks for the tip.

C.W.

[RandallFlagg]

Not enough gun porn on this thread yet.
My contribution:


Beretta CX4 Storm

[SJSAMPLE]

The USGI green followers are nice, but they aren't as "anti-tilt" as they say. The MagPul followers, particularly the GenII follower, is truely no-tilt. Not "anti-tilt", but actually impossible to tilt because of the design. I bought new D&H manufacture magazines and put the MagPul followers in them, replacing the USGI green ones. The CProducts Stainless Mag uses a licensed version of the Magpul follower. Hell, Magpul is even making glow-in-the-dark followers, now. go figure.

I fired over 5,000rnds of 5.56mm through my carbine and it was my old USGI that gave me the problems. The Magpul followers fixed that right up.