308 Duramag Follower Tilt

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So I ordered 5 of the 20 round duramag 308 steel mags, when I got them in I noticed a pretty large amount of tilt in the supposed anti-tilt followers. That said they can't tilt enough to get stuck or turn vertical.
I've only ever had pmags which have virtually zero tilt but definitely have a bit longer mag body, I assume to house a longer follower. Is this normal for metal mags that advertise being anti tilt?
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Some follower tilt seems normal in the metal mags that I have used. Hell, even the 308 pmags have more follower tilt than the ar15 pmags. But if you want to see some real tilt, spend $100 on a genuine AICS magazine. Yes, it’s a bolt action mag, but the follower is a joke.

 

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hlee said:

Some follower tilt seems normal in the metal mags that I have used. Hell, even the 308 pmags have more follower tilt than the ar15 pmags. But if you want to see some real tilt, spend $100 on a genuine AICS magazine. Yes, it’s a bolt action mag, but the follower is a joke.

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Interesting, yeah I mean I guess if it works it works we'll just have to see. It doesn't tilt as near as bad as a gi M16 mag but still more than I'm used to. I bought a couple 450 bushmaster duramags and they have wayyyy less tilt so I was surprised when I saw these.

 

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Duramags are extremely reliable. Unless you plan on shooting them with that screwdriver pushing the follower down you will be fine.

 

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wade2big said:

Duramags are extremely reliable. Unless you plan on shooting them with that screwdriver pushing the follower down you will be fine.

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Good to hear! Yeah I got them because they seem like the best combination of price ($16), reputation (not counting the pre-duramag cproducts), and offer increased coal space that's close to the kac's. If they function well ill be happy as a clam

 

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wade2big said:

Duramags are extremely reliable. Unless you plan on shooting them with that screwdriver pushing the follower down you will be fine.

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agreed there. all my duramags have been 100% without the screw driver addition.

they seem to be more like 19 rounders though.

 

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tucaz said:

agreed there. all my duramags have been 100% without the screw driver addition.

they seem to be more like 19 rounders though.

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All mine hold 20 although you must drop the bolt using the bolt release if you want it to go fully into battery. If I insert a full mag and rip the charging handle, sometimes it doesn’t.