Specific recommendations for 5 round magazine for DPMS series 10 in 6.5 mm Creedmoore

[Interlaken]

NYS resident seeking specific recommendation (link to model, brand , distributor etc) for a 5 round mag for DPMS series 10 in 6. 5 Creedmoore. Please note: I have a DPMS 10 in .308 as well - The .308 build inserts well with the Pmag 10 round mag but not the cheap 5 round steel mags. The 6.5 will only get rounds inserted on the first and sometimes the second with the 10 round Pmag. The 6.5 rifle is currently only used for long range practice so I am pretty much just putting singles in the chamber. The .308 rifle is used occasionally for hunting white tail and I use the 10 round mag for still hunting. Before leaving a stand I make sure I have a partially loaded cheap 5 round steel mag available to display in any kind of situation remotely like a public setting.I do 90% of my white tail hunting with my Armalite series 15 build in .450 bushmaster anyway but I’d like serviceable 5 round mags for both of the DPMS 10 series and I absolutely need a functional mag of some sort for the 6.5 rifle. Thanks

 

[Darryle]

I have had great luck with ASC and Lancer mags.

Are you reloading or using factory ammo?

 

[Interlaken]

Specifically for 6.5 Creedmoore in DPMS 10 series upper? Model # etc?

 

[Interlaken]

The ASC is the ‘cheap steel ‘ magazine that does not feed either rifle. I believe I have also tried the Lancer mag, the picture of them on a website looks very familiar and it fed neither rifle either.

 

[Darryle]

Have you considered your rifle maybe the issue?

Is everything factory built or DIY?

Every feed issue I have ever had has been a direct result of other issues, every one of them.

 

[Interlaken]

Have you considered your rifle maybe the issue?

Is everything factory built or DIY?

Every feed issue I have ever had has been a direct result of other issues, every one of them.

DiY, and I’m a cheap ex combat vet and I have certainly considered that given 1.) DMPS series 10 typically can have feeding issues, and 2.) a DIY is prone to tolerance liabilities. Given these limitations I am still seeking a solution. I am , as of today, waiting for feedback from an outfit that markets the M3+ mag that I am hoping might resolve my problems

 

[Darryle]

First, diagnose the issue, large frame ARs are temperamental, more so with those that run cartridges with higher pressures.

If you have had issues with magazines from different manufacturers and manufactured with different materials, it points to issues with the rifle.

Describe the exact issue, ftf covers a wide gamut of issues. What exactly are you seeing with the different magazines?

 

[Interlaken]

Like most, I am aware of 10 series issues. Specifically the .308 enables the round to get picked with the Pmag and inserts correctly , with the Lancer or the cheap steel round mag the round does not get picked. The 6.5 does not not enable the round to get picked consistently with the Pmag after 2 rounds. The Lancer and cheap steel mag perform the same as in the .308 = no round picked. Simply put: this does not appear to be an insertion angle issue, i.e I do not see rounds that have been picked that are blocking the chamber.