Which AR-15 5.56 magazines are best?

[Kyle Reese]

Just had a guy in class that had HORRIBLE performance with ALL of his Brownells mags.
Also had some issues with PMags in his gun (DPMS lower).

Hmm...... I've yet to see a Doesn't Pass Military Specs AR make it thru any kind of carbine training class without issues. I was in a class last year and a student had two of them go down. He did not return on Day 2.

[P30shtr]

Any of you guys tried or heard anything about the TSD mags?

http://www.onesourcetactical.com/tsd...x#.T02Mi4l5nTo

[LittleLebowski]

Any of you guys tried or heard anything about the TSD mags?

http://www.onesourcetactical.com/tsd...x#.T02Mi4l5nTo

They are rebranded, slightly more expensive Lancer AWM mags.

[Kyle Reese]

Any of you guys tried or heard anything about the TSD mags?

http://www.onesourcetactical.com/tsd...x#.T02Mi4l5nTo

Looks just like the Lancer AWM....

[LittleLebowski]

http://rationalgun.blogspot.com/2011...into-ar15.html

[Kyle Reese]

They are rebranded, slightly more expensive Lancer AWM mags.

Maybe these will actually work in the sand..... (inside joke with LL & myself)

[joshs]

Interesting. Were you able to isolate the mags as the issue, or was it possibly the gun and/or the ammo? Did his gun run fine with other mags?

I was in the same class and also had a bunch of problems with Brownells mags with Magpul followers. My gun (BCM Midlength with Vltor A5 recoil system) also started to have short stroking problems about halfway through the first day of the class. Being under-gassed likely contributed, but I saw the same failure (round stuck on front lip of mag) with Brownells mags, but not with Pmags.

[Failure2Stop]

I was in the same class and also had a bunch of problems with Brownells mags with Magpul followers.

Didn't realize you were using Brownells mags.
Any idea when they were manufactured?

[Tamara]

Didn't realize you were using Brownells mags.
Any idea when they were manufactured?

I, too, am curious about this. The ones I got (2x30's and 3x20's) are dated 3-09. I've only put miles on the 20-rounders, and just tossed the 30's on a shelf for a rainy day.

[orionz06]

Those who saw Brownell's magazine issues, is it possible that the springs are too stiff? I have a few D&H mags from BCM that have ungodly strong springs and they are prone to feed issues.