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Can’t get enough follower stuff??? 😳
One of our illustrious forum members PM’d me with a question about diameter of the Benelli M4 follower I purchased from Carrier Comp. Since my picture posting to forum PM’s remains in the rookie stage, I am posting them here, along with my answer to his questions:
To answer your questions, I took out the new M4 follower and since I don’t have an accurate enough caliper gauge, I just held the M4 and the Nordic followers with the factory original and with each other. Since I can’t figure out how to post the pictures I took to a PM, I will post them on the 1301 thread, so check there in a few minutes.
Bottom line is that the M4 follower is ever so slightly smaller in diameter than the factory and the Nordic, which both seem to be the same diameter. All the followers enter the mag tube about the same, and all are smooth as silk sliding down the tube. Notice the bevel on the spring end of the Nordic and M4 followers. The bevel on the M4 is longer and more tapered. I like that for being able to pass through the juncture of the mag extension and the magazine tube as rounds are loaded. I also put each follower in and checked loading and unloading the magazine tube to full. I used dummy rounds for this. Each holds 7 rounds in the mag. However, I noticed that the M4 follower’s “nose” fits into the front of the shell, crimp or slug, and helps to guide that first shell into the magazine more easily than either the factory or Nordic follower.
Fortunately for me, I had the Nordic from my 11/87, which itself now has the SBE follower. I’ve found that 12 gauge followers are all about the same diameter. That makes sense since 12 gauge shells are all about the same diameter. I have a ton of followers sitting around. I think I’m a follower Nazi.
That said, I’m happy that I bought the M4 follower. I think you will be too. 🤓👍