Most reliable 5.56 mag

[Tacti-square]

Is there anything to the rumors I've heard about the Magpul M3 30s and 40s? How is the Troy Battlemag doing? Is the L5 AWM considered king?

[richiecotite]

My guess is most will tell you to use the search function, or that it comes down to personal preference, and that you need to test any mag sufficiently before you can trust it. You'll also hear that mags a re wear item, and to use em til they don't work, then throw them away.

Personally, I use all of the above, plus usgi style mags with MP anti tilt followers, and haven't had any mag related issues yet. Again, YMMV, small sample size, yada yada

[McNulty]

HK mags are good, just expensive

[samuse]

NHMTG / Colt / Okay 30 with Magpul follower.

End of thread/.

[Eurodriver]

NHMTG / Colt / Okay 30 with Magpul follower.

End of thread/.

You beat me to it.

Lancers, HK, et al may work but they are 2x the price and even heavier. Why bother?

[Chrisreedrules]

I've ran thousands of rounds through PMAGs G2/G3 40rd, and the .308s with no issues. Been running the 20 round Lancer mags for my .300BLK recently but not enough to give a reliable report.

[VIP3R 237]

Pmags, Lancer AWMs, HK's, Tango Down, Troy, NHMTG, etc. All are great, but i doubt you can seriously narrow it down to one mag to rule them all right now.

[markm]

The USGI 20, in my experience, is the reliability king. Although I've never had a problem with any of the good 30s.

[TehLlama]

I run PMags and NMHTG/Colt/Okay's with Magpul followers. I see no reason to run anything else, because these work and are cheap. MarkM nailed it in some other thread when he explained that the best answer is to have enough magazines that you're not emotionally devastated to trash one that causes malfunctions, so the cheapest ones that work well are what I buy. My PMags are pretty gucci with the range plates on them, but that's the most I'll ever pay for a magazine.

[ScatmanCrothers]

What are the rumors you've heard about the Magpul M3 30 and 40's op?