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I picked up three new GI magazines yesterday at a Gun Show. New, still in wrapper, green followers. At ten bucks a pop, it looked like a fair deal to me.
I've now got a even split between Magpul and Okay/GI magazines and I'm running out of room for them.
Can anyone suggest a place that sells new condition GI/mil-spec mags with the old green followers for a decent price?
I've been looking for a while and haven't seen anything (at a decent price).
Thanks.
Joe Mamma
"Reliability above all else"
NRA Certified Pistol and Rifle Instructor, Life Member
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botach occasionally, though you can get improved magpul followers in the current okay mags for 10/$100
Brownells would be the only place that I could think of that still has green followers. Green followers have been out of production for the better part of a decade now.
I’ve had good results with Brownells green follower mags. My unit bought a pallet of them to use for a speedball. We all used that as an opportunity to replace our other mags and I don’t know of any complaints. The ones I snatched ended up with magpul followers down the road and are still among my favorites.
I think it's purely an effort to catch up with the popular polymer mags by adding grip texture - the only really complaint that anyone ever has about GI mags (that they can be slippery). I'm guessing the new follower may be a veiled effort to stop paying money to Magpul for every mag Okay produces, but they may also feel that they have an improved design.
I could have done without giant "SUREFEED" lettering on the side of the mag, but marketing is always important.
I miss living in an area (NoVA and Central TX) with big gun shows. I always enjoy picking out cheap used GI mags and upgrading them, with an occasional old pre-ban mag in the bunch. The smaller shows want to charge $10 for used mags or $15-$20 for new ones (with Colt always being more expensive).
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