Green mag followers

[Slater]

These are pretty much considered ancient history nowadays. During their heyday, did they prove to be reliable or problematic?

[Stickman]

These are pretty much considered ancient history nowadays. During their heyday, did they prove to be reliable or problematic?

More reliable than the black ones, but would still nose dive if the mags dropped or took hard impact.

[DoubleW]

They tilt causing the follower, spring and anything else sitting on top of them to nose dive and stick in the magazine. They can be reliable, but there is zero reason to use them since the advent of anti tilt followers.

[17K]

I had some up until last year.

In a semi-auto they were 100%.

In a short full auto they benefited from SAW Red Springs.

[Uncas47]

I use them also with the SAW Red Springs, GTG. But hell, I'm ancient history anyway.

[markm]

In a short full auto they benefited from SAW Red Springs.

I haven't read of those in years.

I have a 20 year old mag with the green follower that the base plate and part of the body got smashed. I was crossing dry river bottom (20 or so years ago) and dropped my 20" HBAR (remember those?) on the river rocks. I can't get the base off of the mag to change it. But it still works fine.

[1168]

If they were in good condition, they were fine in M16s, and good enough in M4s. In suppressed M4A1s and Mk18s, they were passable, but not as good as they could have been. I think poor condition (beat to shit) and elevated bolt velocity was responsible for most of the problems that we could attribute to the mags. My goto mags today are either grey mags with Magpul followers (or Surefeeds) or PMags, but I still use green follower mags today with no problems as training mags in my personal guns, but they are gassed properly for their use and condition.

We tested HK mags as a solution before PMags were a thing, and thats a whole rant for me, like MarkM and LWRCi.

[markm]

If they were in good condition, they were fine in M16s, and good enough in M4s.

I really think followers and springs to the blame for damaged/bad mag bodies.

[hotbiggun42]

I still have a fair number of them. The mags have been loaded for years but once i use them ill probably retire them

[davidjinks]

It also very much depended on what ammo was being used and in which rifle system they were being used in.



More reliable than the black ones, but would still nose dive if the mags dropped or took hard impact.

[ViniVidivici]

I have a bunch. They're fine.

I think most of my training mags have them (old GI mags).