Originally Posted by
Kain
Most of the C-product mags I've got are about 8-10 years old which I was buying at about $6 a piece at the time, got a few dozen.
Anyway, most ran decent, the issue came up for me earlier this year when I moved and was resorting/stacking mags and noticed that just about every one of the C-product mags were showing not insubstantial rust on the mag springs. Pulled them apart and all of the C-product mags had rusty springs, but the magpul pmags, D&H, Colt/nhmtg mags, even my ****ing couple bushmaster mags which were stored in the same or worse conditions did not show any rust or tarnish on the springs. The C-product mags have since been relegated to training/trade fodder pile.
Back on the D&H mags, just got back from the range a little while ago, ran a couple hundred rounds through a few of them, from 55gr .223, 55gr 5.56, and 75gr Steel Match. Everything fed fine. Only bitch would be that they are a little harder to seat than my pmags, though this could honestly be due more to the fact I was choking up on the mag during insertion on my BCM and not seating it properly. Grabbing the mag closer to the bottom seemed to solve this issue so likely a training issue since I am use to the finger groves on the pmags.