Originally Posted by
samuse
You're buying junk aluminum mags that are not g.i. mags. I've NEVER had a bad real g.i. mag out the wrapper and I've unwrapped and used hundreds. The green followers from 20-odd years ago are still fine in everything but high cyclic rate guns, the new tan followers are much better.
That being said, I use Gen M3 Pmags myself because Pmags hold up to partially loaded drops and being stepped on a lot better than aluminum.
Would I go to war with 7 new Centers, Brownells, or Okays? Absolutely.
Apparently OP has never stepped on a g.i. mag...