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    Quote Originally Posted by billybronco View Post

    The ramps are M4 and the rifle is an Armalite M15A4.

    This is your problem

    Armalite's ramps are cut deeper than usgi ramps.

    In my opinion, they are cut excessively deep and can cause problems by having too much of a groove for the round to navigate.

    The round gets too far down into them and this is causing the scaring of your brass.

    The purpose of M4 ramps is to just break the edge between the receiver and chamber extension.
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    He said he tried both USGI and pmags.

    Quote Originally Posted by billybronco View Post
    ...I followed behind the PMAG with a USGI mag and didn't (have never) witnessed such behavior in several thousand rounds fired. No shavings, burrs, nor particles of any kind are apparent with either mag nor anything left behind in the chamber...

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    The only issue I've had with the Pmags was somewhat user-induced, and was replicated by at least 3 other shooters at the same class.

    When using the Beta-mag loaders on USGI mags you generally have to "smack" the loading plunger to get all the rounds in. If you do the same thing on the Pmag, the first set of rounds that are loaded can cross their tips at the bottom of the mag, which will cause a failure to feed (literally, the rounds just won't come out of the mag) when you get to them. Once I diagnosed the problem and discussed it with some of the other class attendees, and adjusted my loading accordingly, I did not see the problem again.

    One of these days when I get some free time I'm going to sit around with the mags, loader, and some loose ammo and see if I can replicate the problem to post pictures of.

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    Quote Originally Posted by f.2 View Post
    He said he tried both USGI and pmags.
    Pmags do appear to feed the round at a higher point from what my untrained eyes can see. This combined with the Armilte feed ramps could be the issue.
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    Quote Originally Posted by marylandsniper View Post
    I have also be considering the pmags, but an do not know if the mags are that much superior to the original alloy.

    What do you guys think?
    I have seen no ways in which a PMAG is NOT superior. Ease of loading, anti-tilt follower properties, body durability, ease of disassembly, ease of seating fully loaded mag on closed bolt, etc are all better with the PMAG. Right now I'm not buying anything else.

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    G.I mags suck compared to PMAGS! Are you kidding! If the issue is an out of spec. lower, get a new lower that is and quit yer bitchin. PMAGS rule. Not ALL mags work in ALL guns. That's the way it is.

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    Thanks for all the replies.

    ScottRyan - - - - - That is the answer I was looking for.

    If the ramps are cut more deeply than other lowers and the PMAGS do indeed seat the rounds even a fraction higher than USGI's, I tend to believe that this is what's scarring the casings.

    Don't get me wrong. No misfeeds nor FTE's present.

    I keep my brass. That's just how it is.

    We have several Dillon's and I'm a freak about possibly being denied my ammunition should some wacko take office.

    Hell, they've already moved to attacking ammunition b/c their efforts to rid American's of their guns didn't work.

    We all know that our thousands of dollars worth of investments are nothing but boat anchors w/o the stuff to feed them.

    Stocking up, that's all....

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    What is the magazine's date stamp? If you think it's a problem with the mag, call 1.877.4MAGPUL during business hours and someone will help you get this cleared up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by C4IGrant View Post
    PMAG's are 10 times superior to USGI mags.



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    Wish that were true in my case. Have a Bushmaster that will feed anything from anything, even the infamous USA 40 round mags! That is until it encountered the PMAG. Have trialed two from two different mold runs and both have the (in)famous 5th round fail to feed.

    Both are going back in the Magpul mag body exchange offer. I sure hope the latest incarnation is better than my experience so far.

    NOT RECOMMENDED.

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    Had one mag malfunction that wouldnt lock in the receiver, couldnt close the bolt and I ended up tossing the mag.

    At a class practicing something that required NOT taking time to determine what the exact cause was. When I DID recover the mag, the top round was dented from the racking the charging handle a couple of times and failing to achieve lock.

    They do seem better than the USGI and C Product mags I have.

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