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    Quote Originally Posted by USMC_Anglico View Post
    No reason to replace anything on 20 rounders unless they malfunction. I have a bunch of original USGI 20 rounders that were "liberated" from an Air Force conex overseas. They have extremely worn finishes, alloy followers. I can't imagine how old they are. They all work 100%, I have never even bothered to dis-assemble any.
    This holds true to my experiences, too. I have one of the Colt magazines with the floor plate stamped ".223Rem", these were last made in 1968-1969 if I remember correctly. It doesn't have a bit of dry lube left on it, it has the alloy follower, and the spring is extremely weak. I don't shoot it very much (it's really more of a collector's piece for me) but the few times I have it has performed as it should. Tough as nails.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lamarbrog View Post
    This holds true to my experiences, too. I have one of the Colt magazines with the floor plate stamped ".223Rem", these were last made in 1968-1969 if I remember correctly. It doesn't have a bit of dry lube left on it, it has the alloy follower, and the spring is extremely weak. I don't shoot it very much (it's really more of a collector's piece for me) but the few times I have it has performed as it should. Tough as nails.
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    I've never needed to replace 20-round springs but I was told by a large magazine vendor that you can reliably cut 30-round springs and make them work.

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    Not commenting on quality. Just listing these replacement aluminum 20 round followers from John Masen. If you are set on aluminum, there is an option.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jmart View Post
    Not commenting on quality. Just listing these replacement aluminum 20 round followers from John Masen. If you are set on aluminum, there is an option.
    They're good followers, especially if you're going for an early magazine reproduction. However, the black plastic performs the same.

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    If I push down on the front of the black plastic follower in my colt 20rnd magazine it will tilt but the other ones I have with an alloy follower won't tilt forward. I have never had the colt malfunction on me during use though.

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    The USGI 20 rounder is better left unmolested.
    Aftermarket followers don't work, and they work just fine without them.
    I have 10 of them, but only 9 working, as I tried to "upgrade" one with a MagPul follower and a Ranger Plate. No joy.
    Leave 'em alone and shoot 'em when the 30s don't work for your application.

    FWIW- I did see that Brownells is offering 20 rounders with a Ranger Plate. Interesting.
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    I did this a while ago. Ruined a magpul follower and went to a green follower. Shaped it so it would fit into the 20 round magazine body.

    20 round floorplates use a flat piece of spring steel tacked into the mag body to hook into the floorplate, so if you ruin it, you need to run 30 round magazine floorplates.

    The magazine works well, but not any more of an improvement over the old black or alloy followers.



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    Quote Originally Posted by a308garand View Post
    I did this a while ago. Ruined a magpul follower and went to a green follower. Shaped it so it would fit into the 20 round magazine body.

    20 round floorplates use a flat piece of spring steel tacked into the mag body to hook into the floorplate, so if you ruin it, you need to run 30 round magazine floorplates.

    The magazine works well, but not any more of an improvement over the old black or alloy followers.


    Looks to me like you hacked on a green follower until you had roughly the same dimensions as a black follower... which just means you have a functionally black follower, that is green in appearance.

    ... We do understand that the color isn't actually what improves magazines, right? (I'm joking with you.)

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    Sure it does...I mean that's why they make different colors right?

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    I dropped Magpul followers into my D&H 20s and they work perfectly. Did it mostly because I had the followers laying around. As someone else already said, they are slightly curved anyway, don't know if that makes a difference. YMMV
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