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    I have 10 and they've all run really well for me. It's had to say exactly how many rounds I have through them but I'd say easily 5000 rds combined. I like the metal feed lips and the smoke see-through bodies. I'm not going to throw out my Pmags or USGIs but the next time I buy mags it will be more L5 AWMs.

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    I now have about 10 AWMs with just over 3,000 rounds through them. Never had a problem. This includes some shooting with 20 rounders too.

    I just received last week 4 FDE 30 round AWMs and I see a couple of changes. First of all the drainage hole in the baseplate has been filled in. Reports of sand/dirt induced failures might be the reason why Lancer filled this in. If you think about it, every time you shoot the follower jumps up, which would suck debris into the mag if using it as a monopod on the dirt. Secondly, the new spring is shorter and weaker than my other AWMs. Now the spring feels the same as as a PMAG or GI mag. Personally, I liked the extra power spring just for longevity reasons, but I am sure it will function perfectly either way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by P2000 View Post
    I now have about 10 AWMs with just over 3,000 rounds through them. Never had a problem. This includes some shooting with 20 rounders too.

    I just received last week 4 FDE 30 round AWMs and I see a couple of changes. First of all the drainage hole in the baseplate has been filled in. Reports of sand/dirt induced failures might be the reason why Lancer filled this in. If you think about it, every time you shoot the follower jumps up, which would suck debris into the mag if using it as a monopod on the dirt. Secondly, the new spring is shorter and weaker than my other AWMs. Now the spring feels the same as as a PMAG or GI mag. Personally, I liked the extra power spring just for longevity reasons, but I am sure it will function perfectly either way.
    All changes were made based on feedback from use in the field, CS doesnt get better than that if you ask me

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    Yep. I was one of the early adopters that had issues. They have corrected them all. Love these mags.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kwelz View Post
    Yep. I was one of the early adopters that had issues. They have corrected them all. Love these mags.
    i have to admit its impressive how fast they fixed the issues reported with the mags.

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    I'll have to see if my AWM are the "fixed" ones or not.

    I've had a problem where the AWM mags would not lock in the magwell. No matter what I did, they would not lock in. All other mags, GI and PMAG have no problem. This was across a couple guns IIRC and all my AWM had the same issue. Don't remember if it was bolt closed or bolt open or both. Did not matter how many rounds were in the mag (not an overloading issue).

    I like them for their light weight.

    I will have to check my AWM and see which rev I have, and do more testing to get exactly the conditions where it fails etc. I have not run them for a while due to the issue I was having.


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    No experience with these as I live in a sissy/ban state where such evilness is forbidden.

    With that said I always thought the AK74 Bakelite mags (is Bakelite polymer) with the steel lips seemed like the best all around concept. If someone can bring that to the AR world I'd encourage it, and some bumps in the road would be expected.
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    Quote Originally Posted by northern1 View Post
    No experience with these as I live in a sissy/ban state where such evilness is forbidden.

    With that said I always thought the AK74 Bakelite mags (is Bakelite polymer) with the steel lips seemed like the best all around concept. If someone can bring that to the AR world I'd encourage it, and some bumps in the road would be expected.
    The M16 was designed to work with thin aluminum magazines, AK mags are designed to be thick around the feed lips, therefor they're incompatible. Thick AR mags would not be able to sit high enough to feed reliably...
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    AK74 mags = polymer or polymer type body w/ steel feed lips

    These Lancer mags = polymer body w/ steel feed lips.

    That's all I was getting at. Time will tell how it pans out.
    FUAC !!!

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    I acquired ten of these through a trade and I've only tested maybe five of them in my Colt 6920 and they all ran fine. I got eight 30 round mags and two 20 round mags. The guy that traded them to me said they were better than the Pmags. I was hesitant at first but took his word and I've had no problems with them so far.

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