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    I bought my first one last night to test and see if its worth investing in more. Will take it to the range on Saturday and run some rounds through it.

    To the above posters, do you keep them loaded to 28?

    I tried 30, no way its going in on a closed bolt. I can do 28, but needs a good smack to get it to seat properly. If I grip the mag beer can style out of my chest rig I cant get it to seat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jdodd View Post
    I bought my first one last night to test and see if its worth investing in more. Will take it to the range on Saturday and run some rounds through it.

    To the above posters, do you keep them loaded to 28?

    I tried 30, no way its going in on a closed bolt. I can do 28, but needs a good smack to get it to seat properly. If I grip the mag beer can style out of my chest rig I cant get it to seat.

    -J

    Normal, they were designed to seat 30 tightly so you can't put 31 in them. Lancer talked about this over on TOS, they did say you can shave a tiny bit off the follower stop to give you 31 round capacity.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jdodd View Post
    I tried 30, no way its going in on a closed bolt. I can do 28, but needs a good smack to get it to seat properly. If I grip the mag beer can style out of my chest rig I cant get it to seat.

    -J
    A few of mine (I currently own about 6) were pretty hard to seat on a closed bolt when I first got them, but it isn't an issue anymore. Maybe the springs have settled a bit? I could always get them to seat however, but it did take more effort than with other mags.

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    As I said they do seat, just take a little smack.

    Im used to a pmag which when loaded I can use a bear can grip and push/pull and it locks every time. Not so with the awm, I have to put it in the magwell and then smack the bottom to get a positive lock.

    Again the mag is brand new, but I never had that problem with usgi mags loaded to 28.

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    I currently own 5 30 round smoke black and 3 20rd smoke black AWMs and have zero issues with any of them. They were a little bit tight to get to seat fully loaded initially, as others have reported, but the problem goes away pretty quickly, if you call it a problem. These mags are currently my "go to" mags that stay loaded with BH 50gr 5.56 TSX and reside in my plate carrier and on my night stand. My PMAGs aren't going to get retired any time soon, but the AWMs are definitely top notch magazines from my assessment. MUCH better than Lancer's first foray into the AR magazine cesspool.

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    Does anyone know if these mags will fit in the FS2000?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Preach View Post
    Does anyone know if these mags will fit in the FS2000?
    They will not.

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    Is there a difference between the L5A mags and the L5AWMs besides texture and markings?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neo Mara View Post
    Is there a difference between the L5A mags and the L5AWMs besides texture and markings?

    L5 AWM Mag:



    L5A Mag:



    Summary of changes from Lancer:

    - The original L5 and L5A had a rubber bumper base plate, but this has been omitted on the AWM.

    - The one piece wrap-around steel feed lip unit is significantly larger on the AWM versus the L5A. It wraps around the rear of the magazine and extends to the front.

    - The follower was redesigned.

    - The AWM has texturing to the front half of the sides of the magazine body and along the bottom of the magazine body to improve grip.

    - Unlike the L5 and L5A, is now impervious to DEET.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Neo Mara View Post
    Is there a difference between the L5A mags and the L5AWMs besides texture and markings?
    AWM is also compatible with HK lower receiver (HK416, M27 IAR, MR556A1, MR223/A1)
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