07-29-2014, 02:53 PM
Just got a note from AA. My mags are finally in the mail after waiting for over a year. I upgraded to the new mag Bill just designed, hopefully they will be as good as advertized. I have not had any real issues with the old blue follower mags but I changed my order to the new white follower mags based on Bill's comments on there increased reliability/ better design. I'm looking forward to trying them out.
Here is another vote for a 15 round mag for shooting off the bench or just having a mag that does not stick down as far in the woods. How hard is it to just form a shorter mag body? I guess new forming dies would need to be made but I find it hard to believe that a (5.56-20 rounder mag length) Grendel mag has not been developed by anyone. I am not a historian on the M16 but as I understand it the 20 round mags have always been the most reliable so why not a 15-17 round Grendel mag the same length of the original M16 mag. I guess we will see one some day.
Here is another vote for a 15 round mag for shooting off the bench or just having a mag that does not stick down as far in the woods. How hard is it to just form a shorter mag body? I guess new forming dies would need to be made but I find it hard to believe that a (5.56-20 rounder mag length) Grendel mag has not been developed by anyone. I am not a historian on the M16 but as I understand it the 20 round mags have always been the most reliable so why not a 15-17 round Grendel mag the same length of the original M16 mag. I guess we will see one some day.