New 6.5 Grendel Magazines Now Here

[Shivesy]

I just rec'd my 5 pack just a min. ago and I'll do a quick comparison.
The black finish is all good by me. To my standards the paint looks to be a black satin and not a gloss. Either way I could care less. I had a box of Hornady SSTs in my truck and loaded all rounds into the mag.
First thing I noticed compared to the C-Product (CP) mag is how the top round sits on the white follower. The round looks like a F-16 ready to take flight and that's a good thing. My CP mag holds the round at a more flat position. Some of the rounds on the CP mag even hit the front of the mag right at the case mouth and that's a bad thing.
Secondly with the 20 rounds installed in this new mag I can strip it clean and all the rounds are under even tension. That's a good thing. Not the case with the CP mag. As I strip a CP mag clean some of the rounds fall short of coming to the top of the mag. Actually I have had some rounds just completely fall out. Almost as if the spring isn't strong enough to push the round to the top of the mag which is a bad thing.
Thirdly (is that a word?) the spring seems stiffer. I don't have a CP mag to compare it to but I would bet the springs have more tension.
I plan to hunt Sat. night and I'll let you know my real world outcome.

[babue]

Just put my order in. I have had few problems with the older mags, after tweeking the feedlips but I have been running the
E-Lander 223 mags hard for a year and a half with no problems, so I expect these to be as good.

[Variable]

I just rec'd my 5 pack just a min. ago and I'll do a quick comparison.
The black finish is all good by me. To my standards the paint looks to be a black satin and not a gloss. Either way I could care less. I had a box of Hornady SSTs in my truck and loaded all rounds into the mag.
First thing I noticed compared to the C-Product (CP) mag is how the top round sits on the white follower. The round looks like a F-16 ready to take flight and that's a good thing. My CP mag holds the round at a more flat position. Some of the rounds on the CP mag even hit the front of the mag right at the case mouth and that's a bad thing.
Secondly with the 20 rounds installed in this new mag I can strip it clean and all the rounds are under even tension. That's a good thing. Not the case with the CP mag. As I strip a CP mag clean some of the rounds fall short of coming to the top of the mag. Actually I have had some rounds just completely fall out. Almost as if the spring isn't strong enough to push the round to the top of the mag which is a bad thing.
Thirdly (is that a word?) the spring seems stiffer. I don't have a CP mag to compare it to but I would bet the springs have more tension.
I plan to hunt Sat. night and I'll let you know my real world outcome.

Thanks Shivesy, that's a good informative review.

[dammitman]

well, just ordered 5 of these and i will go ahead and try out some of the steel case ammo if i ever get the chance. be a fool not to at least try it.

[MrBogey]

All of this is exactly the same for me. Received mine yesterday and had the same experience. The rounds feed into the gun smoothly from 1 to 25 and popped out the same. Gonna have to hit it to see the oal on the inside. Seemed a hair smaller than the last ones I bought.

So total time from order to receiving was just over a week.

[NordicG3K]

I wish they would have used a different color follower. I have a bunch of the 5.56 mags and they have white followers too.

[MrBogey]

Well since it's white, can you color it with a marker?

[bwaites]

I wish they would have used a different color follower. I have a bunch of the 5.56 mags and they have white followers too.

You have black, stainless steel, mags that have a white follower? All I have to do is pick these up and its obvious they aren't 5.56 mags! LOL!

[gastonglock21s]

I wish they would have used a different color follower. I have a bunch of the 5.56 mags and they have white followers too.

Lots of guys color PMAGS different colors with RIT dye.

[Drifter]

You have black, stainless steel, mags that have a white follower? All I have to do is pick these up and its obvious they aren't 5.56 mags! LOL!

E-Lander has 556 black steel mags with white followers:

https://www.themakogroup.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=1034501&CAT=8705

[Variable]

You have black, stainless steel, mags that have a white follower? All I have to do is pick these up and its obvious they aren't 5.56 mags! LOL!

From the pics, I believe they do look the same as the Elander 5.56 mags.

Stainless? I thought they were regular steel?

[bwaites]

E-Lander has 556 black steel mags with white followers:

https://www.themakogroup.com/Detail....34501&CAT=8705

my apologies! i'll trade my blu ones for white if someone wants to trade!

[Shivesy]

UPDATE..on my hunt last night using these new mags. I loaded 3 of the mags full of factory Hornady 123 SST and headed out in hopes of blasting a few pigs. Right off the bat I spotted a sounder of 8 pigs and stalked to within about 70 yds. To make a long story short I ran off 17 rounds while trying to down as many as I could before they escaped into the wood line. I knew at that time these mags were different than what I have been using in the past, they never did jam the rounds. I never was able to find anymore pigs the rest of the night so needless to say I didn't shoot any more rounds. I am not 100% sold on these yet until I have more field experience but from the one time I was able to put them to use, these mags did function to my satisfaction.

[VASCAR2]

Thanks for the update Shivesy, I hope these mags continue to perform.

[stanc]

I am not 100% sold on these yet until I have more field experience but from the one time I was able to put them to use, these mags did function to my satisfaction.

Should that be, "one of these mags did function to my satisfaction"?