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My order of three Amend2 10-round Grendel magazines arrived today. Like others, they showed up the same day that the shipping info hit my inbox.
They arrived nicely packaged, in resealable plastic bags with all the nice marketing nomenclature printed on them:
Handling the magazines, they have a nice, non-cheap feel to them. The springs seems to have plenty of oomph, and the follower moves smoothly enough throughout it's travel. The texture on the front and back lower part of the magazine offers nice grip and feel, without being overly sharp or noticeable.
Inserting the magazines into a random rifle within reach shows them insert, lock, and drop free easily, and all three locked back the bolt. I forgot to test with ammunition in them, but after all ten rounds are loaded, the stack can still be depressed a good half-inch, so I don't anticipate many issues with seating while fully loaded.
Having read of others' issues with loading, that's the first thing I wanted to check. All three of mine took the full ten rounds on the first attempt.
As others have pointed out, after seven rounds, a little more effort is required. But for me and these three examples, I didn't find it extraordinarily difficult.
Also noted by others, stripping the rounds out is very easy, and they will virtually fly out once you get them moving. Not anticipating feed issues lol
The ammunition is factory Hornady 123gr. SST. Overall length (averaged of 10 randomly selected rounds of the 40 I have) is 2.237"
I wanted to show how they sit in the magazine; these look to be very near to maximum length the mag will allow.
For what it's worth, during the loading and unloading, it never felt like anything was binding or dragging.
As for the loading, someone in another post pointed out how they load differently than normal magazines that feed from both sides.
There is a smaller, minor lip on the left side (arrow) that works with the normal feed lip on the right side to retain the round:
Placing the base of the cartridge just ahead of this minor lip, push down and back, it slides right in, with a molded-in slope on the left side helping direct the round to the right (arrow: )
Subsequent rounds load in the exact same fashion, though taking a bit more effort for the last few
So, now I have five magazines for a rifle that has yet to be built.
It will be interesting to see how they work and hold up over time.
Hopefully this information will be helpful to someone. Thanks for taking the time to look.
p.s. Sorry for the links; I don't know if I can't post photos yet due to my newness/low post count, or what else I might be doing wrong, but I've tried two or three different hosting sites and no matter what share link I try to use, I get the message of "Invalid Link." And I'd rather not do the postage-stamp sized ones I get if I upload here directly.
If I get it figured out, I'll edit this so it looks better.
They arrived nicely packaged, in resealable plastic bags with all the nice marketing nomenclature printed on them:
Handling the magazines, they have a nice, non-cheap feel to them. The springs seems to have plenty of oomph, and the follower moves smoothly enough throughout it's travel. The texture on the front and back lower part of the magazine offers nice grip and feel, without being overly sharp or noticeable.
Inserting the magazines into a random rifle within reach shows them insert, lock, and drop free easily, and all three locked back the bolt. I forgot to test with ammunition in them, but after all ten rounds are loaded, the stack can still be depressed a good half-inch, so I don't anticipate many issues with seating while fully loaded.
Having read of others' issues with loading, that's the first thing I wanted to check. All three of mine took the full ten rounds on the first attempt.
As others have pointed out, after seven rounds, a little more effort is required. But for me and these three examples, I didn't find it extraordinarily difficult.
Also noted by others, stripping the rounds out is very easy, and they will virtually fly out once you get them moving. Not anticipating feed issues lol
The ammunition is factory Hornady 123gr. SST. Overall length (averaged of 10 randomly selected rounds of the 40 I have) is 2.237"
I wanted to show how they sit in the magazine; these look to be very near to maximum length the mag will allow.
For what it's worth, during the loading and unloading, it never felt like anything was binding or dragging.
As for the loading, someone in another post pointed out how they load differently than normal magazines that feed from both sides.
There is a smaller, minor lip on the left side (arrow) that works with the normal feed lip on the right side to retain the round:
Placing the base of the cartridge just ahead of this minor lip, push down and back, it slides right in, with a molded-in slope on the left side helping direct the round to the right (arrow: )
Subsequent rounds load in the exact same fashion, though taking a bit more effort for the last few
So, now I have five magazines for a rifle that has yet to be built.
It will be interesting to see how they work and hold up over time.
Hopefully this information will be helpful to someone. Thanks for taking the time to look.
p.s. Sorry for the links; I don't know if I can't post photos yet due to my newness/low post count, or what else I might be doing wrong, but I've tried two or three different hosting sites and no matter what share link I try to use, I get the message of "Invalid Link." And I'd rather not do the postage-stamp sized ones I get if I upload here directly.
If I get it figured out, I'll edit this so it looks better.
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