Up to now, I have had great luck with C Products mags (in 5.56), but today was my first trip to the range with my 6.8 (A whole 'nuther story), and thanks to the C Products straight 18 mag,
I had a one shot rifle. Mine were recently purchased (from Cardinal Armory) and have black followers. These are the straight 18 round jobs. I load 2 rounds and the tail end of the top round
is so low that the bolt won't strip it from the magazine. It gets rapidly worse with more more rounds (I haven't had any inclination to go beyond 4 or 5). Even one round is a bit tipped.
In summary: The C products 18 round straight magazine is worthless and does not work!!
I purchased 4 of the 18 round straight magazines, and 2 of the 25 round curved. The 25 round curved mags work PERFECTLY (well they look like they do --
I just loaded one up and everything looks perfect, which certainly isn't the case for the 18 round mag). Both have what look like exactly identical black followers.
I spent some time scratching my head looking this over, got out my green follower 5.56 C products mags and verified that I hadn't accidentally been shipped 5.56 magazines.
Reading a bit in this list, I see I am not the first to have "issues" with the straight 18 round C Products magazine. I can't believe they even ship these things since they simply do not
work!!! Monday, I will make some calls and see if I can exchange these. Given the disaster with Cardinal Armory, I don't expect I can deal with them, so I will see what a call to C Products
will do for me.
I am posting just to put my experience on the record, and who knows what wisdom may come forth from all of you.
I had a one shot rifle. Mine were recently purchased (from Cardinal Armory) and have black followers. These are the straight 18 round jobs. I load 2 rounds and the tail end of the top round
is so low that the bolt won't strip it from the magazine. It gets rapidly worse with more more rounds (I haven't had any inclination to go beyond 4 or 5). Even one round is a bit tipped.
In summary: The C products 18 round straight magazine is worthless and does not work!!
I purchased 4 of the 18 round straight magazines, and 2 of the 25 round curved. The 25 round curved mags work PERFECTLY (well they look like they do --
I just loaded one up and everything looks perfect, which certainly isn't the case for the 18 round mag). Both have what look like exactly identical black followers.
I spent some time scratching my head looking this over, got out my green follower 5.56 C products mags and verified that I hadn't accidentally been shipped 5.56 magazines.
Reading a bit in this list, I see I am not the first to have "issues" with the straight 18 round C Products magazine. I can't believe they even ship these things since they simply do not
work!!! Monday, I will make some calls and see if I can exchange these. Given the disaster with Cardinal Armory, I don't expect I can deal with them, so I will see what a call to C Products
will do for me.
I am posting just to put my experience on the record, and who knows what wisdom may come forth from all of you.