[MiltonTiger]

I just got some CProduct 25 rds and they look pretty much like a standard AR mag so my question is do you mark your mags 6.8 and if so how.

 

[marinesg1012]

Yes they look exactly the same. I got some of the one inch stencils at the hard ware store and sprayed orange 68 on my 6.8 mags and 556 on my 556 mags, it is a tough system but it works for me....

 

[Z09SS]

I put blue electrical tape around the bottom. Tactile and visual.

 

[BillBond]

I write on my mags with a Sharpie.

 

[caporider]

I'm all PMAGs for 5.56, all stainless for 6.8. Very hard to mix them up...

Just another option.

 

[DocGKR]

Magpuls on the bottom of the mags, the PRI waffle pattern is also pretty distinct...

 

[gdonley308]

Wally World paint pencils from the arts and crafts section, works great for marking ammo boxes too.

 

[n.franklin]

I run FDE pmags in 5.56, and barrett mags for the 6.8. I have two HK mags left for 5.56 that are pretty well beat up (50% finish remaining at best) but I only use them for plinking at the range, no hard use.

 

[RawRadioFL]

I use ranger floor plates on my 6.8s and regular magpuls on 556. I like to have a difference I can feel.

Scott

 

[PsychCSlug]

Dull Yellow Paint down the larger groove on the side, and 6.8 plus capacity (i.e. 25) on the flat end in the same yellow.

 

[coldair]

the small ridges on the 6.8 mags are much shallower then the 5.56 ridges because the cases of the 6.8 are larger

 

[new68owner]

I too had been debating what to do with my mags...I've got some PRI mags that are easy enough to tell apart, but I have C-Prod 25rd mags that are SS and look very similar to my 5.56 SS C-Prod mags. I just got a small stensil at hobby lobby and used flat white spray paint....here's a pic.

 

[tbready]

i just buy the Barrett mags , they are already marked 6.8 on the side of the mag. 8)

 

[reelserious]

I have all GI aluminum grey mags for .233. All my 6.8 mags are black thats how I do it. I actually gave away to a friend my black .223 mags after got my first 6.8.

 

[T.Rexford]

The easiest way is to only own 6.8 uppers

 

[Awake777]

I'm going to need to do something as well. The PRI mags are distinct with the waffle pattern. But the C-pro mags in 6.8 and 5.56 are hard to distinguish.

 

[sharpshooter08]

The easiest way is to only own 6.8 uppers

+1 on that one

 

[Jamesb74]

Spray paint. OD green for 6.8 and desert tan for 5.56. Keep repeating it to yourself over and over and you don't forget.

 

[MCA]

Easy - all my 5.56's are PMags

 

[6.8Vol]

My 5.56 are all old aluminum GI surplus. My 6.8 are all shiny black, new and heavier.
Weight alone is enough to tell them apart. And I tend to segregate the stuff, anyway. All these ideas are good, though