[owenslee]

I have purchased a number of CP Products 6.8 SPC mags from two good vendors on the forum over the past five months. These have included the 25 round and 5 round "Marlube" finish mags and one Teflon finish 25 rd mag.

Over this time I have received three different followers installed in these mags. Some Black...some Grey. Some Unmarked, some marked.

The issue is trying to determine which are "anti-tilt" and which is the most recent "correct" follower.

The followers received have included:

1. Black Magpul 6.8 marked followers on both 25 and 5 round Marlube mags:

2. Grey CP unmarked followers on 25 round Marlube mags:

3. Grey CP 6.8 marked followers on 25 round Teflon coated mags. Note the absence of the two side support ribs at the follower midpoint which are found on the unmarked gray follower above:

Here is a side view with the black Magpul on top, the 6.8 marked gray follower on lower left and the unmarked gray follower on the lower right. Note the shorter legs of the unmarked follower:

The black Magpul followers were receive on a quantity order back in May.

The gray unmarked followers were received on a quantity order of Marlube coated mags earlier this week

The gray 6.8 marked follower was received today on a Teflon coated mag from the same vendor.

Because of the potential issue of mixing 5.56 and 6.8 mags I wanted to insure all followers were marked 6.8

I called CP Products and spoke to JT who indicated that there were no gray 6.8 followers marked 6.8 even though I had one in my possession. He indicated that the unmarked gray followers were the most current.

Yet Joe at Palmetto Armory indicated during a call to him that all of the new Teflon coated 25 rd mags he has received have gray 6.8 marked followers…

Can anyone shed some light on this situation?

Can anyone identify how to distinguish the anti-tilt follower?

Has anyone else received 6.8 marked gray followers?

JT offered to have me send the unmarked gray followers back and he would try to find some marked 6.8 but if they never made any as claimed…it may be a long wait.
If they didn't make a gray 6.8 follower…where are these on the Teflon mags coming from?

Any help or insight would be appreciated.

I may just mark these followers locally with a Pantograph rather than risk having a quantity of mags with no followers of any kind.

Kerry

 

[owenslee]

Larry at CP Products just informed me that the latest 6.8 Follower is the Gray one WITH the 6.8 marking...

Kerry

 

[owenslee]

The three in the picture are clearly different.

Exactly...But how do those differences translate to better reliability or performance? That is the issue.

And it is complicated when two obviously different followers are received within a 7 day period on "current" production 25 rd magazines.

If function is the same..then fine...I'll go with those marked 6.8

Yet both gray followers are different in design as well as marking.

Do these differences improve...or detract from function?

Did the design change serve to correct an identified problem?

Was it just a difference in the injection molds of two different suppliers?

Color is not an issue...as long as they:

- Function reliably
- Are durable
- Have a means to identify a 6.8 SPC follower from a 5.56 follower

Kerry

 

[owenslee]

The black Magpul 6.8 follower was received in an order approximately 5 months ago.

It is a discontinued follower no longer found in current CP magazine inventory. The two gray followers shown above are newer style.

Larry at CP has reported that the gray follower marked 6.8 is the most current.

Kerry

 

[owenslee]

It is simple they no longer sell the magpul followers since ,To save $$ they started making there own and that is the end of the story...

Not quite...CP started making TWO different 6.8 followers both of which are being shipped on current mags. One CP customer service employee stated they have never shipped a Gray 6.8 marked follower...yet multiple customers have received them. Another CP employee has stated the Gray 6.8 marked follower is the current design...

It would seem that if the Gray 6.8 marked follower IS the current design as Larry at CP contends...then not everyone at CP "got the memo..."

The mystery will be "solved" when someone in authority at CP makes a definitive announcement or adds a clarification statement on their web site.

Kerry