Imperfect
Reviewer: AJR
7/23/2009
I can't compare this magazine to other metal ones, but it doesn't stack up to the slick feeding and loading of PMAGs (of course). This is the only 5-round magazine I could find, so it gets 3 bullets for being unique. One issue: with five rounds in the magazine, and the action closed on my AR-15, it will not lock in properly. Fully loaded, there's only about 2mm of depression left. The first round in the mag will hit the bottom of my bolt carrier. I have to have the action open, insert the 5-round, then cock it. The feeding lips are pretty rough, so it is likely to not to feed/seat if you slowly release the charging handle. I'm wondering if maybe I should have gotten a 10-round, which appears to have a similar low-profile in the picture.