magazines for .204 AR-15?

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mzimmers
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magazines for .204 AR-15?

Post by mzimmers »

Hi, all –

I'm in the process of building up an AR-15 in .204 for bench shooting. I could use some recommendations for magazines that work well with the .204. Any ideas? Thanks.
chicoredneck
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Re: magazines for .204 AR-15?

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Any standard model mag. will work. The p-mags won't feed properly in my 204 AR.
mzimmers
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Re: magazines for .204 AR-15?

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Thanks for the reply. I'm glad you answered; I was in fact thinking of the Pmags. Maybe I'll go with RRA instead.
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Re: magazines for .204 AR-15?

Post by BabaOriley »

I've found the best feeding magazines in my .204 are the straight 20rd stainless steel mags from C Products with their anti-tilt follower and CS springs. I would have used 5 or 10rd mags most of the time, but these 20's have fed the best, so that's what I usually use. I do have a 10rd set up with a single shot follower I use quite a bit also.
mzimmers
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Re: magazines for .204 AR-15?

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Hmm...20 rounders, eh? I neglected to mention that this will be for a pure bench gun. Do you have any trouble getting your 20-round magazines out without having to move the gun?
BabaOriley
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Re: magazines for .204 AR-15?

Post by BabaOriley »

Pretty sure I can have the pistol grip nearly touching the bench and still drop the 20rd magazine. I can check on it for ya.
mzimmers
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Re: magazines for .204 AR-15?

Post by mzimmers »

When you get a chance, that'd be a help...thanks.
chicoredneck
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Re: magazines for .204 AR-15?

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I have had the best reliability with a 10rd colt mag with the new grey, angular, anti-tilt follower. I also use an off brand carbon plain sided 5 round mag for hunting that works great. Hope this helps!
Mike
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Re: magazines for .204 AR-15?

Post by Mike »

mzimmers wrote:Hmm...20 rounders, eh? I neglected to mention that this will be for a pure bench gun. Do you have any trouble getting your 20-round magazines out without having to move the gun?
I was running 20-round mags out of my AR on a prairie dog shoot last month and had to lift the butt of my rifle off of the rear sandbag when removing and installing magazines.
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Re: magazines for .204 AR-15?

Post by jakeb »

20rd PMAGS are going fine for me.
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