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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.

Any standard model mag. will work. The p-mags won't feed properly in my 204 AR.

Thanks for the reply. I'm glad you answered; I was in fact thinking of the Pmags. Maybe I'll go with RRA instead.

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.

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?

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.

When you get a chance, that'd be a help...thanks.

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!

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.

20rd PMAGS are going fine for me.