Brownells shipping M16 magazines with anti-tilt follower to military
In March Brownells were awarded a contact for 1.4 million M16 magazines. They have just shipped the first 60,000. Interestingly these have a new propriety anti-tilt follower, instead of the normal green follower.
The new military magazine manufactured by Brownells
Larry, from Brownells, told me that the follower will unfortunately not be available to the civilian market as part of the contact prohibits them from using the design for any other purpose than the military.
It must be some new sooper sekret follower design that no other manufacturer has come up with. I find it hard to believe it could be military specific.
I wonder whose follower design it is. I know Picatinny Arsenal was working on an anti-tilt design way back when.
I will stick with MagPul.
Probably a magpul.
Is it just me, or is preventing an anti-tilt follower from getting into civilian hands just silly?
what does that do exactly?
What is an “anti-tilt follower” ?
So, a government is making silly rules.
How very unusual…
whats anti tilt mean?
When the military makes such a contract restriction, it is generally because someone else owns the design to the part in question. A typical license agreement only allows the licensed part to be reproduced for government use. For instance, the Army has acquired the license rights to reproduce the various Knight’s Armament RAS/MWS parts, but the companies contracted to make these parts for the Army can’t turn around and sell the same items commercially.
An anti-tilt follower is when the follower doesn’t tilt. Well it does tilt a little.
You get the most benefit out of them on GI magazines. It will improve the reliability of the magazine.
Magazines like Lancer L5 that have a constant radius geometry will see little benefit from anti-tilt follower.
Most GI mags that is being sold comes with anti-tilt follower. Magpul was the first one to produce anti-follower, since then other have created their own.
Price jumped. It use to be $1.50 for three. WTF?
http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/AR_Magpul_Gen_III_Enhanced_Self_Leveling_Follower.html
http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/AR_C_Products_AR15_30rd_.223_mag.html
http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/AR_Lancer_L5_.223_AR15_M16_30rd_Polymer_Magazine.html
So I assumed that the standard green follower on GI mag will be phased out in the US military.
BTW there nothing wrong with the green follower. However the anti-tilt follower improve the performance of GI mag greatly.
I expected such answers…
Actually english is not my mother language and i am not used to english terminology about firearms, so a “following thing used to avoid tilting” sounds a bit strange for me.
If someone have a link on english terminology about firearms it would be great.
Tilt Follower, Lancer L5 Magazine.
http://rpginn.com/xgalleryx/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=37336&g2_serialNumber=1
Anti-Tilt Follwer, GI Magazine. Magpul Gen III follower.
http://rpginn.com/xgalleryx/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=37338&g2_serialNumber=1
My Lowers
A2 Lower. Old grip.
http://rpginn.com/xgalleryx/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=37340&g2_serialNumber=1
Standard M4 Lower with CAA Saddle. Standard A2 grip.
http://rpginn.com/xgalleryx/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=37342&g2_serialNumber=1
CAA CBS Lower with magazine holder. Standard A2 grip.
http://rpginn.com/xgalleryx/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=37344&g2_serialNumber=1
Magapul CTR Lower. Ergo grip.
http://rpginn.com/xgalleryx/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=37346&g2_serialNumber=1
ACE Ultra Light Stock Lower. Magpul MIAD
http://rpginn.com/xgalleryx/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=37348&g2_serialNumber=1
Vltor Rifle Stock Lower. Hogue rubber grip
http://rpginn.com/xgalleryx/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=37350&g2_serialNumber=1
Took two stripped lower out of storage. Going to put Vltor Emod and Magpul ACS stock on them. The shiny one is a 0% forged lower. I use it as a paper weight.
http://rpginn.com/xgalleryx/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=37352&g2_serialNumber=1
I used the A2 for over 12 years. Then went to the M4 stock for 4 years. I am currently using the ACE ultra Light since last year.
Just dump the M-16 and all probs will be over. That lil’ black gun has killed more of our own troops than anything previous. Vietnam was not a lesson, so we still have it. Even the A2 sucks. (more)
Get RID of the blasted M-16 rifle!!!
What the heck! Ok leif, I dont know where your coming from on this, but the m-16 is one of the best rifles ever made! And where the heck did you get the idea that it’s killed more of our own troops then “anything previous”??