Comments on: Brownells shipping M16 magazines with anti-tilt follower to military

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:57:12 +0000

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”??

By: Leif

Leif — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:13:59 +0000

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!!!

By: jdun1911

jdun1911 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 05:24:14 +0000

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.

By: By the way

By the way — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:39:13 +0000

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.

By: jdun1911

jdun1911 — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:08:25 +0000

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.

By: jdun1911

jdun1911 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:52:07 +0000

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

By: Daniel E. Watters

Daniel E. Watters — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:44:29 +0000

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.

By: alex

alex — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:25:32 +0000

whats anti tilt mean?

By: Carl

Carl — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:15:57 +0000

So, a government is making silly rules.
How very unusual…

By: By the way

By the way — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 21:12:24 +0000

What is an “anti-tilt follower” ?

By: Valhalla

Valhalla — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 18:50:50 +0000

what does that do exactly?

By: Heath

Heath — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:46:29 +0000

Is it just me, or is preventing an anti-tilt follower from getting into civilian hands just silly?

By: Fox

Fox — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:29:37 +0000

Probably a magpul.

By: Wynboniface

Wynboniface — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:44:36 +0000

I will stick with MagPul.

By: R.A.W.

R.A.W. — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:58:47 +0000

I wonder whose follower design it is. I know Picatinny Arsenal was working on an anti-tilt design way back when.

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:10:08 +0000

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.