20 round AR mags

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I do not have any usgi 20 rounders, but think I'd like to pick up a few.

Have been well pleased with the D&H 30's I have. Are the D&H 20's as good as the 30's?

I'm happy to consider other 20 rounders too. Not stuck on any certain brand, I'd just like to have some good (reliably functioning) 20's. Usgi preferably.

What do you guys like?
 
OKAY Surefeed 20's are the best to get- teflon or classic dry lube. Their design is like the 20's from the 1960's and therefore the best looking. Brownells are similar but use the feed lip and floorplate design from the 30 round mag. D&H is essentially a (curved) 30 chopped to 20- it's just not "right" to have a curved 20.
 
I have a Brownells 20 rounder for my AR. I'm not going to make any comments about its reliability, as I've only put two boxes through it, but I like the look of it and notice the shorter length shooting on a bench.
 
y a (curved) 30 chopped to 20- it's just not "right" to have a curve

Yeah, I noticed that about the D&H 20 rounder. Not sure if it effects function, but it sure looks unusual.
 
I dont remember the name but a certain 20 round polymer was junk.

Probably Thermolds, I'd not say "junk", I got a bunch when CDNN had them for like $5 but they pretty much only work in my AR's, quite unreliable in other AR mag compatible platforms like my FS2000, Tavor, and MPAP-85NP
 
I have a bunch of surplus 20 rounders, almost all of them manufactured by Colt. Some are marked "5.56 MM" while other are marked ".223". All of them work just fine in my ARs.

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Stay away from ProMag polymer. A co-worker asked my advice, I told him to get Pmags (and wrote it down for him). He showed up at the range with 3 ProMags. He could not get any of them in the gun fast enough to keep yhe top 3 rounds from popping out.
 
P-Mags and Brownells in twenty work for me. One thing about the curved DH design, one advantage of such is mag changes in the dark versus a straight mag. Easy to figure out which end goes where with curved mags.
 
I like 20's in the AR, and have a few GI mags I've used for a few years.
A year ago, I bought two Lancer polymer 20rd mags with the steel feed lips, and they are great.
In fact, if I had the money, I would buy a bunch of Lancers.
 
I have a bunch of surplus 20 rounders, almost all of them manufactured by Colt. Some are marked "5.56 MM" while other are marked ".223". All of them work just fine in my ARs.

Same here. Plus, 20-rounders give a 20" AR somewhat of an Old School look, and are generally handier for prone work than 30-rounders.

Many of the younger AR guys today, with a 30-rd MagPul stuffed in their tricked-out Travis-wannabe carbines, just don't appreciate that.

Once in a while you'll hear smiley wise-guy comments, like when they point at your 20-rounder and say, "Dude, aren't those why we lost Vietnam?"

Don't take the bait. ;)
 
Any 20 you test and find is reliable then will work for you. There are preferences by maker over the years but the real issue is that picking up used one on sale at gun shows, etc all too frequently results in getting a junker that might well have been better off crushed.

Even then those who appreciate the older mag bodies know a follower change, new spring, and some careful realignment of the mag lips to factory standards can fix those old workhorses. There is also the political implications of destroying a mag body that was pre ban or potentially so now. Once it's gone, it's gone forever.

If you do run across a mag or two that simply won't work at all for you - time to trade them off with a disclaimer of their function. Others can and do knowledgeably pick them up, and if it's still an issue, then strip them down and sell them as components only.

A lot of M16 users carry a 20 round mag up front, cops tend to use them in cruiser ready condition as the storage of a loaded mag in a firearm is easier. 20 round mag definitely have there place. As for the curvy D&H mags, I would be more concerned about the straight mag well on the AR as that is the initial problem. The mag should curve to a slight degree as the cartridge is tapered. We have just been getting away with it and it also goes to having to use an anti tilt follower to help facilitate feeding.
 
I like the 20-round PMags. In fact, I like 10, 20, 30, and 40 round Pmags. The only feeding problems I've ever had were caused by a brass catcher that tilted and jammed the ejecting case; otherwise they've never had a problem. I especially like the 10 and 20 rounders for shooting off a rest, since they don't stick out as far.
 
Thanks for the input.

Think I'll snag a few Okays and a couple Brownells to try.
 
I like 20's in the AR, and have a few GI mags I've used for a few years.
A year ago, I bought two Lancer polymer 20rd mags with the steel feed lips, and they are great.
In fact, if I had the money, I would buy a bunch of Lancers.
I have used the Lancers in 20 and 30 and that's all I have now.
 
After acquiring an AR-556, I bought 10 Brownell 30-rounders, 5 Brownell 20-rounders, and 1 60-Round Surefire mag for the grins. I haven't tried the latter coffin-mag yet, but the Brownell box mags have been 100% reliable whilst shooting a massive crap-ton of .223/5.56mm this summer. If/when I go to buy more, I can't see any reason why not to go with said source again.
 
Gun shop staff told me either that P-Mags are issued to the US military, or are built to the same exact mil-specs (?) as those which are issued.

Are P-Mags issued to any of the US miliitary?:scrutiny:
 
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I found a website called biggerhammer.net that has some interesting info on AR15 mags, both 20 and 30 rounds mags.
 
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