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The Evo Mag with Riflemags is out of stock...
After asking around and reading "on-line reviews" the ProMag does not score positive feed back.

That leaves us with the 1st Gen CMMG grey mag @ £ 30 from UK sellers or £ 15 from US seller or the Black Dog ones. I was advised to go with the CMMG more than the BD as the transparent Mdl were more fragile. BD seems to be making now mags in polymer but I dont know anyone who used them yet.

I have BD X-Form Mags, BD Billet Mags and CMMG Evo Mags. The BD X-Form and Billet Mags don’t work with the BHOA, the CMMG Evo's do. No experience of the Pro Mag.

The CMMG grey Mags I had before the EVO's were on par with the BD Mags with moulded feed towers and both worked intermittently with the BHOA. The X-Form with separate steel or polymer feed towers are likely to last longer than the previous moulded magazines and feed reliably.

The BD Billet Mags are very reliable but very heavy and could easily be damaged if dropped.

Personally I use the EVO mags the most.

Thanks for the replies, I did have the original, we'll I call it that the mag that came with the rifle. And if I remember rightly the bolt stayed open when mag was removed, and last round fired, its been that long I think that's how they preformed..

So I got 3 grey mags due to some feed problems with the mags sold with the rifle and there flawless, but there grey, why ever they were made like that, god knows, Paul suggested to buy some dye of eBay, but haven't got round to doing this yet, shame cause the skin on mag I had originally looked the business..

but there grey, why ever they were made like that, god knows,
because the original mil 5.56 mags are grey, ok a darker shade but still grey.

Paul at Lantac has designed his own .22 mag that works with the CMMG apparently. Not sure if he's posted a pic on his facebook page yet but it seems to be out there.

I'd love to see a pic if anyone has one, I can't see it on his facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/LanTac

TJC wrote:Paul at Lantac has designed his own .22 mag that works with the CMMG apparently. Not sure if he's posted a pic on his facebook page yet but it seems to be out there.

HALODIN wrote:I'd love to see a pic if anyone has one, I can't see it on his facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/LanTac

TJC wrote:Paul at Lantac has designed his own .22 mag that works with the CMMG apparently. Not sure if he's posted a pic on his facebook page yet but it seems to be out there.

http://four4islands.org/forum/viewtopic ... mmg#p12572

I can't see where you register on that forum to look at the pic unfortunately.

Here are a few new shots.

Loaded mag with CMMG BHOA in position.


Loaded Mag full view: This is a clear version to make it easier for development.
This has 25 rounds of CCi Standard Velocity in it. As you can see the follower spring is nearly fully compressed.


Follower activating BHOA:


Follower development, 3D printed:


CMMG have stopped production of the Evo Mags BTW.

CAD model for those who are interested.