A comparison photo of the green follower vs. the MagPul follower.


I took the oldest 30rd mag I had, it was soooo old, i had refinished it with black Teflon paint a while back.  The spring is std. 30 rounders.


Close up of the followers, you can notice the MagPul has a much larger contact surface and a better contoured channel for the magazine wall.  The co-efficient of the follower is excellent against the magazine's inner wall.


Top view of the followers. One thing for sure, the MagPul follower was much easier to install then the green follower.  With the green follower you had to kind of maneuver the follower to get it to fit into the mag, but the MagPul drops right in with precision and it stay nice and tight with smoother glide then the green follower.


I was able to load consistently 29 rounds in the magazine with the Ranger plate and it function flawlessly.  I never had any problem.  I shot 10 rounds, took the magazine out and bang it on the table and insert the magazine and start to shoot again.  I would repeat this process for the next 145 rounds (5 magazines). I never had the follower trying to tilt or misalign.  I also try to use my finger to push the plate in odd direction and the follower stay true.

I think this is a worth upgrade along with the excellent Ranger Plate and a must have Lula loader.

I can load 30 rounds into the magazine with the MagPul follower and ranger plate, but the follower will not give anymore.  this presents a problem with tactical reload, i can load and seat the magazine on a closed bolt.  i can reliably load 29 rounds and insert and seat the magazine on a colsed bolt carrier if i slam it hard.  With 28 rounds in the magazine, it made it that much easier for tactical reload.  

It's the Ranger Plate that is limiting capacity.

Thanks for the review Chen.

They could, but you'd need to use a belt sander or something to remove about 1/8" or so of material off of the "legs".

-Troy

Quoted: Quoted: I would not consider changing my mags to make them more difficult to load or operate in an emergency situation. If they can't accept 30 rounds (from strippers) and be loaded into a closed bolt, I'll have to pass. Well, as it is now, a regular GI magazine isn't going to seat very well with 30 rounds loaded and the bolt forward, you'll have to slam it in there pretty good. A Magpul with 30 rounds is pretty much the same deal. It will seat; but you have to smack it in there hard. To me it is about the same level of difficulty. Also, it isn't the Magpul follower that is limiting the number of rounds, it is the Ranger plate. In fact, without the Magpul follower you would be hard pressed to get 30 rounds into a magazine with a Ranger plate - none of my black follower mags would load 30 with the Ranger plate installed. The Magpul follower actually let me load 30. However, if you use the Wolff Extra Power (+10%) or the SAW Heavy-Duty (red) magazine springs with the Ranger plate and Magpul follower, you will be limited to 29 rounds as spring tension is too great. See my earlier comments on my own Magpul Magazine rebuild.

The limiting factor is the plate and Mr. Robert is correct.  I also have the extra power spring in the magazine from before.  This was one of the most beat up magazine I have in my inventory.  I have to rebuild it from ground up.  new spring, new paint, new follower.  After the MagPul magazine upgrade, this magazine has function 100%.