Quote History Originally Posted By GrizzlyAdams:
Looks like the bolt caught the follower and tried to feed it like a bullet?
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A bolt contact is the most likely explanation.
Note that most makers of AR9 lowers make magazines far too upright. The reasons are several: there's not enough space to locate a slanted enough magazine ahead of a standard AR trigger guard, for one. Some believe that it improves feeding and/or avoids nosedive. Either way, the bolt actually touches the follower in its forward section for them. Normally it slides over and pushes it down. But if anything increases the friction, this may happen.