Question

What do anti-tilt followers do?
I understand they make rounds feed more reliably and now a standard but what was the issue? I can't find a proper answer. Did the follower rock side by side as it feeds up or something? I'm trying to understand how they jammed

  1. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    they rocked forward and backwards, altering feed angle and made repacking mags frustrating also.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      https://i.imgur.com/ge3LvQa.png

      imagine if picrel didnt have the legs (circled in red) sticking down. so it's just flat on the bottom. under stress/shock/heavy recoil, the follower can tip over, causing a malfunction.

      Ok I get it, it thought they were getting stuck on the sides not the front and back
      Thanks

      • 1 month ago
        Anonymous

        the issue arises because the large-capacity AR-15 magazines have both a straight section and a curved section, and the follower can be easily designed to work well in one section or the other, but it's much trickier to get one that works acceptably well in both. The original 20-rd magazines have only the straight section, with a simple follower designed for that, and even the ancient 20-rd magazines from the 60's and 70's are still more reliable with their original followers than more modern 30-rd magazines with fancy-dancy anti-tilt followers.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          Incidentally two of the reasons Pmags got popular fast were the improved follower and having a constant internal curve

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            God I love magpul

            • 1 month ago
              Anonymous

              chchch czech'd

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          >large-capacity AR-15 magazines have both a straight section and a curved section
          Is that to facilitate loading them from stripper clips?

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            I assume it's because the magwell is straight

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          >large-capacity
          >the standard mag size

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            Get a time machine and take it up with Stoner then. The original AR-15 and M-16 magazines were 20 rounders.

            >large-capacity AR-15 magazines have both a straight section and a curved section
            Is that to facilitate loading them from stripper clips?

            No, stripper clips don't stick down inside the magazine.

            I assume it's because the magwell is straight

            The magwell is straight because the early magazines were straight, so a curved magwell wasn't necessary.

        • 1 month ago
          Anonymous

          >the ancient 20-rd magazines from the 60's and 70's are still more reliable

          Lol. I'll bet every round of 5.56 I've ever shot to the contrary. If this were true, 30 round straight mags would be a thing. See

          Incidentally two of the reasons Pmags got popular fast were the improved follower and having a constant internal curve

          • 1 month ago
            Anonymous

            nobody has mentioned straight 30-rd mags in this thread except you anon.

  2. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    literally in the name

  3. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    imagine if picrel didnt have the legs (circled in red) sticking down. so it's just flat on the bottom. under stress/shock/heavy recoil, the follower can tip over, causing a malfunction.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      You're putting in way too much work to help the retards of PrepHole, anon

  4. 1 month ago
    Anonymous

    They give prodooct manufacturers a reason to get you to shell out more money consooming more plastic crap.

    • 1 month ago
      Anonymous

      Anon, the entire industry is all about the plastic crap.

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