[aziator]

Anyone taken a USGI 5.56 mag and used the C Products replacement kits for 6.8 (http://www.cproductsllc.com/Merchan...Code=cp&Product_Code=168-9&Category_Code=KITS) to make 6.8 mags?

I asked them today and they said that the kits were only to rebuild C Products mags but I didn't think there was any difference in the USGI and C Products Mag bodies. Guess it doesn't matter, I ordered 6 mags from them.

 

[gunner69]

Both the 6.5 & 6.8 need STEEL Mags............... like those wonderful H&Ks you sent me ;D ;D ;D I'll let you know how they work. :thanks: :clap: :bolt:

 

[aziator]

He said I couldn't use my HK bodies either...I guess I will give my Mag that came with the conversion a better look.

 

[wristlock]

When the 6.8 came out I thought I read that the M16 mag would work and hold 25 rounds.
What make them different??

 

[gunner69]

Both the 6.5 & 6.8 use a steel mag WITH DIFFERENT FOLLOWERS. If I come across any 6.8 Followers I WILL TRY using them in my HK .5.56 mags. They either work, or don't work. ???

 

[bolster]

You can't simply put a 6.8 follower in a 5.56 mag body. The groves in the sides of the 6.8 mag are shallower, and in slightly different positions. When the 6.8 first came out, there was a lot of misinformation, including the mag myth. PRI makes the best. I haven't tried C-products' new mags, but the old ones didn't always run (brownish-red follower). I also haven't run Barrett's mags, but have been told they are as good as PRI's mags are.

 

[gr8santini]

I've read that the 6.5 mags and 6.8 mags are the same, just different colored followers. Can anyone speak to this? I may try to get a 6.8 kit and already have several 6.5 mags.

 

[stanc]

I've read that the 6.5 mags and 6.8 mags are the same, just different colored followers. Can anyone speak to this?

I don't remember for sure, but it seems like I saw somewhere, a few months ago, that 6.5 and 6.8 magazine lips are configured differently.