Surefire 60rd magazine

**ikor** · 01-10-2011, 19:39

Just took delivery a few minutes ago one one of these. I ran several rounds thru two last week that a friend owns and simply could not stand it until I also had one.

Yes, you can go prone, no problem. Yes, they are reliable...very. No, they don't weigh that much more than a 30 rounder. Yes, they will be a force in 3 Gun very soon I think.

http://www.bravocompanyusa.com/SureF...%20mag5-60.htm

**Pivo** · 01-10-2011, 20:09

Do they ship to SA?

Ikor, if I recall correctly, you are based in the US(?)

**Paul** · 01-10-2011, 20:18

Fascinating. How does the follower work?

**ikor** · 01-10-2011, 20:29

Originally Posted by Paul

Fascinating. How does the follower work?

Uses a stacked spring and two piece follower combination that looks like something made in a Russian car factory

, but it does work...I'll get some details and post ASAP...

Pivo...yes I'm in the states for now and I have no idea if anyone will ship these or not. If the 30's are difficult to get these might be even more so...

**Paul** · 01-10-2011, 20:35

Originally Posted by ikor

Uses a stacked spring and two piece follower combination that looks like something made in a Russian car factory

, but it does work...I'll get some details and post ASAP...

I kinda figured something like that, but then I thought that would be way too complex and difficult to make work with a high degree of reliability. I'd very much be interested in the workings.

**Pivo** · 01-10-2011, 20:36

Originally Posted by ikor

Pivo...yes I'm in the states for now and I have no idea if anyone will ship these or not. If the 30's are difficult to get these might be even more so...

Cool!
I over-did it with mags already ... I guess because they said it was difficult

... but 60-rounder is a very appealing proposition.

**ikor** · 01-10-2011, 20:39

You Tube disassembly shown...the 100 rounder will be out in a couple of months!

DS · 02-10-2011, 12:57

I wonder if they changed the follower since March?

The one I checked out at IWA had a follower that badly tilted with little effort when pressing down on the follower in an empty mag.

**ikor** · 02-10-2011, 14:33

Originally Posted by Khumba

I wonder if they changed the follower since March?

The one I checked out at IWA had a follower that badly tilted with little effort when pressing down on the follower in an empty mag.

Yes, the follower will tilt, but remember that this is an entirely new setup and totally different from the 20 and 30 rounders. The tilt in the empty SF apparently effects nothing...it still feeds just fine. The HK magazines, which have documented problems feeding, have followers that don't tilt and are as smooth as silk, so we'll see, The 60rd SF's have been in use for a while now in combat and are very likely to soon be standard issue for the USMC IAR.