[Discussion] Prowin m16VN GBBR magazine

Lemming

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Dread-Lock

So what would be your recommendation be, buy the ProWin mag's or wait and hold off till and see what the G&P CO2 mag's are like?

How do the ProWin mag's handle in cold weather. As I've heard they're much better then the AGM ones and don't suffer as much cool down.

Lemming

Dread-Lock wrote: »

So what would be your recommendation be, buy the ProWin mag's or wait and hold off till and see what the G&P CO2 mag's are like?

I need to do some further work on the magazine bolt catch to enable the bolt cycle freely. It sticks a little when charging, so that would also have an impact on cyclign in general.

Anecdotally I also get the impression from reading gasguns.info that the VN mags are a little different to the m4 mags in that I've had to do some work as you've already read in order to address issues relating to the gun. I don't think you could really compare the VN mags with either green gas m4 mags or the upcoming G&P CO2 beasties for a couple of reasons;

1. The Prowin VN mags are physically smaller and thus hold less gas
2. The VN mags also consequently hold less rounds (30 rounds vs. 50 I think it is)
3. Comparison of 134a/Green gas vs CO2 is a little difficult to make since no CO2 mags are currently available for the WA platform.

What testing I've done so far has been minimal. I literally managed to get the bolt cycling (albeit sticking, so needs more work) and banged some Abbey 134a maintenance gas and a couple of rounds in just to see what would happen. The result did make me giggle and about jizz myself at the same time, so I am very keen to load a full mag and see what these mags can do on full auto.

How do the ProWin mag's handle in cold weather. As I've heard they're much better then the AGM ones and don't suffer as much cool down.

Dunno about cold weather as I've not had a chance. I'll bung one in the fridge later when I start getting down to serious testing and see what happens. As for cool down, from the very limited test I carried out, what I saw was non existant, but I did use very few rounds. When the mag vented (my own fault), it spewed out a lot* of gas indicating that these mags use gas a lot more efficiently than the stock AGM mags as well.

So, would I get Prowin mags or wait? Inconclusive at the moment, but they do look promising and not a bad investment.


I put in very little gas as it stands, certainly not a full mags-worth

TheDoc

GBB M16vn, I watch with interest

Lemming

to quote Firekitten, that was f*cking loud :-D

Have a few kinks to eliminate as I believe the gun itself is misbehaving