Bushmaster response to magpul pmags
I have a bushmaster XM15E2 that was my first AR15 that I purchased almost 10yrs ago. I got it just to fit in with the crowd of people that were harping on me for owning a Mini 14. I still love my Mini 14s and I’ve gotten far more out of them than most people get. I’ve done plenty of reloading tests with the gun and gotten MOA with several of them. The 62SCBT round seems to be the best all around bullet for my Mini 14s and I usually get close to 2 MOA with a cool barrel. The 1-9 twist is probable the most common twist rate for .223 guns.
The thing that made me move on from the Mini 14 were the amount of stories coming from serious trainers and shooters that said they “never saw one make it through a class”. That meant something and I picked up the Bushmaster XM15E2 and some magpul pmags along with several USGI 30rd magazines. I have seen a lot of malfunctions on firing ranges with the GI magazines. I guess because they were so cheap but going from Mini 14 PMI magazines to USGI magazines just didn’t make sense. The Magpul Pmags pretty much resolved the flimsy USGI magazines durability issues.