Magazines and Handguards: what are you using?

[FOGeologist]

Assuming my assembly and testing go OK, I’ll be buying some magazines and thinking about replacing the Guntech 15” handguard with a nicer 13” piece.

What are you using, and why?

My Hexmag requires you yank outward to remove it from the well. It’s like they sized it for a different rifle. My P MAGS seem to be OK - they drop free anyway.

[dpete]

All I've used are the 20 round P-Mags for 308.  They all held 20 rounds and every round fed and went boom.

[MtnMike]

Use lots of 10 & 20 round P-mags. Use one 50-round drum P-mag when I want to really waste some ammo.  All work flawlessly.  Use the WW 13" free floating hand guard on one AR10  https://shop.windhamweaponry.com/product/hgd-ww-1/ .  Have no idea if it will work with your build.  But their stuff plays better with others than most. I like it.  Other gun is a Daniel Defense - very proprietary stuff there.

[shooterrex]

I use 10,20,25 Pmags. Also have their 50 rnd drum. All work great.

There are so many rails out there.

LGS has a lot of stuff from justrails.com

 

[JMJ]

I use 10, 20, & 25 round pmags and I’ve got two 20 round KAC mags that all have run flawlessly. On my M5 308 I’ve got Aero Precision’s 2nd gen quad rail forend. 

[Sisco]

As an AR10 B model user I am locked into Armalite Fen 2 mags. Which have been flawless.

[Rsquared]

Same here for all my 10B's. All gen 2 mags. Now handguards? I run a variety of different manufacturers for that. My 2 SASS's are probably the only 2 that I'm using an Armalite rail on. And that's also because it incorporates the adjustable gas system.

[Joelski]

PMags without so much as a single feed issue. Several 20's a couple 25's for fun, and a couple of 5 rounders for varmints. The rail on my M5 is Aero'd enhanced M-Lok 15". It's girthy but ought to be able to hold a suppressor if I went with a shorter battle rifle type barrel like a 12.5".

[MaineMan2]

PMags. 
 

I like Aero Precision S-One handguards. The way they connect to the upper receiver is solid, if a bit fiddly the first time you install one. Weight is very good and that is important to me. However, if I wanted a beast of a handguard that could really take abuse I might look elsewhere.