I recently purchased 6 magazines from Waters Rifleman for my gang of Tikkas. I have been on the lookout for larger capacity, high quality magazines for the Tikka platform. After trying a few other brands with mixed results, I figured I'd follow the advice from a few other Roksliders and give these a shot.
I ordered 3 of the Gen 7 .223 6 round mags (part number 0010) and 3 of the Gen 7 .308 family 6 round mags (part number 0016). These were purchased and received within 1 week of ordering which was surprising considering they shipped from Australia to Arizona via FedEx. Very fast shipping.
Upon taking them apart I can tell that the quality of materials used on these is step above anything I've tried so far. These are a true hard black anodized aluminum and not just decorative anodized or coated black unit. The springs are true tempered stainless steel. The followers are a high grade injection molded piece and don't have that cheap hollow plastic feel that most use. The followers have a deeper side wall than any I've ever seen which the OEM claims leads to greater feeding reliability.
These ship as individual pieces (kits) and must be assembled. Each mag comes with 1 left and right main body, 1 spring, and 1 follower, plus quantity four 2mm allen screws per unit.
The screws come lightly oiled from WR, I degreased mine with brake clean and rag.
The easiest way to install is to lay the "left side (side with the female threads) down on a table facing up. You'll need to ensure to install the spring in the proper direction (looped end facing back, cut end facing forward). The follower faces with the tapered end forward as shown...
Insert the spring into the follower until it bottoms out and then slide into magazine. You'll need to line it up and keep some pinch pressure on the spring as to not launch the follower...
You'll want to have dabbed just a slight touch of paint pen into the threads of your screws, DO NOT use too much as you don't want anything seeping into the magazine body. A little goes a long way here. Grab the "right" side (through hole side) of the magazine body and line it up with the thread holes. While keeping pressure, slide it into place and get two screws snugged up diagonally from each other.
DO NOT overtighten these screws. There is no OEM torque spec for these other than tighten to "pinch pressure". Using the long end and tightening until the wrench start to bend is more than plenty. Tighten all 4 screws and then ensure the spring functions to full travel. I use the allen wrench on the follower and run it up and down to full spring travel about 20 times. If you have issues with the spring not fully depressing, or not quickly springing back up, you can make small adjustments to the spring as needed. PM me for details on how to adjust this.
Weight for the .223 6 round magazine...
Empty:
With 6 rounds of Black Hills 77 TMK factory 5.56 ammo:
Weight for the .308 family 6 round magazine...
Empty:
Loaded with 6 rounds of .260 rem 129 SST factory ammo:
Field reports and heavy use to come in following posts...
I ordered 3 of the Gen 7 .223 6 round mags (part number 0010) and 3 of the Gen 7 .308 family 6 round mags (part number 0016). These were purchased and received within 1 week of ordering which was surprising considering they shipped from Australia to Arizona via FedEx. Very fast shipping.
Upon taking them apart I can tell that the quality of materials used on these is step above anything I've tried so far. These are a true hard black anodized aluminum and not just decorative anodized or coated black unit. The springs are true tempered stainless steel. The followers are a high grade injection molded piece and don't have that cheap hollow plastic feel that most use. The followers have a deeper side wall than any I've ever seen which the OEM claims leads to greater feeding reliability.
These ship as individual pieces (kits) and must be assembled. Each mag comes with 1 left and right main body, 1 spring, and 1 follower, plus quantity four 2mm allen screws per unit.
The screws come lightly oiled from WR, I degreased mine with brake clean and rag.
The easiest way to install is to lay the "left side (side with the female threads) down on a table facing up. You'll need to ensure to install the spring in the proper direction (looped end facing back, cut end facing forward). The follower faces with the tapered end forward as shown...
Insert the spring into the follower until it bottoms out and then slide into magazine. You'll need to line it up and keep some pinch pressure on the spring as to not launch the follower...
You'll want to have dabbed just a slight touch of paint pen into the threads of your screws, DO NOT use too much as you don't want anything seeping into the magazine body. A little goes a long way here. Grab the "right" side (through hole side) of the magazine body and line it up with the thread holes. While keeping pressure, slide it into place and get two screws snugged up diagonally from each other.
DO NOT overtighten these screws. There is no OEM torque spec for these other than tighten to "pinch pressure". Using the long end and tightening until the wrench start to bend is more than plenty. Tighten all 4 screws and then ensure the spring functions to full travel. I use the allen wrench on the follower and run it up and down to full spring travel about 20 times. If you have issues with the spring not fully depressing, or not quickly springing back up, you can make small adjustments to the spring as needed. PM me for details on how to adjust this.
Weight for the .223 6 round magazine...
Empty:
With 6 rounds of Black Hills 77 TMK factory 5.56 ammo:
Weight for the .308 family 6 round magazine...
Empty:
Loaded with 6 rounds of .260 rem 129 SST factory ammo:
Field reports and heavy use to come in following posts...
