tk2 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I've got a SV 140mm .40 cal tube I'm setting up for limited with a Dawson +1 plus base pad. My question is what is the best follower to use with this setup? Thanks, Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolex Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 GRAMS- Unless you can make the Bolen work, but all I get is a round under the follower with the Bolen. Some- that know will tell ya the tube will have to be tuned for the Bolen to work! But then again thats why I had my tubes tuned- now they all work with Bolen or Grams! Good Luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeFoley Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Grams and Bolen. Grams will drop in and work and will give you great performance. You will need to modify them slightly to suit your slide stop needs. Bolens will allow one more round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcs Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Grams are pretty much a drop in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seth Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I love the bolen's. 100% flawless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Hello: I like the Dawson comp follower with ISMI spring. It may not give you that 21 round reloadable magic stuff but it will work everytime at 19 or 20. You have to grind the follower a bit so it comes all the way up in the SVI mags. You can try the SVI followers as well. The Grams springs just don't seem to last and the Bolen follower works great with there spring if the mag is correct. As you can see there is some magic to mags that run 100% Thanks, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TISCHLJ Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Grams follower kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Biondi Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 SVI followers with Wolff spring... for me works great (18 rounds reliable)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 The Grams set seems to be the way to go, I had the Dawson follower and ISMI spring set up and the follower would stick with about 8 rounds left in the mag. I just got a bolen follower and spring to try. On Manny's web site there is no mention that these springs and followers should be installed in tuned mags to work. Now I read on several posts that your mags should be tuned. Whats up with that? Is there anyway you can put a ISMI spring on a Grams follower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamGE Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 The Grams set seems to be the way to go, I had the Dawson follower and ISMI spring set up and the follower would stick with about 8 rounds left in the mag. I just got a bolen follower and spring to try. On Manny's web site there is no mention that these springs and followers should be installed in tuned mags to work. Now I read on several posts that your mags should be tuned. Whats up with that? Is there anyway you can put a ISMI spring on a Grams follower? Hello rooster, The "Grams Follower Kit" is designed as a system of parts (follower and spring), to work as is, right out of the package. There is no reason to change the spring with something else that was not designed to work with the "Grams Format" follower/spring attachment. Any other brand of spring will need to be modified, to even get close to attaching to the follower, and in the end, you will have a combination of parts not designed to work with each other. If you want to modify, then go ahead. But I have done the R&D for you already. Reliability first, then increased capacity was the design process. The tuning of a mag tube is usually done to fix a problem with the tube. Problems with the tube will cause unreliable feeding and decrease of capacity. Can brand new mag tubes have problems? You bet, and there are a lot of them out there. Can a good follower and spring make a bad tube work better? Yes it can, and the Grams Follower Kit usually does. Some tubes are of coarse unusable, and will not work with any brand of parts in them. But the main design criteria for my Follower Kit was to make it work for the masses, tuned or un-tuned tubes. Of coarse, if everything is put together perfectly, you can have your cake and eat it too. Call me if you need any questions answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tk2 Posted April 9, 2009 Author Share Posted April 9, 2009 Thanks for all the great info. I think I will try both the grams follower kit and the bolen spring and follower and see which one works best in my mag. With a 140mm mag and the dawson +1 plus SNA pad, it looks like I need the 13 coil spring. Is that correct? Thanks, Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamGE Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Thanks for all the great info. I think I will try both the grams follower kit and the bolen spring and follower and see which one works best in my mag. With a 140mm mag and the dawson +1 plus SNA pad, it looks like I need the 13 coil spring. Is that correct? Thanks, Tim Hey Tim, 11 coil kit on the Grams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbs007 Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 I use the Grams kit for all my untuned SV tubes; everything drops in with no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 Grams, for more reasons than just the obvious... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waxman Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Just like to add, I understand the Bolens frustration now. I never seen it before till today. I loaded my new sv tube with 21, when I unloaded it, only 20 came out. I found the missing round under the follower when i disassembled it. I was not very happy , after paying all that money for the components that are supose to be the best, they turn out to be unusable. On a good note, I put the sv spring and follower with the Bolen base pad back in the tube, and I still get a super tight, but reliable 21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 I still like and use SV followers that were designed by BE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 (edited) Just like to add, I understand the Bolens frustration now. I never seen it before till today. I loaded my new sv tube with 21, when I unloaded it, only 20 came out. I found the missing round under the follower when i disassembled it. I was not very happy , after paying all that money for the components that are supose to be the best, they turn out to be unusable. On a good note, I put the sv spring and follower with the Bolen base pad back in the tube, and I still get a super tight, but reliable 21. FWIW: I had the same trouble look here http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?...st&p=921888 Now I have a tuned mag with Grams guts that will hold reloadable 20 and the others with Bolen guts I only put 19 in. I will eventually have all tuned mags with Grams guts. BK Edited May 1, 2009 by bkeeler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooster Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Team GE thanks for your input, your kit is the way to go period. The Bolen follower and spring did not work in my mag, so know I am out about 26.00 buckeroos. I only asked about the ISMI springs because I had some left over that did not work with a Dawson follower. I thought I might be able to get some use out of them if I could somehow adapt to your follower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgerat Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 +143091340 Grams, I dropped in grams +4mm pads and his spring follower kits and got 20 reloadable without having to touch a thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgerat Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 (edited) fast split times... Edited May 2, 2009 by edgerat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pezco Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Man I wish I had read these post before I bought the 10 pack of Bolen springs and followers for my SV mags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeamGE Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Man I wish I had read these post before I bought the 10 pack of Bolen springs and followers for my SV mags. If the product does not work, call the maufacture for advise. If they can not solve the problem, then you should be able to send them back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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