Alternative methods of blocking a magazine

[dangertree]

Thisis how Stag Arms mags arrive. No scratches in the mag well, no spring hang-ups.

 

[agplant]

Never seen them pinned like that. Interesting.

 

[cybershooters]

+1

Look for counter-sunk rivets; they are more expensive, but you won't be scraping the crap out of your AR and have to try and file down the rivet flat.

I also suggest the standard green followers since you can still completely remove install them for cleaning with the rivet in place.

There's a much easier method than that, just get a strip of metal and put it in the spine of the magazine, and pin the strip of metal in place through the spine of the mag. Use two rivets if you want. This way you can put the rivets lower down so they don't bind on the magazine well.