How do you empty the cartridges from hinged floor plate magazine

elker

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I have found it painful to cycle each of the four rounds from my Zastava 9.3. I'm a road hunter, it is so easy to use box magazine for my savage. But for Zastava, I have to cycle it before entering my truck. What do you guys do? Open the floor plate to have the 4 rounds drop on the dirt?
 
Hold the rifle with one hand around the rifle at the floor pl ate.
Release the catch with the other hand.
Slowly let the plate open and catch the cartridges in your hands.
 
Open the plate, catch them in your hand.
Years of shooting Sako's with floor plates, I actually prefer them over a removable magazine.
 
elker said:
I have found it painful to cycle each of the four rounds from my Zastava 9.3. I'm a road hunter, it is so easy to use box magazine for my savage. But for Zastava, I have to cycle it before entering my truck. What do you guys do? Open the floor plate to have the 4 rounds drop on the dirt?
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God gave us two hands! Perhaps one can be used to hold the rounds being removed!
What is a road hunter??? In Ontario it is illegal to hunt from a roadway! I kind of thought that was universal across the country. Perhaps not? Or do you mean you run them over with your truck? I've hit partridge on back roads before with the car and have stopped to pick them up.... stupid stupid partridge!
 
I had... I think it was one of the grey-stocked Stevens 200 rifles... I had to chamber each one to eject it. Always thought that was an unfortunate way to "unload" a rifle.
 
sulisa said:
I had... I think it was one of the grey-stocked Stevens 200 rifles... I had to chamber each one to eject it. Always thought that was an unfortunate way to "unload" a rifle.
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I would hate to have to cycle 4 from my tikka with the safety off. Whoever came up with that idea was no genius.
 
I use to load rds in to the mag of my Winchester Model 70 and open the plate and catch the rds, now I just carry one round in my hand. When I'm ready to shoot I open the bold quietly, place the round in the chamber close the bolt. If there is a need for a follow up shot there is another round in my pocket ready to go. Don't usually need a second one though.

FT
 
If it's a CRF rifle, manually cycle the bolt to about half way down the raceway with the safety on the middle setting. The rounds will eject unspent, one at a time. Perfectly safe.

Detachable magazines get lost, get bent feed lips, fail under adverse conditions, could pop out in a dangerous game situation, etc. I'm not a fan.
 
Can't you just flip the rifle upside down, pop the cover open, and then either pick the cartridges out or put your hand over the magazine and flip the rifle over again so they fall in your hand?
 
Another vote for the floor plate, pop open, cartridges fall out....
No more hunting rifles with detachable magazines after the last 'incident'. More PITA than gain in my experience, I only really like them for range guns.
 
step 1, fumble around to find the release (hope you don't have a mauser or m14/p17, hope you have something pointy in your pocket)

step 2, pick up ammunition out of grass or snow, wipe clean and put back in your pocket.
 
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