I thought I would share my findings about how I made my metal promag magazine better.
First off when I bought it I was disappointed in it as when I installed it the magazine was not allowing it to feed properly whether with stripper clips or without and the bolt would bind up.
It ticked me off because I loved the look of wood and metal, not polymer. So I tossed it in my parts bin and forgot about it.
Anyways one day I decided to tackle it to try and fix this problem, either I was going to break the magazine or fix it. So I installed it back in my sks and tried to diagnose the problem. What I found was the follower is not properly sized in the magazine, it would tilt its nose forward cause feed jams and bind with the bolt.
So when I pushed down the nose to the proper angle I noticed a large gap between the follower and inside edge of the magazine.
I measured it and it came out to .155 inches which was roughly the same thickness as two popsicle sticks.
I then super glued them to the back of the follower, trimmed to be flush with the edges and now it works.
Here are some pictures
https://flic.kr/p/2n7uumu
https://flic.kr/p/2n7nLGY
I've tested it with dummy rounds and it feeds like it should, ejects like it should and the stripper clips work nicely as well.
I haven't live fired it yet but the countless times I've tested with dummies I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Anyways I thought I would share what I done of anyone else was in the same boat as me
First off when I bought it I was disappointed in it as when I installed it the magazine was not allowing it to feed properly whether with stripper clips or without and the bolt would bind up.
It ticked me off because I loved the look of wood and metal, not polymer. So I tossed it in my parts bin and forgot about it.
Anyways one day I decided to tackle it to try and fix this problem, either I was going to break the magazine or fix it. So I installed it back in my sks and tried to diagnose the problem. What I found was the follower is not properly sized in the magazine, it would tilt its nose forward cause feed jams and bind with the bolt.
So when I pushed down the nose to the proper angle I noticed a large gap between the follower and inside edge of the magazine.
I measured it and it came out to .155 inches which was roughly the same thickness as two popsicle sticks.
I then super glued them to the back of the follower, trimmed to be flush with the edges and now it works.
Here are some pictures
https://flic.kr/p/2n7uumu
https://flic.kr/p/2n7nLGY
I've tested it with dummy rounds and it feeds like it should, ejects like it should and the stripper clips work nicely as well.
I haven't live fired it yet but the countless times I've tested with dummies I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Anyways I thought I would share what I done of anyone else was in the same boat as me
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