I tried mine out today, seem to work fine. Had a couple fail to feed but I'm sure a break in period will straighten that up. Overall very pleased with the mags. Make my 10/22 look like a mini mini-14. Oh.. I also run a Green mountain stainless heavy taper
Battledyne arrive, quick review.
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bcbravo2zero
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Other than Ruger factory mags, this seems to be the case with all 10/22 aftermarket (hi cap) mags. I have two of the much hyped tactical inc. mags (aluminum). One works flawlessly, the other is pretty crappy: only works with a max of 17 rounds, and the last round always misfeeds. (And BTW, this was a replacement for one that didn't work at all.)
So, I'll try one of these battledynes, but I'll keep my expectations somewhat low.
In any case, the input from you guys is appreciated.
I'll give it a try at the range next week... crossing fingers!
No worries on the info.
With a 50 to 80% failure rate I've got a tough time seeing how I can break these in... but I guess can't know for sure until one tries... been surprised before when I thought I knew something for sure.
bcbravo2zero
CGN Regular
No worries on the info.
With a 50 to 80% failure rate I've got a tough time seeing how I can break these in... but I guess can't know for sure until one tries... been surprised before when I thought I knew something for sure.
FYI: generally, I've had good results using some silicon lube on the inside of the mags.
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.
Do you have a particular product you could point me too?
Cheers.
bcbravo2zero
CGN Regular
Just a shot of plain, old CanTire silicon spray lube. Then roll the mag around to coat the insides.
Thanks!
Well, seems like I'm also having the same issues RadMan and dns reported. Bolt won't always close all the way, and its feeding the nose into the side of the chamber. I got two mags, tested them today with CCI Minimags, CCI Minimag HP, and CCI AR Tactical. No ammo fared better than another.
My first concern was on one of the mags a piece of cardboard that was lodged under the feed lip and between the top of the mag. I was able to get it out, but it was defiantly there from the factory. It was lodged in there tight.
Here's what would usually happen when I would release the bolt to chamber the first round, stops about 1/3 of the way.
I would get jams about every 2-4 shots. Quite a lot of the rounds ended up getting perpendicular and having the bolt slam into the side, bending the casing.
You can see all the banged up noses and bent casings. This was only a handful of them.
Any suggestions of what I should do? I put about 250 rounds through each mag so far, failure rate of about 60-70%. I should note I also tested my factory ruger 10rnd, not a single issue with about 50 rounds of the various CCI I was using.
Edit:
Took the mags apart to have a look inside. One thing that makes me wonder, is the gap between the mag and the feeding lips where the tip of the bullet would raise up against be affected by the rather large gap between the two pieces??
Here is with a bullet in (bottom plate removed and holding the spring/follower in place with my hand). You can see the nose of the bullet would probably be rubbing against that opening, which can't be good for feeding?
Some other people have said using silicon spray on the inside of the mag might help smoothen things out? It's bone dry in there...
My first concern was on one of the mags a piece of cardboard that was lodged under the feed lip and between the top of the mag. I was able to get it out, but it was defiantly there from the factory. It was lodged in there tight.
Here's what would usually happen when I would release the bolt to chamber the first round, stops about 1/3 of the way.
I would get jams about every 2-4 shots. Quite a lot of the rounds ended up getting perpendicular and having the bolt slam into the side, bending the casing.
You can see all the banged up noses and bent casings. This was only a handful of them.
Any suggestions of what I should do? I put about 250 rounds through each mag so far, failure rate of about 60-70%. I should note I also tested my factory ruger 10rnd, not a single issue with about 50 rounds of the various CCI I was using.
Edit:
Took the mags apart to have a look inside. One thing that makes me wonder, is the gap between the mag and the feeding lips where the tip of the bullet would raise up against be affected by the rather large gap between the two pieces??
Here is with a bullet in (bottom plate removed and holding the spring/follower in place with my hand). You can see the nose of the bullet would probably be rubbing against that opening, which can't be good for feeding?
Some other people have said using silicon spray on the inside of the mag might help smoothen things out? It's bone dry in there...
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Jamie Black R/T
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x2....i wont be ordering if/when i get a notification. Good looking junk is still junk IMO.
Not yet... I'm not sure the warranty implications of lubing the mags so I'll try them as is and talk to Hical from there.
Hical, can you speak to the warranty implications of lubing the mags?
RadMan
If you google the mags there is lots of info out there, seems high angle misfeeds are the most common but also sounds like the manufacture really stands behind their product. On the other side of the coin many seem to be happy,..... luck of the draw.
