I took the forend off and assembled with a mag installed as I read that method on snipers hide. That didn't make a difference in terms of holding the mags tighter. The mag would let me pickup the first round and then it would drop down slightly and not allow the next round to feed unless I pushed up on the mag. I added 3 layers of electrical tape to the front of the mag body and 2 layers above the mag latch on the rear of the magazine. This allowed the mag to sit tightly in the magwell and not fall after picking up the first round. There are lots of threads on snipers hide where guys add velcro to the mags, or stipple the mag body to make it more grippy. This method was quick and easy for me and appears to have done the trick
Brilliant and thanks a million !
At first used the mag as is. I found that I needed the slightest amount of pressure with my left pinky finger on the bottom/front of the magazine while I was feeding rounds. If I did not have just that tiny tiny bit of pressure -it would fail to feed.
Then I put two full revolutions of tape around the top of the mag.... It took up all the clearance of the mag well.
Then I put one full revolution. It was really tight... but it would function most of the time.
Then tried two pieces of tape on the front going half ways down the sides.
Same amount of resistance going in and out of the mag-well as one full revolution.
This was cycling flawlessly every time.
However, after 4 uses of the mag the tape began to bunch up on the corners and sides and was a rat sh#t mess.
Lastly... I tried two pieces of tape on the front surface of the magazine being sure to keep away from the corners.
This works simply enough to function perfectly whilst being durable.... the only down side is that its a bit hard to remove.
In the video I say "masking tape" when I of course mean "electrical tape"
