Grizzly Clip Mag: A question and a suggestion.

PepeLapiu

PepeLapiu

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Hi.
About the 12 gauge Grizzly clip magazine.

A question:

Which one works best? The Dominion Arms one or the aftermarket one?
I don't really care about the 5 dollar price difference. I just want what works best
So which one cycles better? Which one clicks in and out more smoothly?

And a suggestion:

I really would like to see a 10-round magazine. Maybe a drum magazine. But I think a double stack (stagered) 10-round clip would be best. It would just be fatter and slightly longer than the 5-round mag but I'd love to get my hands on one of those if they ever become available.
Maybe even a single stacked 10-round magazine would be nice. Thought it might start to get pretty long.

Cheers
Pepe
 
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I find the one that came with the gun works just fine.
I only get problems when I try to rack the pump too slowly. If I rack it with authority - fast - than it works well for me.
I also recall seeing a Youtube video where the guy ironed out the kinks to make his action work flawlessly. You might want to look into that. I might actually look it up too again.

Other than that slow pump issue, I can't find any complaints with the gun so far. But than and again I have ' fired a single shot yet. I've only played tactical ninja in the house with a gun that doesn't have a stock yet. :D
 
Xplorer said:
I'd be happy with one that fed shells correctly. (Magazine that is)
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I find the same thing with mine. If I load 4 rounds all is well mostly. With 5 rounds the first two double feed. It's a plastic mag so not much tinkering to be done. I only have 100 rounds through the gun so it's something I sort of hopes smartens up as the spring wears. I bought the gun for the sole purpose of predator defence while fishing alpine lakes and tributaries. I really wish I could just carry my 1911.
 
These shotguns will work but they need tweaking. I have done a lot of work (machining/fitting/polishing) on mine and I am still find minor issues. Think I have around 500 through it with out a jam or malfunction after i did my tweaking. have done 3 others so far and all had the same issues but they all had different minor ones. Don't think they will just work their issues out with use. They may get better but they really need work to run smooth. Here is video from my last 3 gun match. Skip to the 4.21 point its a all shotgun stage.
 
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I bought 2 steel mags from CanadaAmmo:
The "Magazine Factory 5 round for DA Grizzly-Mag Shotgun" and "Magazine aftermarket 5 round for DA- Grizzly-Mag shotgun" are different, it would be worth getting 1 of each. The aftermarket would not feed at all for me with 5 in the mag, the factory one was fine.
AIRCAV said:
These shotguns will work but they need tweaking.
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Your mags go in easily, mine are a bit stiff. What is your secret?
 
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I have only one magazine - the plastic one which came with the gun. I believe the aftermarket one is also plastic.
I'd like to know where you got your steel one.

That one mag I have is just weird. I can feed it anything and it will work just fine as long as I don't pull the trigger and just keep pumping and ejecting.
But when I shoot slugs, the 4th cartridge tends to jam inside the mag once the gun is warmed up.
But I took the gun for some clay fun last week. And it fed reliably all day with absolutely no issues. And it also didn't get as hot as when I shoot slugs. Hotter loads with slugs maybe?

I only have two problems with my Grizzly Mag gun. Failure to feed the 4th cartridge (2nd shot when mag is full). And spent hull staying stuck in the chamber, not wanting to eject.

But neither of the else problems occurred with target loads. Only with slugs which is what I shoot 99% of the time.

I am going to try the aftermarket mags to see if those work better. And maybe polishing the chamber too.
Moving to hand loads soon. I don't know if that will help at all or make this worst.
 
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The factory mag that came with mine functioned better out of the box than the two after markets that I bought with it. That being said, it is a poly mag and I'm not sure how durable it will be vs. steel over the long haul. There are several fixes for the after market that will make it function at 100%, though. I also have to agree with PepeLapiu; if you rack it with authority you'll avoid a lot of problems.

Check out this thread
 
My Griz worked fine right out of the box, with the factory mag.

The other mag I ordered at the same time as the gun was an aftermarket
And it did not work with 5 rounds in it, no matter what i did to that mag.

I purchased a new factory steel mag and it works like a charm.
I wanted the plastic one to cut down on weight but now I'm glad I did not.
 
CanAm
I was looking on there site for a poly one but could not find it
So I bought the factory one cause the factory one that came with the gun worked so well.
 
I am getting confused.

Here is the factory mag on CanAm:
https://www.canadaammo.com/product/detail/factory-spare-magazine-for-grizzly-shotguns/

Here is the aftermarket one also on CanAm:
https://www.canadaammo.com/product/detail/magazine-grizzly-mag-5-rd/

Note that they appear to be both plastic and the picture looks identical.
The magazine I have is one of those two. It is finicky.

And here on an other site is a factory steel mag for the same price as the plastic factory one:
http://www.hical.ca/grizzly-norinco-12-gauge-magazines/

Now I just have to figure out which one I do have and which one would work best.
Maybe I'll buy one of each as I need to get a DA556 from CanAm soon anyways.
 
Strange... the mag I ordered was in late June of this year. (definitely from CanAm)
Maybe the metal ones where old stock?? and they don't have them anymore.
 
My Grizzly (and the plastic mag that came with it) were bought in around February of this year.

If I can just figure out a mag that works and polish my chamber that gun will work flawlessly.
And with the Mesa Tactical recoil system I got on it makes it easy to shoot slugs all day, even for my tiny wife.
The jams are just a pita and an embarrassment in front if all the other shooters at the range.
 
ohferpete said:
And it did not work with 5 rounds in it, no matter what i did to that mag.
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This is my fix:
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I cleaned the mag, filed the rough spots, shortened the spring, adjusted the spring angle top side and spot welded a plate to the ram face.

I will try your trick too just fer the heck of it and see. It still works but still only 4 rounder.
 
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