Hot Lips 25 Range Report

Hankus

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Tried out the plastic-lipped Butler Creek Mags yesterday. Both guns were bone-stock 10/22s. First 500 rounds or so were fine in both guns (with the occasional dud and two or three stovepipes) with a whole bunch of different ammo, sometimes mixed ammo in the same mag. However, as things got progressively dirtier, the mags seized and wouldn't chamber follow-up shots-and if they did, they would stovepipe. Now, I think there are two possibilities: one is that the actual powder-fouling was impairing the function, the other is that the ammo we were using at the time was also contributing/causing the problem (super-cheap federal lead ammo). However, the same ammo was feeding fine earlier in the day.

As an aside, the factory Ruger mags performed flawlessly throughout the day (even with the cheap Federal stuff).

I'll see what happens after a good cleaning and a return to the range.

Tin cans fear my wrath!!!
 
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After a good clean they should be allright ;). Let us know how they do.

Just a thought, maybe it is just that the chamber is real dirty which is why the gun is doing this. After using an ammo like Lapua SC in my 10/22 where the lead coating is real thick it will jam up after a couple hundred rounds if its not clean with the fatory mags.

Jordan
 
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