magazine plug

[Goose25]

what size dowels are you guys using to plug a mag?

Do I need to plug the magazine on my pump action 18" Rem. 870 express with mag extension?

 

[G37]

what size dowels are you guys using to plug a mag?

Do I need to plug the magazine on my pump action 18" Rem. 870 express with mag extension?

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=67297

 

[guntech]

Any diameter can be used as long as it fits loosely within the spring so it doesn't screw it up... then make it the correct length.

 

[Goose25]

i tried with a 1/4" dowel.... now the dowels is rattaling all over the place in there. what Am I doing wrong?

 

[guntech]

Shaking the shotgun.

 

[Goose25]

And find that acceptable, to have a rattly firearm? Sounds like an empty can of paint

 

[guntech]

I use larger dowel, taper one end so the spring does not get caught up on it, and glue a larger "head" on it that sits outside the spring. The head goes between the cap and the spring keeping the dowel from sliding end to end. Not unlike a normal old wooden plug that came with some shotguns.

 

[Workin Man]

When the mag is loaded,the dowel will have a lot less room to rattle around. Mossberg's have a 1/4" dowel plug from the factory and they do rattle if you tip the gun from down to up (or the opposite), but once you load 2 shells in there, they stay pretty quiet.

 

[BigUglyMan]

My Ithaca has a wooden dowel in it. Doesn't rattle at all.

Your shotgun should have come with a plug.

 

[tac-driver]

wrap some duct tape around the center of the dowel large enough so it just slides into your tube. This will suspend the dowel and prevent movement.
(just one of the 2000 uses for duct tape

 

[tac-driver]

use a roll of duct tape and wrap it around the center of the dowel so its just tight enough to slide the dowel into the tube. Now the dowel floats and wont be able to move.(just one of the 2000 uses for duct tape)