Hi all,
Just wondering if anyone has had trouble with the restricted mags on a Para 1640?
I ordered my first new toy (Para 1640) last October to have it in time to try this year's IDPA season. With the backorder I didn't end up receiving until this February. I ordered an extra 3 mags just so if I do have any mag problems, I won't be left high and dry during any competitions. Unexpectedly, a couple of those mags did not allow the mag catch to engage. This didn't concern me too much as 5 minutes with a dremmel notching the hole in the mag 0.5mm solved my problem. No biggie I thought, my mags must have been on the edge of allowable tolerances.
The real surprise came when I loaded the mags. The plastic base on the bottom failed on all the mags. I found it impossible to load them to max 10rd capacity without causing them to fail. The remaining mag eventually failed at the range even though I was loading it to 5 rounds max. Now all I'm left with is a cumbersome single shot and 5 broken magazines.
Has anyone else seen failures on the base plate of their restricted para mags?
The construction of them look quite flimsy - all you have are 3 small plastic tabs in shear against the follower spring. Importer is thinking I either got a batch of poor plastic, or they didn't trim the springs down from the full capacity length. Either way, it was a surprise after dropping $1600 on something I expected I shoot of the box. The good news, I haven't seen an issue with the para even though I could only put 42rounds through the damn thing before my mags failed.
So far, I've sent the pile of broken mags off to the dealer and I'm waiting on the importer to process them. It's been a month with no word - wondering if I'll have my stuff back to at least tack part of some of the events this season.
Just wondering if anyone has had trouble with the restricted mags on a Para 1640?
I ordered my first new toy (Para 1640) last October to have it in time to try this year's IDPA season. With the backorder I didn't end up receiving until this February. I ordered an extra 3 mags just so if I do have any mag problems, I won't be left high and dry during any competitions. Unexpectedly, a couple of those mags did not allow the mag catch to engage. This didn't concern me too much as 5 minutes with a dremmel notching the hole in the mag 0.5mm solved my problem. No biggie I thought, my mags must have been on the edge of allowable tolerances.
The real surprise came when I loaded the mags. The plastic base on the bottom failed on all the mags. I found it impossible to load them to max 10rd capacity without causing them to fail. The remaining mag eventually failed at the range even though I was loading it to 5 rounds max. Now all I'm left with is a cumbersome single shot and 5 broken magazines.
Has anyone else seen failures on the base plate of their restricted para mags?
The construction of them look quite flimsy - all you have are 3 small plastic tabs in shear against the follower spring. Importer is thinking I either got a batch of poor plastic, or they didn't trim the springs down from the full capacity length. Either way, it was a surprise after dropping $1600 on something I expected I shoot of the box. The good news, I haven't seen an issue with the para even though I could only put 42rounds through the damn thing before my mags failed.
So far, I've sent the pile of broken mags off to the dealer and I'm waiting on the importer to process them. It's been a month with no word - wondering if I'll have my stuff back to at least tack part of some of the events this season.
