I went out to reset some game cameras today so I took my stubby 6.8spc carbine out to try a bunch of different factory hunting ammunition out to see if it all fed and functioned well.
I was using two magazines from ASC.
One was purchased several years ago, and one was purchased recently. The old one wasn’t used very much because I used to have a 16” barrel that just would never cycle the action properly. The 6.8 project was subsequently shelved for a number of years.
I’ve since put this carbine together with a 10.5” ARP barrel and added the pinned and welded flash hide. It has performed flawlessly.
Anyway, back to today,
Halfway through my session and as normal, when the magazine runs out:
The bolt locks back as it should.
I press the mag release button.
I insert the new mag and slap it in.
Push the bolt release and nothing happens…
I look in the port and see that the magazine is too far into the receiver and is preventing bolt from moving.
I got the magazine out and reseated it with no problem and the issue never reoccurred.
What could cause this to happen?
The offending magazine is on the right and is the older of the two.
As you can see, it has a raised area that the newer one doesn’t have.
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I was using two magazines from ASC.
One was purchased several years ago, and one was purchased recently. The old one wasn’t used very much because I used to have a 16” barrel that just would never cycle the action properly. The 6.8 project was subsequently shelved for a number of years.
I’ve since put this carbine together with a 10.5” ARP barrel and added the pinned and welded flash hide. It has performed flawlessly.
Anyway, back to today,
Halfway through my session and as normal, when the magazine runs out:
The bolt locks back as it should.
I press the mag release button.
I insert the new mag and slap it in.
Push the bolt release and nothing happens…
I look in the port and see that the magazine is too far into the receiver and is preventing bolt from moving.
I got the magazine out and reseated it with no problem and the issue never reoccurred.
What could cause this to happen?
The offending magazine is on the right and is the older of the two.
As you can see, it has a raised area that the newer one doesn’t have.
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