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How do you deal with your unreliable magazine?
- Thread starter HP-Sauce
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I know of one competition shoote who had the best possible solution, at least he thought so. he would take his brass after 6 loadings and scatter it at the range. If he had old magazines, he'd have given them to someone he didn't particularly care for. As he said, there are ways to compete that don't include self-improvement.
I didn't particularly care for that philosophy. I never did figure out if he was just kidding. we didn't talk much, and this was thrown out in an off the cuff conversation just once.
I didn't particularly care for that philosophy. I never did figure out if he was just kidding. we didn't talk much, and this was thrown out in an off the cuff conversation just once.
lee n. field
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I know of one competition shoote who had the best possible solution, at least he thought so. he would take his brass after 6 loadings and scatter it at the range.
handgun brass, six loadings? hardly worn.
waveslayer
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Use it for training for malfunctions
JHansenAK47
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Depends.
I number magazines to troubleshoot ammo/magazines issues.
Cannibalize for parts otherwise they are discarded, subjected to indefinite storage or sold in a gun panic buying frenzy with full disclosure to some idiot.
On a side note if you work in a profession that uses firearms, such as law enforcement, it is professional courtesy to smash or label beyond doubt unreliable magazines.
I number magazines to troubleshoot ammo/magazines issues.
Cannibalize for parts otherwise they are discarded, subjected to indefinite storage or sold in a gun panic buying frenzy with full disclosure to some idiot.
On a side note if you work in a profession that uses firearms, such as law enforcement, it is professional courtesy to smash or label beyond doubt unreliable magazines.
There used to be a swaging tool for 1911 magazines. Drop the tool over the top of the magazine, whomp it with a hammer, and it reshaped the lips.
Don't ask me how well they worked in the long run. Gunsmiths used them for maybe half a century and results were good enough that they were used.
Seriously, this is how the lips were formed at the factory, right? Swaging under pressure.
Don't ask me how well they worked in the long run. Gunsmiths used them for maybe half a century and results were good enough that they were used.
Seriously, this is how the lips were formed at the factory, right? Swaging under pressure.
I agree if you have an unreliable mag that can't be fixed then toss it . I would never use a mag that reliably jammed " even at the range " . I do not purposely want to keep jamming up a reliable firearm . From my experience most new magazines that cause jamming issues can be fixed . Older mags "unless bent out of shape beyond repair or wore out in certain areas " can usually be fixed .