FMJ rounds feed perfectly, but softpoints hang up about every third or fourth round. It seems they're catching just below the chamber, like they're not being lifted high enough.
This happens with an aftermarket 10-round fixed mag, an aftermarket 5 round fixed mag, a borrowed 20round duckbill, and an original norinco 10-round mag. This makes me question if its really a magazine problem.
Would it be possible to cut a very small, very short, feed ramp into the barrel without any safety issues from the round not being fully supported? (What I'm thinking would leave about 1/16" unsupported, if that, directly in front of the groove in the case)
Would that a) be safe and b) work? Other suggestions?
FWIW, I'm a competent machinist, I just don't know if leaving a small bit unsupported would be safe, since I don't know much about the pressures involved in the round, or the construction of commie-bloc ammo (namely, wolf)