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Posted: 11/12/2009 2:38:53 PM EDT
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Thanks for taking the time to read this post. Here is the scenario. I have an Arsenal SLR-101S (milled) AK 47 that I recently had the magwell expanded from a single stack to a double stack, The work was done by a very rebuttal gunsmith. Magazines fit snug and can easily be inserted and removed. I recently put some new sights on the gun and took it to the range today to zero in. I only had one magazine with me. A steel 30rd Bulgarian that I recently purchased brand new from Cope's. I was zeroing with 5 rounds (South African all brass/copper/non-steel surplus I picked up locally). Everything worked fine, I shot 25 rounds in 5 round increments. Magazines could be inserted and removed as normal. At the end of zeroing I decided to load up 25 rounds and have at it (normally aimed semi-auto fire). After I finished shooting the 25 rounds I went to remove the magazine and it would not budge. I had to use two hands and a cloth to exert enough pressure on the mag release tab to get it to pop loose. Thinking this was a fluke and that I seated the mag wrong, I repeated the process (another 25 rounds) and the same thing happened the mag was stuck. Where should I start looking for the problem here?
1. Is it an issue with the magazine? 2. Is the magazine somehow becoming stuck due to the 25 rounds in a row lodging it somehow? 3. Does the mag well need to be fixed? Where would you guys start the troubleshooting at? Thanks for your help, Rob |
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Try other steel mil-surp magazines first. If only one sticks, it's the magazine. If all magazines stick, it's the rifle. Exactly. It may be that the locking tab on the magazine is just a little to thick, and the repeated jarring of the 25 rounds caused the mag catch to really clamp down on the locking tab. I had a similar problem with an SAR-1 that wound up being the magazine catch on the rifle itself was a little too tall and would really clamp down on any mag I tried in it. I wound up filing just a little bit off the top of the mag catch where it engages the locking tab on the magazines. No problems now. |
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